Connecting in Grace™
Radical Gifts, Radical Grace
Welcome to the Connecting in Grace™ faith studies for small groups! Connecting in Grace™ gives you a chance to talk about faith topics and how they apply to day-to-day life. It’s also an opportunity to connect with other people in small group conversations.

About Connecting in Grace™
Your small group conversations will follow an outline of easy, informal, open-ended questions to help you get to know one another and gradually grow together as a group. The questions will also give you a chance to share your life and faith stories and to listen and learn from the stories of others in the group and how God has been active in their lives.

The Connecting in Grace™ faith studies are rooted in God’s grace and give you a chance to learn and reflect on how to live out God’s grace in your life. The faith studies were designed and written by the staff at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Shoreview, Minnesota.

The Connecting in Grace™ series is a faith study, but it also offers a model or format for a small group that is easy-to-use for both leaders and participants. There is no homework or preparation for group members. Those who are new to the faith can participate along who have practiced their faith for years. You may use this model to design your small group or adapt the faith study to fit an existing group.


On-Line Faith Study Guides
You’ll find a detailed Leader Guide, with 8 sessions, annotated with tips for leaders. There are 8 sessions of Participant Guides. There is also an Introduction for leaders on how to facilitate a small group experience and a Welcome Guide for group members.

There are six distinct Connecting in Grace™ faith studies in print form. This on-line faith study is called Radical Gifts, Radical Grace. It explores questions such as: How does God’s presence in our daily lives bring us meaning and hope? How can we pay attention, listen and watch for God in each day? God is already with us – how can we be more aware of God’s presence? What are the gifts that come from watching and listening for God?

More of the Connecting in Grace™ faith studies may be available online, based on interest and the comments from participants.


Tell Us About Your Small Group
Please register! Tell us how you plan to use the Connecting in Grace™ faith studies and share any comments. Your feedback will be useful in assessing whether to place more Connecting in Grace™ faith studies on-line. If any new faith studies are placed on-line, you will receive an e-mail notification. Your e-mail address will not be shared.

Guidelines for Using Connecting in Grace™
Please note: Connecting in Grace™ faith studies are made available online for use in your congregation or small group. The faith studies are not to be used for profit or re-sale. If content from the Connecting in Grace™ series is used in another context, we request that you cite the Connecting in Grace™ faith studies and Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview Minnesota. If you use content taken from another writer or publisher, you must contact them directly for permission to use their material.



For more information about Connecting in Grace faith studies or small groups at Incarnation, contact Denise Floe, Director of Small Group Ministry, at dfloe@incarnationmn.org or 651-484-7213.