Saving...Where do you find new Small Group Leaders? How do you start so many groups in February and September?
The answer: HOST
Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, coined this acrostic a few years ago and LifePoint Church has adapted it to fit our needs. HOST stands for
Home: open your home: invite 4 couples or 8 singles to your home for 6 weeks to study the series the entire church is going through. These are people whom you would like to be with and see them grow in Christ at the same time you are growing.
Operate a DVD player: we provide free to all HOSTs a DVD that does the teaching for you. Just pop in the DVD and watch the speaker with your entire group. Then you can discuss the information as a group from your book, sermon notes and DVD information.
Serve snacks: food always makes the study go better. After the first week, you can invite others can allow/invite others to provide the snack for following weeks. (See blog on “How do you spell survival” for more info on Share the Load.)
Talk: most of the participants are the friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow teammates, family, that you have invited. Talking should not be a problem. Don’t worry about going deep or chasing issues you don’t have answers for, that is what your Coach, Coordinator and Staff are here for. Just write down the question and tell the group you will search for the answer and get back with them next week.
HOST, a way to share Christ with your friends and neighbors! Consider being one today!
