Brenda encourages group leaders to remember the importance of member care in group but to not fall into the trap that member care is one size fits all. Individuals in your group feel love and cared for in different ways. Member care can look differently from group to group. Possible Member Care Goals for Group Get to know one another better – families, concerns, praises, etc. Serve one another in times of need. (Life events – babies, weddings, death, job…
These questions include various levels of topics – from introductory questions for visitors to group or church, to non-threatening conversation starters, to family, to spiritual questions. Preparation is helpful. Before meeting with someone – even someone you know – it can help your time together before more meaningful if you’ll think through what to talk about before you meet. It takes situational awareness to know which question(s) to ask and how – timing and tone. Just pick a few. Try…
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Terry talks about the importance of boundaries in life and ministry and how to pursue appropriate boundaries.
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Terry talks briefly about spiritual warfare and Rodney talks about developing people as followers of Jesus.
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Risa instructed leaders again on Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change to help group leaders gain skill in helping others close the gap in their lives.
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Terry discussed how to talk about and help people handle issues of Marriage, Remarriage and Divorce in your groups from a biblical perspective.
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At Leadership Community, Terry talked about a way to help people. You as a leader can help them by helping them see “False Causes” of the difficulties in their lives.
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Risa Rehmert talks about the Stages of Change that people progress through when they are trying to “add” a new behavior and “remove” an old behavior from their lives.
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James Smith discusses the Basics of Counseling of at River Small Group Leaders Retreat August 27th, 2016
