Faith at this Stage is

• Recognizing God

Characteristics at this Stage include

• Sense of awe
• Sense of need
• Awareness of God
• Quest for meaning

Beliefs/Behavior at this Stage include

• God is big
• Blind obedience
• Waiting, child-like
• Someone has answers

Goal at this Stage is to

• Find someone with answers
• Relieve pain, guilt
• Absorb
• Stage One: powerlessness
  the recognition of God

Role of the Church

• A place for closeness
• Support groups
  Caution: May become a substitute for life
  

Role of the Minister, Priest, Spiritual Leader

• Brings people to God
• Comforts, shares awe
• Suffers with the people
• Grieves, waits

Role of the Creeds

• Define God for us
• Bring us to recognition
• Sense of Grace
• Awe
  

Type of Personal Involvement

• Mostly receiving

Stuckness: Inadequacy

• Enduring sense of failure
• Enduring sense of inadequacy
• Suffering as a role
• Feeling ignorant

Ways to Move Forward

• Become part of a strong group
• Let life and self take on more significance
• Find a leader to be discipled by
• Discover the way

Group Reflection:

Biblical Examples/References for this Stage?
How Jesus Treated People at this Stage?
Hymns for this Stage?

Stage Two

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