Peer/Covenant Group Resources

In line with our Wesleyan heritage, we believe that one of the most effective ways we can grow as a covenant community is by taking part in regular peer/covenant groups together.  To that end, it is our desire and expectation that all elders in the Louisiana conference, beginning with ourselves, participate at least monthly in peer/covenant groups.

The purpose of these groups is:

·         To pray for and with one another

·         To keep each other accountable in areas such as spiritual growth and physical wellness

·         To ask the historic question, “How is it with your soul?”

·         To support one another by sharing ideas and using one another as “sounding boards”

·         To have the “covenantal sharing” necessary for the order of elders

·         To be a catalyst to draw others into covenant

·         To build trust and promote healing
 

While these groups should be clergy-only groups, they do not need to be comprised of elders only.

Below are links to helpful information about peer/covenant groups.

• GBOD offers good resources for lay covenant groups which could be fine-tuned for clergy use:

          http://www.gbod.org/site/c.nhLRJ2PMKsG/b.5461069/k.976A/Sample_Covenants.htm

• Here is a page with Wesley's questions for Self-Examination

          http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/selfexam.htm

• More to come

If you have a resource you would like to add to this page please send an email to bwhitton@amiteumc.org with the file or link attached.