Spiritual Renewal Days
Twice a year the entire GEM community gathers together to spend a day with God. Hosted by the Spiritual Life Team, these Spiritual Renewal Days encourage restoration and renewal and provide a sacred space for us to connect with God and each other.
The theme of this upcoming renewal day (12 March 2025) is “Choosing Christ's Hidden Way of Love." We will use GEM's "Day with God Organizer" along with Philippians 2 and a few Gospel passages to reflect on Christ's posture in relating to the Father and others.
The schedule will be identical for both CET and CDT. There will be three optional gatherings for both Europe and North America on Microsoft Teams that day. All group calls can be accessed from your Teams Calendar. If you plan on joining for a group time, please come ready to participate with your screen on to foster community.
09H00 – 10H00 Full Group Teams Meeting Introduction
13H00 – 13H30 Full Group Teams Meeting Midday Worship
16H00 – 16H30 Full Group Teams Meeting Debrief
More details can be found in the participant guide. We recommend looking through the guide to prepare your heart (and print out whatever pages you want to use) ahead of time.
There is freedom to use all, part, or none of this guide. The main goal is to have time with the Lord, whatever that ends up looking like.
For more ideas, consider this article on spiritual pathways for some resources on other ways to connect with God.
Download Previous Renewal Day Guides:
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- A Day With God: Praying With Nehemiah - Fall 2024 Participant Guide (plus Morning Group Reflection and Mid-day Worship with Playlist)
- A Day With God in John 17- Spring 2024 Participant Guide
- Rooted- Fall 2023 Participant Guide
- Life Your Eyes- March 2023 Participant Guide.
- Tender Mercies- September 2022 Participant Guide and Family Friendly version.
- The Emmaus Road: Walking with Jesus - March 2022 Participant Guide and Recordings (Morning, Mid-Day).
- The God Who Speaks - Sept. 2021 Participant Guide and Recordings.
- Emptying, Desire, Filling - Feb. 2021 Participant Guide.
- Resurrection Life Through Death - Apr. 2020 Participant Guide.