Everyone longs to belong and be known.
While God has created us to love Him and each other, as we love ourselves, we often find that hard to do. Why? In part, it is because we lack self-knowledge. True self-knowledge is to see ourselves as God sees us. If God sees us differently than we see ourselves, our self-knowledge is incomplete and inaccurate. This is a state which inhibits our ability to be recipients of God’s love and to be able to truly love others. It is here that we are in a place of discovering our identity in Christ.
In Christ, relational connectedness is not a luxury—but a necessity of the Christian life. We need each other in order to mature in our faith and honour God.
In Christ, identity and intimacy are intricately linked.
The Who I am in Christ seminar is designed to help you come to a greater understanding of your identity in Christ by connecting six teaching sessions, which only you attend, along with six intentional conversations with a close friend chosen by you. (Who Should I Invite?)
The classes will take place on Saturday mornings from 9 am – 11 am at WRBC, usually every other week. On alternate weeks, you’ll arrange the times and places to meet with the same close friend, for 60 – 90 minutes, to discuss the personal impact of the preceding seminar’s content in order to gain your friend’s insights and foster your relationship.
Course Details
Dates:
- Orientation (with close friend) • Thursday, January 29, 7–9 pm At WRBC.
- 6 Seminars • Thursdays, 7–9 pm at WRBC.
Feb. 19, Mar. 5 & 19, Apr. 9 & 23 and May 7.
Cost: $25.00. Includes…
- Christian Life Profile
- Steps to Freedom in Christ
- Discovering Your God-Given Gifts
- Beverages and snacks
Registration Deadline: Sunday, January 25th.
Download the course Brochure & Registration Form.
All sessions take place at Whyte Ridge Baptist Church.
Outline of Sessions
Orientation Class (to attend with your friend)
The goal of this class is to prepare you and your friend for the times you will meet throughout the Who I am in Christ course.
Session One – Who I am in Christ – Overview
The goal of this session is to help you gain a deeper understanding of who you are in Christ and how growing in that knowledge can positively impact, and is impacted by, your relationship with others.
Session Two – I am Dead to Myself and Alive in Christ
The goal of this session is to help you discover that, at the core of your identity, life is no longer about you – it is about Christ and allowing His Holy Spirit to live in and through you.
Session Three – I am in a Covenant Relationship with God
The goal of this session is to help you see that Christ has always been the initiator in your relationship with Him. He pursued you and you have responded to His love!
Session Four – I am a Lover of God and Others
The goal of this session is to help you embrace the reality that, at the core of your being, you are a “Lover of God” and a “Lover of Others”.
Session Five – I am Unique and Unified within the Church
The goal of this session is to help you recognize your uniqueness in Christ that is made possible by, and enhanced through, being unified with other believers.
Session Six – Who I am becoming in Christ
The goal of this session is to bring together what you have learned about Who You are in Christ and to consider the next steps you might take.
Who should I invite?
The close friend you invite to join you for the Who I am in Christ seminar should be:
- a maturing believer in Christ.
- someone with whom you share mutual trust.
- someone you feel comfortable being open with.
- someone who you know speaks truth in love.
- some who will have the courage to tell you things you may not like to hear in order to see yourself more fully.
- willing, able, and reliable to make the required commitments for the Who I am in Christ seminar.
These commitments include:
- being willing to meet bi-weekly with you,
- being willing to the complete the Consent form given at the Orientation (Jan 29th) which covers their approval to be part of this study.
- completion of both the pretest (part of the Orientation) and post test (during last class on May 7th).
