{"id":1599,"date":"2019-04-01T13:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2019-11-29T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T08:38:08","slug":"vorwort-us-de-seetal-chile-poscht-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/2019\/04\/01\/vorwort-us-de-seetal-chile-poscht-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"God makes grow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul explains: \"<em>My\nwas to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it.\nwatered it; but it was God - not us - who made it grow.<\/em>\"\n(1 Corinthians 3:6). God allows growth! We rejoice in the growth that he\nand gladly accept the responsibility that comes with it. For example\nthe small groups are given a new function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a manageable family congregation, everyone knows each other.\neach other. New people quickly gain an overview and can easily find their\neasily find a home in the large community. In this kind of congregation\nsmall groups are an additional way to have fellowship in a smaller\nfellowship on a smaller scale. Often, the same people meet in these groups over many years and\npeople meet in these groups over many years and maintain their friendships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a larger community, social structures change fundamentally.\nstructures change fundamentally. You come to church and have the impression that you no longer know half the people,\nthat you no longer know half the people. This experience is connected with a\npain. Later you realise that this also has a charm.\ncharm. But it is the \"new\" people who are challenged the most, if not\noverwhelmed. Although many nice first contacts are soon made, it can take weeks\nweeks can pass before you meet the same people again. So of course it is\ndifficult to find a real home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bigger the church, the more important the small groups! In fact\nin larger congregations, small groups play a key role in integrating new people.\nsmall groups play a key role in the integration of new people. In sociological terms, the small groups are\nof friends, but a place of hospitality, where new people are welcomed by the existing ones and\nwhere new people are welcomed and integrated by the existing ones. Not\nIt is not uncommon for good friendships to develop for life as a result of this mix. The \"welcome\nwelcoming\" new people requires a willingness to share the group if necessary.\nshare. It may even become a stated goal to share the group by a year from now.\nto share the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to these \"sociological\" tasks, the small groups are mainly\nsmall groups, it is above all a matter of putting faith into practice in everyday life and growing spiritually.\ngrow. Together we want to translate what we heard in the sermon into everyday life.\neveryday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new way of thinking will challenge us somewhat in the coming months and years. Let's stay tuned, it's worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Foreword from the seetal chile Poscht 04\/19<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul explains: \"My job was to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it; but it was God - not us - who made it grow\" (1 Corinthians 3:6). God makes it grow! We rejoice in the growth He brings about in us and gladly accept the responsibility that comes with it. For example...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-herzschlag"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}