A Resource For LifePoint Church Small Group Leaders
Check back often for new blog posts below on small group tips to help improve you as a leader.
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 »
One of the core values of Grouplife is Service and there is no better time of year to get your small group involved than around the Christmas holidays. There are a wide variety of ways to get your group involved this month. Here is a spotlight on one great way to [...] Read more »
On November 18th we held our annual Small Group Leader Banquet to celebrate, appreciate and invigorate all of the small group leaders of Lifepoint. We had gifts for everyone, a special meal and as our guest: one of the top speakers in the nation for Small Groups. As people gathered they began to introduce [...] Read more »
In the previous post we talked about the importance of “breaking bread” with your small group. In Acts 2:42-47 we see an example of how the apostles met together as the first church and shared food and prayers. If you choose to do a meal each week or only occasionally, here are some [...] Read more »
An important part of every small group meeting is food! Why is that? It is because people become more comfortable and more conversations happen while eating together. The first small groups in Acts 2:42 shared food together “They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the [...] Read more »
One of the guiding principles of GroupLife is to “share the load”. For your group this means that everyone has a role to play and no one should try to do all the work within a group by themselves. This applies to not only the group members but the leader as well. One of [...] Read more »
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