Fellowship Small Groups

The Elders at Fellowship REALLY value the Small Group Ministry. They love and appreciate everything you do and they want firsthand knowledge of how God is moving in our Small Group ministry. So beginning this fall, our elders are going to begin visiting our Small Groups. If an elder shows up at your group, it is not because you are in trouble and your group is not on “Super Secret Probation”. This is an opportunity for your group members to get to know some of the leadership of our church and for our leadership to get to know your group.

Small Groups are a great opportunity for people from Fellowship to gather for the purpose of connecting with God and other people. Small Groups are normally composed 8-12 adults that meet 3-4 times per month in someone’s home for fellowship, Bible Study, prayer and service. Small Groups are for adults of all ages, stages of life and spiritual maturity.

If a Small Group sounds like a step you may be interested in, then GroupLink is for you. GroupLink is a two-hour event where you can meet and connect with others to start a Small Group, or connect with an existing Small Group.

When: Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30pm

Where: Fellowship Bible Church in “The Mix” (the old auditorium)

Who: Anybody looking for a Small Group

RSVP to Becca at becca.murdaugh@fbclife.org

Due to all the rain this weekend and the potential for more rain this afternoon, there will be no “Main Event” today. The make-up day will be on May 17th from 3-6pm. Please pass this information on to anyone you know that may be planning on attending today.

Hope to see you in two weeks!

Another good  post from Craig Groeschel

…here are five more ways ways to reduce the possibility of a successful small group ministry:

6. Make sure the church doesn’t have a small group vision or philosophy. Let people do whatever they want without any direction or oversight.

7. Make sure your groups become inward-focused and never multiply. Don’t ever encourage your groups to give life to new groups. Allow them to grow inward-looking. Better yet, hope they become filled with negative and critical church members.

8. Make sure to require your church attenders to do so many other things they’ll never want to be in small groups. Ask people to go to Sunday night church, Wednesday night church, committee meetings, Sunday school, etc. If you keep them so busy, you can ensure they won’t participate in small groups.

9. Make sure not to require staff members to be involved. If your staff (or key leaders) isn’t in groups, that will help keep others from being in groups.

10. Make sure you never make small groups a membership or partnership requirement. Be a low-expectation church. While you’re at it, don’t ask people to serve, pray, witness, or give sacrificially either.

Based on your experience, what would you add to this list? Where do you agree? Disgaree?

A great  post from Craig Groeschel from LifeChurch.TV

Tons of churches have attempted small groups only to abort shortly after takeoff. I’ll share the top 10 ways to ensure the failure of your group.

Today we’ll cover the first 5 and finish the others tomorrow.

1. Make sure the senior pastor isn’t in a group. If small groups aren’t modeled by the pastor, they won’t have much of a chance for success. (Amy and I host two small groups in our home.)
2. Make sure the senior pastor doesn’t talk about small groups. If small groups don’t ever find their way into a sermon, it will help reduce the likelihood of success.
3. Make sure small groups are not staffed or resourced properly. To guarantee your groups fail, don’t staff them, buy them curriculum, announce them, or get your best volunteers involved.
4. Make sure small group leaders aren’t trained. When you do get some small group leaders, don’t train them. Let them figure it out on their own.
5. Make sure the church doesn’t address childcare needs. Pretend like all small groups don’t have any child care needs. Don’t open the church one or two nights a week to provide child care. Don’t pay for childcare like I’ve heard North Point does. Ignore childcare needs completely.

Looking for a Small Group? Check out GroupLink on Wednesday, February 18 at 6:30 in the Main Auditorium. GroupLink is a two-hour event where you can meet and connect with others to start a Small Group. GroupLink is a great way to get connected into a group. We won’t place you into a group, you choose your own. RSVP to Becca

New Leader Training: If you are interested in leading a Small Group, there is going to be a training seminar on Wednesday, February 11th  from 6-8:30pm. We are providing dinner and childcare! If you have any questions, please contact Ian

Leadership Community: This is an event for anyone who leads or co-leads a Small Group. This event will be on January 21st from 6:30-8:30pm. There will be dinner, music, teaching from Phillip and Ian and connection with other SG leaders. If you have any questions, please contact Ian

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