Terry discusses the importance of viewing member care in group life as a spectrum. The spectrum goes from Necessary to Nice. Necessary are those physical, emotional, spiritual or relational needs in member’s lives where the need exceeds current capacity. Everyone is called to carry their own load so we can’t eliminate every burden, nor should we but at times people need help when the burden is to heavy to carry alone. At the nice end of the spectrum are those…
Rodney talks about Mission being the forgotten M of group life. Meetings are on the calendar and member care faces us at every meeting, but mission can be forgotten. Our role as leaders is to equip our people and to remind our members to engage in mission. Trace shared about how he is working in Christian Challenge to keep Mission on the forefront. Possible Mission Goals for Your Group Pray regularly for the lost in group Gospel conversation scoreboard Memorize…
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…
Jim encourages leaders to think about the different components of their meetings. Meetings are important. They are the squeaky wheel of group life which means they get lots of attention and rightfully so because if you don’t meet you don’t have a group. The tension that is important is learning to get meetings the appropriate attention but not let them dominate group life. Possible Goals for Meetings Manage Time (Start / End & Pray / Share) Delegate responsibility Get members…
Brenda introduced a model for mentoring called the grow model. It is an acrostic that can help direct in a mentoring relationship or direct a leader as they are seeking to grow in a certain area. G.R.O.W. What is your FOCUS? Goal: Where do you want to go? What do you want to achieve? Why is it important? Reality (Current Reality): Where are you now? Obstacles/Options: What prevents moving towards goal? How can you move through or past the obstacle?…
Terry talks about leading through times of crisis and the importance of being well-differentiated. Hand – Out Related to the teaching.
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Terry introduced a Roadmap for Group Life and for Leadership Community at River. After the introduction he discussed 5 questions related to a leaders essential responsibility to mentor potential leaders.
“Who’s Your One?” is a website with resources to help you as a group leader to keep the Great Commission in front of your group. The primary resource that you might find helpful is a prayer guide. It is a 30 day prayer focus for one person that God has brought into your life. Using the prayer guide you will be praying through scripture asking God to bring “your one” to himself. In your group you can also use the…
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.
