Community Life

What Does a Small Group Leader Do?

Small Group leadership is dynamic!  Leaders are regularly drawing their people together in community. In the context of community, a group will connect to encourage one another, grow in Christ together, and serve one another and others together. The ongoing health of a group is dependant upon the dynamic interaction of these three elements of the ministry.

  • Connect

Leaders model and lead the process of community building for the group. Healthy groups will come together in regular meetings as well as social times and in more informal smaller get-togethers as relationship deepen, and friendships grow.  Leaders will also look for opportunities outside of the group to help others make connections in the church as a whole.  This is a great article about keeping a mindset of connecting with others in the community as a whole.

  • Grow

Leaders model and lead the growth of Christian maturity for the group. Leaders may also disciple someone so that they then start another small group, reaching out to others in the community. 

  • Serve

Leaders model and lead service to one another, our community and the world by encouraging the living out a purpose beyond itself.  This can take any number of forms, from local service projects to getting involved in worldwide missions.  Our goal, as Christian believers, is to advance the gospel through actively loving our neighbors.  As small group leaders, we encourage and lead our groups in achieving this goal.

 

 Small Group Ministry Resources

The small group ministry at COS makes available a number of resource materials for leaders to review and use for leadership development and/or group study material. Our small group resource directory and is available here.  Please contact the community life ministry for more information on accessing these and other resources.

 

Leaders Meetings

Small group leaders meet together quarterly  to strengthen connections with the church and each other, to reinforce  the vision and mission of the small group ministry, to share what the Lord is doing for and through each of us as leaders and to reinforce and acquire new skills and information to make us more effective in our ministries.

Meetings are generally scheduled for the third Tuesday of the month beginning the quarter.  Confirmed meeting dates and times are:

January 18th, 2011 at 7:00 PM in room A 10-12

April 19th, 2011 at 7:00 PM in room A 10-12

 

Updated October 14, 2011