DC Orange Tour Stop Highlights: Small Groups
God created us for community..Jesus illustrated community…the church practiced community
1. Be present – connect their faith to a community
- Show up predictably, Show up Consistency, Show up Randomly
2. Create a safe place – clarify their faith as they grow
- Lead the group, Respect the process (God is in charge! You may not see the fruit). Guard the heart
3. Partner with Parents – Nurture an everyday faith
- Cue the parent, Honor the parent, Reinforce the family
- How the parents perceive the church could be how they and their child perceive you
4. Make it personal – inspire their faith by your example
- You live in community, You set priorities, You be real
5. Move them out- engage their faith In a bigger story
- Goal is for them to own their own faith. You have to connect them to others beyond you.
- Move them to someone else, Move them to be the church, move them to what’s next
- You should start packing a students bags the day he or she shows up
The goal isn’t to keep them. The goal is to launch them
