Life Group Leaders Weekly
WEEK SIX (October 22-28)
OUR MISSION
"TO CULTIVATE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS CENTERED ON GOD'S WORD AND PRAYER"
LIFE GROUP UPDATE
Greetings Leaders!
I am excited to announce to you that Julie Mendes and Amy Breslow have stepped up to the plate to offer you our first-ever rendition of your "Life Group Leaders AUDIO."
What's this? This is a resource presented by Julie in order to help you guide and effectively lead your group. Julie will provide you with added context to questions, additional follow-up questions you could ask, as well as some guidance on how to go about certain questions. For example, she might share with you whether a certain question is higher risk or good for everyone to answer.
We have chosen to give you this in an audio format so that you can listen to this on your lunch break or on your way home from work. Simply click on the Life Group Leaders Audio link below and you can download the file.
A big THANK YOU to Amy and Julie for making this possible!
Also, thanks to each of you for your hard work and dedication to build up the body of Christ. It's only possible through you!
Let's get into the logistics for this week...
In Christ,
Pastor Justin
THINGS TO REMEMBER
1) LEADER/HOST TANDEMS - Remember that you are encouraged to meet together as a Leader/Host team each week independently of group time for planning, mutual encouragement, and post-group meeting evaluation.
2) DRINKS WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE
3) COVENANTS - Please keep the group covenant in a place where the whole group can see it. Consider putting it in a picture frame right next to the coffee pot as a visual reminder of your collective commitment to the group.
GOALS FOR THE GROUP MEETING
- Build Relationships!
- Discuss Homework - Remember, you don't have to answer all the questions!
- Prayer - Also consider praying in smaller groups. This allows for more voices to pray, and also makes it less intimidating for those still learning to pray out loud.
IMPORTANT DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENDANCE ROSTERS:
- You're doing awesome! Keep it up!
SERVICE & SOCIALS:
- Talk to your group about the Serve/Social contest for a chance to win the $250 gift card to Fugazzi's
- none this week
TEAM HUDDLE:
- Get together as a Leader/Host tandem and evaluate how things are going at the halfway point in the semester.
- Begin praying with each other about what the Lord is leading you to do for NEXT semester. We will be contacting you in a few weeks regarding those details.
THIS WEEK
James 4:13-17
Title:
"ACCOUNTING FOR GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY"
LIFE GROUP SERMON GUIDE NOTES - From Julie Mendes
Hi everyone! Attached you will find a PDF of this week's "Life Group Leaders Guide." This can also be found on our website on the "Life Group Leaders Page." Finally, Nancy will print off a guide for you and place it in your church mailbox each week.
Finally, as mentioned above, this week you are receiving the first-ever rendition of your Life Group Leaders "AUDIO GUIDE." We have intentionally made it an audio format so that you can listen to it on the road or during your lunch break. Simply click the clovermedia link below or go to the Life Group Leaders webpage on our website to access that file.
SERVE/SOCIAL CONTEST - #CRCLIFEGROUPS
Leaders and Hosts, as you meet with your teams to complete your service projects and social events, be sure to take lots of pictures and videos! After that, here are two more things you can do:
- Send your pics and videos to Heather Thomas at: hnthomas.2002@gmail.com, and
- Post your pics and videos on Facebook with the hashtag #CRCLifeGroups. Also, be sure to express why you love your Life Group in the post.
Once all 10 groups have completed their service projects we will do a random draw for every individual email with videos/pictures to Heather and social media interaction from your group (max of 2 per individual).
The winner will receive a $250 gift card to Fugazi's for your entire Life Group for a group social event.
Share the news with your team!!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- PLANS FOR NEXT SEMESTER?
It's true, Spring Life Groups is still 3 months away, but we are already starting to plan for it. Our first step in that process is to see who is coming back next semester. Please take some time over the next couple weeks to pray about where the Lord is leading you.
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 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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HanfordCRC/