As a Community Group Leader, we exhort you all the time as the leaders on the “front lines” of disciple-making at PV. Your spiritual and relational investment in your group members naturally leads to your role in helping your group members process through any leadership transitions that might arise within the group or within the … Continue reading Leading your group through leadership transitions…
Transparent Leadership: The Power of Sharing Stories Pt. 2
Contributions from Barb Condra (CG Leader) Read Part 1 in this series HERE. The most common single type of writing in the Bible is narrative...story.* There’s obviously something profound about sharing story, if God chose to use this as one of the primary ways of revealing himself to us. If your group members have never … Continue reading Transparent Leadership: The Power of Sharing Stories Pt. 2
Experience Speaks: How sharing stories changed our group!
Contributions from Mendy Wilson (CG Leader) Sharing my story meant opening up and being vulnerable with our group members. Sharing my story also meant taking down any facade or walls of protection that I may have put up. What a scary thought! These ladies were seeing the real me, both the pretty & the ugly. … Continue reading Experience Speaks: How sharing stories changed our group!
Transparent Leadership: The Power of Sharing Stories Pt. 1
Contributions from Barb Condra (CG Leader) Several years ago Pleasant Valley started encouraging people to share their life story to emphasize the application of a sermon. These stories always made a powerful impression on everyone present. At about the same time we had a new couple join our class and as I got to know … Continue reading Transparent Leadership: The Power of Sharing Stories Pt. 1
The Group Within the Group
Every Community Group, no matter what size, has a smaller group within the group. If it is one of our larger Community Groups that meets on-campus, there might be several smaller sub-groups within the larger group. And, even if it is a smaller group that meets in the home, there is a sub-grouping between the … Continue reading The Group Within the Group
Going on Retreat (Pt. 2)
A group retreat can be a unique, spiritual experience. The retreat setting usually means getting away from everyday routines, phones, TV, the demands of daily life and having the opportunity for focused, uninterrupted time for communion with God and fellowship with each other. Whether you’ve never been on a group retreat, or you’ve just never … Continue reading Going on Retreat (Pt. 2)
Going on Retreat (Pt. 1)
Contributions from Jim Power (PV CG Leader) Every group has been there…the proverbial “fork in the road”. Maybe the scenario is that the group has been very successful in the hands of God to change the lives of the group members, and as a leader you sense it is time to do something dramatic to … Continue reading Going on Retreat (Pt. 1)
Studying and Teaching the Scriptures Theologically (Pt. 1)
How someone views a piece of literature determines how they read it. If it is popular a magazine or newspaper, skimming is completely natural with only focus on those stories in which you are most interested. No one starts a novel in the middle, but instead reads it from the front to the back. A … Continue reading Studying and Teaching the Scriptures Theologically (Pt. 1)
Three Questions to Ask…
The heat has finally arrived, signaling that Summer is here. You may start hearing comments like: "So it sounds like everyone's going to be pretty busy this summer, how about we take a break and catch back up again in the fall?" or "I think we should take a break this summer, I know I … Continue reading Three Questions to Ask…
Creative Expressions of Prayer in Your Community Group
Perhaps, like me, you've felt the need to rethink your approach to prayer in your Community Group. Here are 24 creative expressions of prayer you may want to consider. Making a change in your meeting time can go a long way toward gaining momentum in your group! [Click here for printable PDF of this list] … Continue reading Creative Expressions of Prayer in Your Community Group
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