Today I was blessed enough to be part of a brainstorming team for my church. Our church is looking to focus on getting more church attendees involved in a life group (what I have always called a 'small group'). We are looking to stress how critical they are in your life for support, accountability, friendship, new perspectives on things, bless someone else's life (and most likely be blessed yourself), potentially interacting with different generations than your own (scandalous, I know), develop close relationships with people in the church, and if that wasn't all, they are a great way to get more involved with the church.
We talked about reasons why people are not already or currently involved in a small group. Maybe they are too tired or busy and can't seem to find extra time. Or, there is also the argument that life groups are simply 'not for them'.
We also discussed ways to collect people's information to allow them to be placed into a
small group oops, I mean life group that best fits their personality, demographic, and location. It was a great experience and I look forward to seeing where this outreach goes and be able to quantify the results. (We are looking for quality of course but at this point it is completely up in the air about the number of responses we might receive!) God is SO good! (ALL THE TIME!)
To top this whole thing off, I got to spend quality time with a friend from church before the meeting! YAY! All in all, today was filled with fellowship, time focused on developing my leadership, and great people!
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