Dear Small Group Leaders of Christ Church,
Jesus said I am the way and the truth and the life. What profound ideas to talk about in this week’s message “Following The Way.” The small group discussion guide is attached here, and in case you missed it, the sermon videos can be viewed online at www.christchurchsl.org/sermons Please include the sermons link and attach the discussion guide in a friendly meeting reminder email to your group members.
4-29-18 Sermon Discussion Guide- Following The Way
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Leader Tip #1- Leader Questions and Support
If you have questions about how to deal with various small group dynamics issues or are facing theological questions you would like some support for, please email me at dan@christchurchsl.org so that we can share them and pursue them as a group here in the weekly leader tips. Here is a good question to start with. What do you do when someone in your group is facing life problems which you do not feel equipped to handle as a small group leader? This is a good question to ask early on, because sometimes small group leaders get pulled into situations that are beyond their level of training and perhaps beyond the boundaries of responsibility of a small group leader. As pastors of Christ Church, we can help connect them with resources that may be of help that you are unaware of. For example, there is a licensed professional Christian counselor who meets with clients during the week at Christ Church. If there are financial limitations that have kept people who are connected to Christ Church from receiving counseling in the past, the church can help them cover the cost of the first 2-3 sessions. Also, there are a number of support groups of different kinds that meet at Christ Church during the week as well. If you have someone in your group who you believe could use this kind of outside help, I suggest contacting myself or Pastor Michelle by phone or email to let us be aware of the person’s need. My phone and email is 281-980-6888×4776 and dan@christchurchsl.org. Pastor Michelle’s is 281-980-6888×4772 and michelleh@christchurchsl.org.
Leader Tip #2 – the smallgroupleaders.net site
Remember the small group leader’s equipping track files, an archive of the sermon based discussion guides and the weekly leader tips in a video, audio and text format are always available at the www.smallgroupleaders.net site. I am still working on getting the leader tips text automated email subscription and the video and audio podcast subscription functions working. Hopefully, all of the weekly emails will be generated from that website soon.
Also, don’t forget to email questions about small group leadership so that we can begin addressing them in next week’s email. It is a great privilege in sharing in this ministry with you in sharing God’s Word with others and striving to grow in Christ together from week to week. I pray God blesses you and your group as you meet in His name. Wherever two or three are gathered in His name, He is with us! (Matthew 18:20)
Blessings!
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church