I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving time and that you will be joining us in person Sunday at Brunch and Talk It Over in Santa Clara as we discuss last weekend’s message, “Gratitude: The Key to a Blessed Life.” As always, if you’re not able to join us, please reply back to let us know how we may pray for you.

Don’t forget to pray for your One Life (一生之久). Anytime we meet is a great time to invite him or her to our small group. While newcomers are always welcome to participate, they are just as free to sit back and listen. Please feel free to forward our small group meeting details to those who might be interested.

Saddleback Church has a number of other ministry events that may be of interest to you that we’ve listed on our website. If you want to get together for other events, we would love to connect for coffee, dinner, book clubs, movies, or other times of fellowship.

Another way to connect is Mighty Networks, which Saddleback Online Community Pastor Charissa Goulard describes as our Online Community patio space to connect between worship services, providing different areas to engage with people, and even allow private messaging with others.

Gary

MEETING AGENDA
This Sunday we’ll meet from 10:45 am to 12:45 pm, discussing last weekend’s message, “Gratitude: The Key to a Blessed Life.” You can find links for the materials at https://www.saddlebacksiliconvalley.org/events/event623

PREPARE FOR THE MEETING
Our small group time is meant to be a time of honest discussion about the topic, and we want everyone to have a chance to share, so please be ready to answer each question succinctly, and stay on the topic so there’s no need to interrupt anyone.

WHAT TO EXPECT
After a short time of fellowship and starting our brunch, we’ll begin the Bible study. Please be respectful of others’ time and join on time so we can finish on time, and if anyone is up for it, we will hang out and chat afterwards. First timers can just hang back and soak it in.

Please look over the materials for the week. If you don’t have time to go over everything, that’s fine; often the discussion questions work well on their own, but sometimes they will require quite a bit of introspection—HOMEWORK, as I like to say! If you love to share a lot, please allow others time to share as well. If you’re one who doesn’t share that much, please feel free to jump in; we’d love to hear your thoughts.

WHO WE ARE
Just a reminder to those who have been invited by others: this is a small group Bible study for Christians or those on the path to becoming a Christian, studying God’s word together, located in Silicon Valley and the surrounding area.

GROUND RULES
• What is said in the group stays in the group
• Don’t minimize other people’s pain
• Don’t try to fix people, just listen
• Focus on my own changes, not on changing others
• More guidelines at https://www.saddlebacksiliconvalley.org/smallGroups/

SADDLEBACK SILICON VALLEY SMALL GROUPS: BRUNCH AND TALK IT OVER
Time: Sunday, December 7, 2025 10:45 am Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Details: https://www.saddlebacksiliconvalley.org/events/event623

MORE EVENTS
https://www.saddlebacksiliconvalley.org/events/