Dear Small Group Leaders of Christ Church,
Attached is the sermon based discussion guide for this week’s message “Will You Serve Him as Lord?” Please forward the guide to your group members for them to have prior to the meeting and print out enough copies to have on hand for all at the meeting this week. Please also include the link to sermon videos in case they missed them- www.christchurchsl.org/sermons.
9-30-18 Sermon Discussion Guide- baptism- will you serve him as your lord
Leader Tips:
#1 New Small Groups– It looks like a new Monday night Sugar Creek small group will begin Monday October 8th and two other small groups that needed additional people are receiving them through our fall sign ups! Two other potential new small groups are still pending- a Friday night Parents of Young Children small group with free nursery care at the church and a Young Adult (20-34 yr old) Singles small group. If you know of any people who would be interested in either of these groups, please let me know so that I can invite them!
#2 Survey Forms For All New People to Do at Beginning of First Meeting- I am also attaching a pdf file of a survey form that is JUST for the new people to the group who have not participated before. This is a different form than was used before and is crucial for the next stage in my doctoral thesis project on sermon-based small groups. Please keep several print outs hand this fall, especially this week and next week in case you have new people join your group who are willing to do the survey. It is not required for participation, but highly encouraged! It is an anonymous survey with no names (just last 4 digits of social security number to identify with the follow up survey in a couple months). It is an easy 11 question survey with a numerical response scale and should only take about 3-4 minutes to do. Completed forms can be kept in an envelope and given to me at a later time to combine with anonymous forms from other groups as well. Thanks for your help on this- if you have any questions- just text me at 832-360-8295.
#3 Discipleship Leader’s Breakfast– If you are available on Tuesdays at 8am, please join me in Jacob’s Well for a time of Biblical teaching about how the meaning of the gospel was a resource of strength for Jesus in ministry, and for the opportunity for discussion and prayer with your peers in discipleship ministry!
#4 35th Anniversary Service and Luncheon Oct 14- There will be one merged worship service on Oct 14th in celebration of Christ Church’s 35th anniversary! Tickets for a catered lunch in the Family Life Center are available for sale in the Gathering Hall on Sunday, in the office during the week or online at www.christchurchsl.org/anniversary. Why don’t you all come as a small group and get a whole table? The table decorations are to be done by various groups of the church- a plastic table covering will do and whatever themed elements you would like to present as a centerpiece.
Thanks for being in Discipleship Ministry together at Christ Church. God is doing a new thing here this Fall! Keep up the prayers for renewal and awakening in His Spirit!
Your Co-laborer In Christ,
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church