Small Group Covenant for
Cotuit Federated Church
Covenant of Affirmation
I may not agree with you, but I will love you as
a person and
do all I can do to hold you up in God’s affirming
love.
Covenant of Availability
I pledge my time on a regular basis.
Covenant of Prayer
I covenant to pray for you in some regular fashion.
Covenant of Openness
I promise to strive to become more open, disclosing
my feelings,
struggles, joys and my hurts to you as well
as I am able.
This is to affirm your worth to me as a person.
In other words, I need you.
Covenant of Honesty
I will try to mirror back to you what I am
hearing you say and feel. If this
means risking pain for either of us, I will
trust our relationship enough
to take that risk. It is in "speaking truth in
a spirit of love" that we grow.
Covenant of Sensitivity
Even as I desire to be known and understood
by you, I covenant to
be sensitive to you and to your needs to the
best of my ability.
Covenant of Confidentiality
I promise to keep whatever is shared within
the confines
of the group, in order to provide the atmosphere
of openness.
Covenant of Accountability
If I discover areas of my life that are under
bondage, or "hung up" because of my own
misdoings or by the scars inflicted by others,
I will seek Christ’s liberating power through
his Holy Spirit and through my covenant partners
so that I might give you more of myself.
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