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I am in a bit of a dilemma. I have been attending weekly bible study at my church but I am honestly not getting anything out of it. It is very structured with several small groups happening at once - all following the same lesson plan.
I find the substance of the lessons (right now going through Colossians) very shallow, as if designed for young teens or something. The discussions are worse with few people contributing. When I contribute the leader gets clearly insecure or annoyed because I go deeper into the text or into the Greek or I link things back to previous lessons. I sometimes get no acknowledgement and the leader says 'let's move on'. The look on other people is as if they just didn't understand what I said.
I have prayed over it, prayed for the leaders in the study group, prayed for a better attitude. I am not one given to strong emotion but every time I leave, I feel very heavy and drained.
The thing is I am new to the area and to the church and I am trying to establish myself and make friends so I have been enduring these studies for the last few months. I will admit I have made a friend or two, not from the study group itself but from another study group (all the groups meet for snacks afterwards). To be honest that is all I look forward to - the snacks afterwards when i get to socialise.
I am not sure what is the wisest thing to do - just grin and bear it, continue to pray, speak to someone about it, or forget the study and just attend on Sundays.
Thank
Lee
I find the substance of the lessons (right now going through Colossians) very shallow, as if designed for young teens or something. The discussions are worse with few people contributing. When I contribute the leader gets clearly insecure or annoyed because I go deeper into the text or into the Greek or I link things back to previous lessons. I sometimes get no acknowledgement and the leader says 'let's move on'. The look on other people is as if they just didn't understand what I said.
I have prayed over it, prayed for the leaders in the study group, prayed for a better attitude. I am not one given to strong emotion but every time I leave, I feel very heavy and drained.
The thing is I am new to the area and to the church and I am trying to establish myself and make friends so I have been enduring these studies for the last few months. I will admit I have made a friend or two, not from the study group itself but from another study group (all the groups meet for snacks afterwards). To be honest that is all I look forward to - the snacks afterwards when i get to socialise.
I am not sure what is the wisest thing to do - just grin and bear it, continue to pray, speak to someone about it, or forget the study and just attend on Sundays.
Thank
Lee