Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Small Group/Home Group Ideas...
How many of you have started some sort of small group ministry, but then wonder how to get people involved. Invitations and group Link type meeting aren't working, so now what? Here is a simple idea that we have used that seems to work very well. Even a personal invitation to a home group can sometimes be threatening to a new person. The idea is to invite them out for lunch. Maybe even invite another person or couple from your group as well. They get to know you and someone else from the group prior to coming to the Home Group. That way, they aren't stepping into a new house not knowing anyone in the group. You are probably saying "That's it?". Sorry, no great program or DVD series, just making connections with people live and in person. Have an awesome day!
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Yeah, my church is going through some of this right now. So the elders have decided to suspend shepherding group for three months and allow the people to do ministry on their own with other brothers and sisters as well as unbelievers. The point in doing this is that if they suspended it without a purpose, the elders would feel like they are being nosy or strict to ask if we have been using our time to get to know and encourage others. I think is was a good move for some of us because people tend to get in a rut and don't become active if they have been in a rut for long. We also tend to rely on the leaders of the group for the initiation and shy away from doing it ourselves.
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