Culture Shock is the experience of disorientation or confusion from being outside of familiar surroundings. Have you ever experienced culture shock from travelling, or a change in life circumstances? Share with the group.

Read Genesis 1-2. As you read these two creation accounts (1:1-2:4 & 2:5ff), what is similar between the two? What is different?

Why does the LORD prohibit the man from eating from the tree (2:16-17; cf. Pr. 16:25)?

We see the LORD provide a helper for the man in the form of a wife (2:18-25). Who has he brought into your life to serve as a helper?

Read Genesis 2:24-25 and Revelation 21:2-4. Why do you think the Bible begins and ends with a wedding? How does marriage point to Jesus and his role in that story (cf. Eph. 5:21-33)?

What is one thing you can do this week to see God’s design in creation and to join with him in your work?