I wanted to share with you something that happened since God lead me to start a small group with the “Radical” Series. It took me two years to listen to God and decide to host. The usual thoughts were in my head, I don’t know what I am doing, I am not a Bible scholar, [...] Read more »
Every week someone will say “I want to get connected to a Small Group.” Of course that is music to our ears because we know the chances of this person experiencing sustained life change and staying involved in the local church has just increased greatly. A small group is the environment we all need to [...] Read more »
Where do you live? Why did you choose to live there? For the Schools? Proximity to Work? Have you ever thought about the fact that God has you where you live for a reason and a purpose? Are you doing anything to impact your neighbors for His glory? For the next few weeks we will have [...] Read more »
Ok, so the title may not be a direct correlation, but it did get you to stop by this blog. Read on…I think every Small Group has a potential leader sitting in the room and we not know it. God has gifted people to share his redeeming grace and unconditional love (Matthew 4:19), it is [...] Read more »
Several times a year the GroupLife Staff puts together a luncheon after the church service on Sunday for you and your small group members. This is a great opportunity to hear great speakers and gain some valuable info for your small group, share stories with one another about our current series “Redeeming Marriage”, and [...] Read more »
This week, we begin a new church-wide study called “Redeeming Marriage”. In the coming week, several new groups meet for the first time. If you are a HOST and/or leader of one of those new groups, we want to thank you for your leadership. Since this is a starting point for so many new [...] Read more »
This Wednesday at LifePoint church, our grouplife staff discussed the Christ Centered Journey Map. With grouplink this Sunday and next, it is a great time to take a look at this Journey Map and access where you are as well as where you think your group members are. As a small group leader, we should [...] Read more »
One of the key goals of GroupLife is to connect as many people as possible in an effort to move themselves and each other more to a Christ-Centered Life. We know that God did not design us to “do life alone” but to live life in community. One of the ways we try to help promote this principle is [...] Read more »
One way that a small group gives during the holiday season, or even through out the year, is to “adopt” a family in need. Either through the LifePoint Helping Hands Ministry Angel tree, the Domestic Abuse Shelter, or many other organizations; there are many families in need especially through the holidays. “The List” … [...] Read more »
One of the methods we use to track the activity and progress of our small groups is an online attendance tracking website. We ask each group to fill out an attendance report for each meeting, including on weeks when they do not meet. This gives each group an opportunity to keep record not only of [...] Read more »