Dear Small Group Leaders,
Attached is the sermon based discussion guide for our small groups this week on “Do You Accept The Freedom and Power That God Gives You?” Please send the guide to your group members in a friendly email that would remind them of your meeting time and location as well as where they can hear the sermon if they missed it- www.christchurchsl.org/sermons. Remember to print out copies for your meetings this week and to have a Bible available for the “A Related Scripture” section.
9-16-18 Sermon Discussion Guide- baptism- do you accept the power and freedom god gives
Leader Tips:
#1 Discipleship Leader’s Breakfast- Tuesday at 8am
Last Tuesday, a group of us enjoyed bible study, prayer and fellowship with other discipleship group leaders over breakfast. You are invited to join us again this week Tuesday at 8am in Jacob’s Well. We are discussing the life and ministry of Jesus in the gospels which teach us as his disciples how and where to find life and strength in Christian ministry. Since most of us had already eaten breakfast by 8am, we decided to go lighter on the breakfast fare- not tacos, but just pastries, fruit and coffee or tea from Jacob’s Well. Any who are in a serving role in a discipleship ministry of Christ Church are welcome!
#2 New Small Groups
Jorge Font offered a testimony about the nature and value of small groups in the 9:30 and 10:55 worship services today. Thank you Jorge, it was spot on! We received 14 sign up cards today! Over this week and next I will be trying to correspond with people who filled out a card to form new small groups at times and locations they have in common. Please pray for the new groups and encourage those you know who may be interested to fill out a small group card while the groups are still being organized. I am hoping to have 1-2 completely new groups to draw from in my doctoral thesis project work.
#3 The New Sermon Notes Papers
Need more space than your bulletin allows to write notes about the sermons on Sundays in worship? There are sermon notes pages on the round table outside the sanctuary which you can pick up on your way in that have plenty of room for your notes on the inside. Please share about this new resource with your group members.
If you have any questions or would like some help from me about this important small group ministry, please email or call me so that we can schedule a conversation. I will be out of the office later this week to a Wesleyan discipleship conference in Tennessee called The New Room Conference (https://newroomconference.com/), but will be checking email and voicemail. I am very excited about this conference but even more excited about God has in store for us in discipleship at Christ Church this fall!
Blessings!
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church