Fellowship Small Groups

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• Saturday, December 6, 9am – 4pm.
• Breakfast and lunch provided at no cost (donations accepted).
• No childcare for this event.

If you are interested, please email us at HotHolySex@fbclife.org

We are hosting the Willow Creek Group Life Conference via Satellite on October 17-18. This is a great opportunity for you and your group to catch a vision for community and group life.

The cost is just $59 for Fellowship people. This price includes dinner on Friday Night and lunch on Saturday. For information contact Becca or Ian.

If you would like more information about the conference, check this Link.

From Eugene Peterson’s book “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places”

“Self” is a threadbare word, a scarecrow word.

“Soul” is a word reverberating with relationships: God relationships, human-relationships, earth-relationships.

“Self” in both common speech and scientific discourse is mostly and isolating term.

“Soul” gets beneath the fragmentary appearances and experiences and affirms and at-homeness, an affinity with whoever and whatever is at hand…

Setting the two words side by side triggers a realization that a fundamental aspect of our identity is under assault every day. We live in a culture that has replaced soul with self. This reduction turns people into either problems or consumers. Insofar as we acquiesce in that replacement, we gradually but surely regress in our identity, for we end up thinking of ourselves and dealing with others in marketplace terms: everyone we meet is either a potential recruit to join our enterprise or a potential consumer for what we are selling; or we ourselves are the potential recruits and consumers. Neither we nor our friends have any dignity just as we are, only in terms of how we are they can be used. (pp 37-38)

This is beauty of community and Small Groups. God calls us to relationship with people. He does not call us to deal with consumers. Are you dealling with “selfs” or with “souls” in your Small Group?

GroupLink is a two-hour event where you can meet and connect with others to start a Small Group. Small Groups are normally composed 10-12 adults that meet 3-4 times per month in someone’s home for fellowship, Bible Study and prayer. Small Groups are for adults of all ages, stages of life and spiritual maturity. GroupLink is a great way to get connected into a group. At GroupLink, we don’t place you into a group, you chose your own.

When: August 20 at 6:30pm

Where: FBC in the Main Auditorium

Who: Anybody looking for a Small Group

RSVP to Becca

For questions contact Ian at 823-8338 ext. 208

The summer is often referred to as the “graveyard for Small Groups”. This is because our lives are so different during the summer then at any other time of the year. The days are longer, the kids are out of school, the weather is hot and more and more people head out of town on vacation. These factors can make Small Group ministry an uphill battle as it becomes even MORE difficult to gather everyone together for a weekly Small Group meeting. This can leave a leader feeling frustrated and has led many to throw in the leadership towel and call it quits. Instead of fighting the summer culture, why not invite your group members into the summer fun together? Here are some activities that I have seen some of our groups doing:

1. Take a float trip. These can be a great way for groups to spend some time together out on the river. A few of our groups at Fellowship are going on overnight float trips.
2. Barbecue. Groups that eat together stay together! Don’t have a “normal” Small Group meeting. Grill some burgers and hot dogs and chill out with your Small Group. If you have someone in your group with a deck, this can make this night even better.
3. Go to a Springfield Cardinal game together. Pick a Friday or Saturday night and head down to Hammons Field and catch a game with your group.
4. Art Walk. This is a great opportunity for Small Groups to hang out on a Friday night. For details, check this out this link.
   
5. Take a break from group life. If your group can’t seem to find a time when most everyone is in town at the same time this summer, then let your group take a break. Set a time when your group will reconnect. You can still connect with individuals in the group by going to dinner or a movie or having them over. At the end of the summer, everyone will be ready to start up again and you will be ready for a great fall together.

There are many things that your group can do this summer. Summer can be a great time for your group to grow relationally. Take advantage of the season and the opportunities around town. Have a great summer!!

We want to celebrate what God has done through Small Group community at Fellowship this year. And in honor of Cinco de Mayo, we want to put some spice into our party!

There will be live worship. We will eat together (details below) and enjoy friendships around the table. We will have some special guests with some surprises. We will be challenged by words of vision as we look to the future and all that God has for the Small Group Ministry. This is going to be an evening filled with music, humor and vision for your Small Group.

Dinner will be catered by Qdoba. The cost will be $5 per person.

If you would like to come with your Small Group, please RSVP to Becca Murdaugh before April 30.

We have created a survey in order to gather as much information as possible about the state of our ministry. These surveys are confidential so please be as honest as possible. The information gathered will be important for us as we move forward in the coming months. The survey is geared for leaders, but anyone in a Fellowship Small Group can take it.

The survey should take less than 5 minutes. Just click on the link below and answer each question. It’s pretty easy.

Click Here to take survey

This is the new blog for Small Groups at Fellowship Bible Church outside of Springfield, MO.