Someone asked this question at a recent meeting of the Mid-Hudson Tres Dias secretariat. Some people thought the two could be the same, while others disagreed. Secretariat President Jeff Mehl updated the website and sent an email that he hopes will provide clarification. See if you agree. Small group accountability is critical to our Christian walk.  In Tres Dias we refer to these small groups as “reunion Groups” and feel that they are the best way to navigate your fourth day.

• The main goal of a reunion group is to develop transparency, accountability, and trust.  This is accomplished by sharing each other’s lives, celebrating each other’s accomplishments, supporting each other in our failures, being a loving resource, and learning to lean on each other in our Christian walk.  Much of this is done as we share the more intimate aspects of our piety, study and action in a small group setting
• Most Bible studies involve people getting together to learn the meaning and application of scripture, with conversations of a more general, less intimate nature.
• IF your Bible study includes the main aspects of a reunion group as noted above (transparency, accountability, and trust) then it may very well be a reunion group.  Consider these questions:
  • Do you feel comfortable enough with the others in the Bible study to call on them for prayer or for assistance in helping you deal with problems you’re facing?
  • Is there a time during the Bible study that you and the others can genuinely share your piety, study, and action.
  • Do you know the people in the Bible study well enough to be transparent and accountable to them?
  • If the answer to the above is Yes, then your Bible study may very well qualify as a reunion group.

So what do you think:  Is this definition accurate? Can a Bible study be blended with a reunion group, are do we lose important qualities of each? For Mid-Hudson TD’s full statement on reunion groups, visit theirwebsite. https://mhtd.org/reunion-groups/