Dear Small Group Leaders,
This week our stewardship series Mastering Money: Making Your Finances Serve Your Faith continued with the message Some Biblical Advice For The Broke.
As usual, please send out a friendly meeting reminder to your group members with the attached discussion guide and the link to the Sunday sermon – https://www.christchurchsl.org/sermons/.
Leader Tips:
#1. Let me offer you a word of guidance in the discussions this week as stewardship and giving can be a touchy and sensitive topic to some. Right at the beginning of the discussion, offering a verbalized disclaimer about sharing might set some minds at ease. You may wish to say something like…
“While the church is talking about stewardship right now, I know some people are very private about how or what they choose to give. Certainly no one here tonight is being asked to share any specific amounts or percentages about what they give. We are simply going to talk about finances and stewardship in general and what the Bible has to say about it, and leave the personal particulars between you and the Lord.”
#2. At the end of the meeting, you may wish to announce that next Sunday in all of the worship services, people are encouraged to bring their estimate of giving cards with them. They will have the opportunity, as an act of worship, to offer them in faith by dropping them into an enclosed box (such that their information can remain private).
#3. Also FYI-
- Tuesdays at the Well, 7-8 pm, this week Pastor Temple is teaching on “Dealing With Doubts” at the church coffee bar
- Church devotional books for January & February- The Domino Effect, a study on Colossians, are still on sale at the coffee bar
- Discipleship Leader’s Breakfast- any leaders of discipleship groups at Christ Church are welcome to join me in Jacob’s Well, 8-9am, for an ongoing time of teaching, discussion and prayer about growth in discipleship.
- In case you missed the news, Pastor Andrew is being appointed to serve as the Senior Pastor of Magnolia United Methodist Church and starts March 1.
- There will be a church council meeting after church on February 3rd(around 12:20pm in the Family Life Center). All are welcome to attend and chili and soup are on the menu!
I pray you all have great meetings this week! Thanks for serving in the discipleship ministries of Christ Church!
Your Co-Laborer In Christ,
Dan Conway
Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach
Christ Church