Life Group Leaders Weekly
PRE MEETING - THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th
OUR MISSION
TO CULTIVATE
"MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS CENTERED ON GOD'S WORD AND PRAYER"
LIFE GROUP UPDATE
Greetings Life Group Leaders!
We are gearing up for WEEK ONE of our second semester of Life Groups! I am eager to get started once more! I hope you are too. Here are some important announcements:
Training is now schedule for Saturday, January 19th at 8:45am. I am delighted that almost all of you are able to attend! The theme of our training will be:
"10 Ways to Kill Your Life Group"
It'll be fun! We are also going to be taking some photos so be prepared for that.
Thank you all so much for your flexibility in allowing me to join Julie is travelling to Alberta (tomorrow) to celebrate my father-in-law's retirement party. We leave tomorrow and return on Saturday. Quick trip!
SUNDAY, January 20th is the official start date for all groups! That means you should have already reached out to the members in your group via a phone call or email reminding them that the first meeting will be a 'potluck/social'. Be sure to consider the strategy of asking people to bring specific items that night to incentivize that they, in fact, show up to that first gathering.
If you HAVE NOT made contact with everyone in your group yet, you are encouraged to do that as soon as you are able. Be sure to share your enthusiasm and excitement that they have decided to join your group and any details about the potluck, what they need to bring, where you live, when it starts, etc. Make sure they have all the details they need along with contact information incase they get lost. If between now and the start of your meeting you have more people join your group, be sure to plug them in too.
Some pre-meeting highlights...We already have 118 people signed up for our groups. Our goal this semester is 125 members with 10 days to go! That's great!
Moving Forward...The purpose of this letter is for you as Leaders in preparation for your weekly gatherings. This email will come to you every Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. This week you will receive two letters from me - this one and another on Friday morning with all the info for your first week of Life Groups. You are strongly encouraged to read these are they will contain important information to share to your groups each week.
Finally...you are strongly encouraged to meet together as a Leader/Host team each week independently of group time. That can be after the Sunday AM service, immediately before the group, immediately after, or another time that works for all of your schedules. We encourage you to do this so that you can pray together, discuss logistics, and ensure that you are mutually encouraged and prepared as leaders. Use one another and be a team!
Thank you all once again for your willingness to serve as Leaders and Hosts. May the Lord cause us to grow in faith and love through this ministry.
P.S. There are a fewimportant reminders below for this week. Take a look.
In Christ,
Pastor Justin
THINGS TO REMEMBER
- SPRING LIFE GROUP ESSENTIALS Training on Saturday, January 19th @ 8:45am.
GOALS FOR THIS WEEK
- Invite a friend to your Life Group! There is no better way for someone to get plugged in than through personal referral!
THIS WEEK
2 Peter 1:1-11
Title:
"Better Disciples"
Pastor Lambert will lead us in part-two of our two part series on "Vision 2018 - More and Better Disciples."
LIFE GROUP SERMON GUIDE NOTES - From Julie Mendes
In the future this is where you will find your Life Group Leader notes and audio from Julie.
SERVE/SOCIALS (LAST WEEK FOR SERVE REFERRALS!)
- SERVE PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES officially open immediately after Life Group Training. All projects are first-come first-served.
The Life Group Coordinator Team
Sharon Johnson
Amy Breslow
Amy manages all training events along with Life Group promotions and sign-ups
Julie Mendes
Julie makes sure the homework guides and audios are prepared for your weekly Life Group gatherings.
Heather Thomas
Web Manager
Heather will run the Life Group webpage and manage the 'Service' and 'Socials' aspect of Life Groups.
LIFE GROUPS
Pastor Justin
Justin will work with the team to carry out the vision of First CRC and will assist Coordinators in their respective tasks and objectives.
About Us
Email: hanfordcrc@comcast.net
Website: www.hanfordcrc.org
Location: 2175 Leoni Drive, Hanford, CA, United States
Phone: (559) 582-4423
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