Family

Small Group Conference

A group of us just returned from an Advanced Small Group Conference at Willow Creek. There were over 90 people in attendance from churches all over the country who gathered to learn more about how to develop and implement a comprehensive small group strategy. You can click on the picture above to see a short slideshow of our trip.

The conference was more like a workshop, with short presentations by Bill Donahue, Russ Robinson and Greg Bowman followed by "team time" around our table for discussion and implementation. Each table had a facilitator and ours was Bill Search from Ada Bible Church.

We came home with four newspaper pad pages full of issues that we need to address in order to make our small group ministry more effective. It was so timely that we were able to attend this conference, especially after Bob Gilliam's recommendations.

I'm excited about the things we talked about over the past several days and how we can structure our small groups to be even more effective in helping us become a family of growing disciples! I'm thankful for our Small Group Team (Dave Sanders, Susan Krucher, Erin Bird, James Wartian, Pat Rieck, Tye Male-our Team Leader and myself) that has been meeting this past year and their commitment to make our small group system even stronger.

It's our desire that every person at New Covenant be connected to a caring community of believers. A community where no one walks alone, and where we can be open with one another. A community where lives are miraculously transformed and hearts restored. A place where we become family.