We nailed down one of the most important systems a church of small groups must implement: (1) the Small Group Model (the 4 W's: Welcome, Worship, Word, and Works) (2) the Training Manual and (3) the Training Process (6 training sessions 2 hours long).
Now for the real exciting stuff! Instead of having a monthly leadership meeting, we thought of having it every two or so months. We beleive "less is more." We want to run this meeting like a mini-seminar style with two sessions: a general main session and multiple specific break out sessions.
What will we do! We will cast and recast vision for the church and small group ministry, teach a new skill to the whole group and then address specific needs in break out sessions. Instead of overlooking, specific needs of church leadership, we have created a system to touch on them as well as the more general needs. We are still thinking of creative ways to have fun as leaders and off course there will be food and COFFEE. Hopefully, Starbucks!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Church Plant Update
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Hey man, your SG stuff sounds great, train them early...its so crutial getting your small groups in place on the front end.
Not sure if about the "less is more" on that front end though, I think it might be good as you are starting this thing, to build the cohesiveness needed among your leaders and to keep the vision in front of them. This is a critical time for team dev. stuff. I personally don't think you can have enough of this at the front end of the plant...maybe after time the "less is more" in this area would work best, but for now I think it might be good to use the most opportunities to build your teams and keep the vision before them. Just some thoughts.
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