05.28.10
Overlooked Small Group Essentials IV... The Importance of Being on Mission Together
Few things bond a group more than being on mission together. The dreaming of it, the planning of it, the accomplishment of it, and the celebration of it bonds group members like few other experiences. I would suggest that your group do one of the following (even better, dream up ideas of your own) at least three times a year.
- Find a single parent in your neighborhood and spend a day grooming the yard, cleaning the house, baby-sitting the kids, changing the oil in the car, and pay for and send the single mom for a manicure and pedicure. Let them be pampered while you’re group is being Christ to them.
- Find a local ministry that serves the poor, spend a Saturday working with and for that ministry.
- If you are close to a major city, take sack lunches and drinks to the homeless. Sit down and eat with them if possible. This will only take a few hours and will be life-changing for many of your group members.
- Go on a mission trip together. Nothing will bond your group more than five to seven days serving another people in another culture together.
As you go be sure you tell the individuals you are serving that you are there because you’re being Jesus to them. If God opens the door, share the wonderful story of Jesus life, death, resurrection, and transforming power to the individuals you meet. If possible, give each person you meet a Bible.
Your group will grow, your connections with one another will be enhanced, and your respect for another will grow exponentially.
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