Your Help Is Needed.

Right now I am putting together a yearly sermon calendar and I have hit a creative block. I am looking for some creative ideas to help fuel the fire. I have the following series themes without the meat to go with them

1. Community (4 weeks)
2. Family series (4 weeks)

I would love to hear your feedback on what these two series could look like.

Thanks

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How to Make Sure Your Small Group Ministry Fails – By Craig Groeschel

Craig Groeschel from Lifechurch.tv posted this blog about small groups. I am a firm believer in doing small groups in a church and this post is a great reminder on what not to do.

Tons of churches have attempted small groups only to abort shortly after takeoff. I’ll share the top 10 ways to ensure the failure of your group.

Today we’ll cover the first 5 and finish the others tomorrow.

1. Make sure the senior pastor isn’t in a group. If small groups aren’t modeled by the pastor, they won’t have much of a chance for success. (Amy and I host two small groups in our home.)
2. Make sure the senior pastor doesn’t talk about small groups. If small groups don’t ever find their way into a sermon, it will help reduce the likelihood of success.
3. Make sure small groups are not staffed or resourced properly. To guarantee your groups fail, don’t staff them, buy them curriculum, announce them, or get your best volunteers involved.
4. Make sure small group leaders aren’t trained. When you do get some small group leaders, don’t train them. Let them figure it out on their own.
5. Make sure the church doesn’t address childcare needs. Pretend like all small groups don’t have any child care needs. Don’t open the church one or two nights a week to provide child care. Don’t pay for childcare like I’ve heard North Point does. Ignore childcare needs completely.

Have you seen churches that are handling these issues effectively? If so, how?

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