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Weekly Info Email for Small Group Leaders (word doc)
About a month and a half ago, we decided to experiment with restructuring our small groups away from just another teaching time and to a time of building relationships. So far after experimenting with it for several weeks, it’s been a huge hit. Jennifer is one of our senior students who we’ve given the responsibility to step down into the 7th grade girl’s class to learn leadership, mentoring, facilitation, etc. You’ll love what she emailed me about how this new small groups structure is enhancing her class’ experience:
I LOVE this new Sunday school plan. Our girls are getting much more out of it (and me to). We haven’t been able to get them to read the books or the Bible reading plans no matter what. But I guess now that they go together (Wednesday worship and Sunday small groups), a lot more are starting to read it. And they have all said that they don’t really read their Bibles, especially the old testament, because they think it’s boring and confusing, but they’re seeing on Wednesday nights that it is not at all, and how applicable it really is, so after they hear it preached, they’ll go home and read it because it gets them interested, and they’ve heard it preached so they understand it. And with them reading it the discussions are soo much better, they actually talk!! Haha, Its just great….Thanks for everything. =)
Now if you think I put her up to that or even asked her what she thought…you’ve bumped your head. That email just totally came out of the bleu, straight from her heart, and got me pumped! Here’s how the big switch, restructuring, and new system all happened what we’re doing now, and how its all going… Continue reading →
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