Summary - Small Group Leadership Meeting - April 10th

Below is a summary of our last Small Group Leadership meeting held on April 10th. We had 19 people in attendance representing 10 of our 22 small groups.  

1. I shared my vision for small groups which can also be your own personal vision.  It is aligned with the great commission that Jesus has given to us - to make disciples and be fruitful.  We can do that by recognizing that we must reckon our selves dead to self and alive in Christ (Galatians 2:20) and continually be filled with and lead by the Holy Spirit as we seek to expand His kingdom. We desire to look like Jesus, act like Jesus and lead like Jesus.  I pointed out several spiritual disciplines (our part in the sanctification process) that we need to be incorporating into our lives to help us become more like Jesus ... see banner below the triangle.  There is also a partial list of scripture references that support this vision.   

2. We gave time for each table to think about, discuss and share answers to the following 3 questions:
a) Share one of two "good" things that are happening in your small group?
b) Share some things in your group that you think are "not so good" that may be frustrating you?
c) What suggestions do you have for me that I could do to help your groups function better or to help you become better leaders of a small group.

3. We introduced the idea of forming "pods" of 2 or 3 small groups working together, not only to encourage one another but to also work together as a team to do ministry and outreach together.  This idea was
well received.

4. We also brain stormed a number of ideas of what small group or small group pods could possibly do. Here is a list of some ideas - some are one shot events, some may be ongoing.

5. Pastor Jeff also provided us introductory teaching on a model of leadership - discussing Character (Who we are), Competency (what we can do well) and Influence (on those we interact with) and how Our Spirituality (In Christ) plays a vital role in all these other areas.

We learned that the small group leaders would like to meet approximately 3-4 times per year going forward to receive training / input and have a chance to share.

In the near future, I will be sending out a questionnaire to get further feedback and input from all the small groups so that we can firm up plans for September restart.

Thanks for your leadership and commitment.