Okay so I was born and raised in a traditional Southern Baptist Church. I went to church Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night. I was a Royal Ambassador and I was active in my youth group. My mother loved her Sunday School class and me and my sister were in one every week until I could drive. I never liked Sunday School much. Neither did most of the kids my age. I never saw the point in having school on a Sunday. Maybe the name just psyched me out but I never really got into Sunday School growing up.
So skip a decade plus a few years and here I am an adult (in age and responsibility only) in an era where Sunday school classes are beginning to fade and small groups are becoming the norm. I have been apart of my current church since it began back in 2005 and we have had “Life Groups” from the beginning. Up until this current edition of Life Groups I have not been able to connect with a group. I love the idea of Life Groups, I love what they are suppose to be but up until just recently I viewed them as a Sunday School substitute. Now maybe that’s my fault. Maybe Sunday School left a bitter taste in my mouth. Maybe I had the wrong attitude going into them.I have just been in Sunday school my whole life. I did not want life groups to become like Sunday School to me. Now the Life groups I am currently in is awesome. I am connected, I leave ready to come back the next week and my wife enjoys it too. The question is how do you get a large portion of your people to feel the way about life groups as I do about my current group? How do you make sure Life Groups do not feel like things you have to go to?
My other question is what else is there? In what way can we connect, grow and disciple other than life groups. Better yet is there a creative way to tweak the current model. What is your church doing to make your small groups effective?
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