Inquiry Topic 1

RCIA Inquiry
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Ramona CA

Topic: Experiencing God
Facilitator’s Guide

Opening Prayer: Use your own opening prayer or the prayer below

Psalm for that coming Sunday.

Introductions

Welcome everyone, if there is some one new have everyone go around and give their name and a brief description of who they are.
Explain the rules of listening, and the format, and what inquiry is if this is someone first session.
Ask if there are any questions or something someone wants to share before you get to the topic of the night.
Explain that they should bring their Bibles if they have one. If not don’t buy one just yet.
Give everyone a chance to share, prevent any one person from dominating especially yourself.

Scripture and Topic

The scripture passage is 1 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 9 -13 (1 Kings 19:9-13).
Have everyone look it up in their Bible.
Have someone read this passage out loud, then give everyone a few moments reflect on it.
Ask some reflection questions about the reading possibilities are:
What was Elijah’s experience of God like?
Share your own experience of God.
Ask for volunteers to share their experience of God.
Are their other stories in the Bible of people meeting and experiencing God? What are they like?
What is God like?
How does he treat us?
How do we treat Him?
Ask if there are an more questions about the scripture reading or the topic.
Ask if there are any general questions?

Gospel

Give out the Gospel for the coming Sunday. Have everyone look it up.
Have some one read it out load.
Ask some reflection question:
Who do you most identify with in this story?
What does this story mean to you when you heard just know?
What do you feel God wants people listening to this story to do?
Does this story remind you of any event sin your own life?
Share a brief reflection of your own if the conversation needs a kick start.
Ask if there any final questions.

Closing Prayer

We look to God always for strength and love even in our weaknesses and brokenness, trusting in his mercy and compassion.
Pray for some things that are close to your heart
Lord Hear Our Prayer
What else should we pray for?
Lord Hear Our Prayer
Our Father
Hail Mary