Winter Week 1 Get Growing
Hello, leaders! Welcome to the 2021 Winter Season of Community Groups! Turns out that even though we’ve turned the page from 2020 to 2021, we realize, sadly, that it was all not just a bad dream and we are still living with the same restrictions, dangers, and fears that seemed to consume 2020.
With that said we still will have many different ways of doing groups and lots of things that are different from the good old way of doing groups. However, I think we can all agree it is time to be done and over with all the complaining about not getting to do what we used to do, and it is high time to make the best out of what we have currently. So, let’s make this a great season! Let’s go out and get new people. (This means all of us in groups asking neighbors and friends to join, because how else can we get new people?) Let’s recognize the fact that people have less going on, more time, and less excuses; and, more importantly, since everyone has been rocked and is questioning and struggling, we have a huge opportunity to introduce God to so many who deeply need him.
Let’s focus on the fact that people are in more need of connection and meaning than we have probably ever seen before. Let’s see what an opportunity we have with people being more willing to question the old ways of life and to seek meaning and purpose with an openness to so much more than they were open to before. Let’s also wade into the depths of the hard truth that this past year has caused broken relationships, marriages, families, and even identities. Let’s take the hope, truth, and joy that only God can bring to a world that is clearly broken, hurting, and in desperate need of being connected to the only One who can heal them and give them fulfillment in their lives.
Thanks for all you do. Here are your resources.