Dan Gould

Small Groups

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Tonight, we officially started small groups for grades 6-10th.  I have the privilege of being the 9th grade coach.  Tonight we had 15 ninth graders at our host home.  Here are their pictures as they walked in.

What a good night!  The topic was Guilt.  Guilt is a hard topic to talk about and makes us feel uncomfortable because it hinges on actually having to share our faults with others.  We asked these three questions in Small Groups

  • How do you deal with guilt?
  • Are there signs that you are ignoring?
  • Have you asked God for forgiveness?

Doug Fields shared two things about guilt that I think are pivotal to overcoming it.  If we aren’t proactive in temptation we will live our life being reactive toward guilt and situations.  Here are some steps to take.

  • Go to God with the situation. (confession)
  • Go to others with the situation. (accountability)

If you will do these things you will be able to experience freedom from your current situation!

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2 responses to “Small Groups”

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    Diandra

    We’re getting ready to start our small groups soon… this is an interesting idea to do them by grade… have you found any problems with it? Ours are being done by gender rather than age group at this point… but maybe we should do both…

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    dangould

    Diandra – We actually do both. Right now we have one host home for each grade. As they grow, we will add more host homes and leaders. Guys and Girls meet together for large group, then break off by gender with an adult small group leader for small group discussion. This is working well for us right now.

    Here is how we structure:
    Host Home – opens their home each week
    Coach – develops a team of adults and teaches the large group
    Small Group Leaders – facilitate discussion and encourage growth. They really become the youth pastor to their group of students.

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