Rick Howerton was our guest speaker for RE:GROUP in February of this year. We weren't able to get to all the questions during the Q&A, so he graciously agreed to answer them by phone. Use the link below to hear Rick's responses to your questions! The audio is only about 20 minutes long, and topics addressed … Continue reading Interview with Rick Howerton
Announcing the Curriculum Pathway
For the last 7+ years the Curriculum Guide has been the first go-to resource for group leaders in determining what to study. The Guide has being retired and we're excited to introduce it's replacement--the Curriculum Pathway! Why the Change? The consistent feedback from leaders was the Curriculum Guide was too broad in terms of the … Continue reading Announcing the Curriculum Pathway
Provide Thanksgiving Meals for those in Need
Your group is needed to help provide several hundred Thanksgiving meals for families who would otherwise go without! Use this shopping list to purchase designated items and return to the PV office by Nov. 21. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Contact Geria Tyson with questions (gtyson@pleasantvalley.org 781-5959 ext.321). Shopping List: (Click here to download printable … Continue reading Provide Thanksgiving Meals for those in Need
Sharing Your Story
One of the essential elements of the Community starter study is the exercise of having everyone share their life story. However, for some, if not many in your group, this can be daunting, scary, unknown territory. Below are a number of tips and additional helps in walking you/them through this. 1. Do it! You may … Continue reading Sharing Your Story
Fall 2016 Church-wide Study
ALL: God’s Picture of Whole-life Generosity 6 sessions Includes Inductive Bible Study, Videos, and Discussion To be completed between September and December of 2016 Videos and PDFs available online: pleasantvalley.org/all Once you've completed the study, please offer feedback here. What You Need… Leader’s Guide Pick up a copy at RE:GROUP (Sept 18), or in the … Continue reading Fall 2016 Church-wide Study
Family Life Retreat Opportunity
The Family Life Retreat (formerly “Family Camp”) is a great chance to engage the families in your group outside your typical environment. See what other group leaders have said about how this weekend impacted their group…
What if you could share a whole weekend with your Community Group in a context unlike any other you’ve likely experienced before?! PV Family Camp is just such an opportunity to build deeper relationships with your Community Group. Look at it as an annual turn-key retreat weekend that could be catalytic in helping establish some new relationships or taking existing relationships to deeper level. There’s nothing like having a shared experience in a setting other than your typical group environment.
Here’s one Community Group leader’s experienced at Family Camp…
We had a great time going to Family Camp as a Community Group. It was a lot of fun to get to know the people outside of group, because we were able to see a different side of people. The experience really brought us closer together as a group. Our group reserved rooms all in the same lodge and shared the…
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COMMUNITY DIRECTOR RETREAT, SPRING 2016
Our annual CD Retreats are a prime opportunity for some personal retreat/reflection, as well growing in your role as a spiritual director. We're excited to have Pastor Merle and Karen joining us Friday night to lead through some soul care exercises. Then, Saturday morning will be focuses on your equipping as a Director. Our hope … Continue reading COMMUNITY DIRECTOR RETREAT, SPRING 2016
Deeper Waters Studies
On-going Theological Equipping for PV Leaders A good leader knows an essential part of leadership is to continue growing and learning themselves. That's why we've begun offering theological, doctrinal, and Bible-book studies designed specifically to help you further grow as a leader and teacher of God's Word. Led by knowledgeable teachers (often Seminary or Antioch … Continue reading Deeper Waters Studies
Suggested Easter Studies
The following suggest studies would be great to use in your Community Group, especially in lead-up or follow-up to Easter. The Resurrection is the defining high-point of our faith, upon which all of Jesus' claims and teachings hinge. These studies either approach the Resurrection from an apologetic standpoint (defending/giving evidence for), or specifically the importance … Continue reading Suggested Easter Studies
Twisted Branches Christmas study
What is it? This study, based on Matthew 1:1-17, is designed to help Community Groups dig into the lessons we can learn from the genealogy Matthew uses to introduce his Gospel account of the life of Jesus. This study is thematically designed to parallel the December 2015 PV message series by the same title, but … Continue reading Twisted Branches Christmas study
