microwave your group

Here are some ways to microwave your small group from SouthEast Christian Church reposted by David Rudd.

• Throw a Party at a Restaurant for the Next Birthday in the Group
• Go See A Pro or Semi-Pro Sporting Event Together
• Chill out with a Backyard Barbeque
• Go Bowling
• Saturday Morning Breakfast and Service Project

Simple - but doing things like these go a long way toward relationship building. I have recently been to a service project, professional beach volleyball game, dinner, lunch, movie, watched football on TV, etc. with one or more members of my group. I am constantly reinforcing that it is about community rather than the meeting. The meeting is only 2 hours out of a 168 hour week.

I've always taught that one of the key attributes of a good group leader is availability. People need to connect and they need someone to model how simple it can be. They need help understanding that it can be as easy as including others in stuff you would normally do.

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