Home Groups Are Off To A Great Start!

As I write, I feel very blessed to hear about the enthusiasm and involvement of all of those who participated in the first night of our Home Groups Bible Studies last Sunday evening. I’ve called around to all of the various group leaders, and heard from a number of the participants, and the reviews are very positive. There were 51 in total attendance. Most of the groups reported that there were many who were sick with this flu bug that has been going around. Hopefully everyone will be well, and back in the swing of things for this next weekend. The session on true spirituality really hit home with the groups, and caused all of us to think seriously about how we are called to live each day as if Jesus Christ were living through us. “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17

Special recognition goes to the J.C. & Jan Trollinger group led by Terry Winterrowd who had all of their group members in attendance. Also, all the other groups may feel a little envious of the group who met at Clyde and Tuffy’s house. As everyone could imagine, Tuffy cooked for the group. My suggestion was that all groups should rotate through Clyde and Tuffy’s home in the future. Everyone spoke very positively about the mixture of age groups that are part of the Home Groups. And, nearly every group leader mentioned their “empty chair” and one or two names of people they were already thinking about inviting to join their group. This is great. I am really happy for all of you, and appreciate your support for this new program. Whenever the church branches out in a new ministry it is always difficult to know how it will be embraced. Thank you for putting your all into it!!!

Everyone should know that all of our groups are open to new members, so if there is anyone, at any time that would like to join in please let me know. We don’t want to leave anyone out who desires to be part of our Home Group Ministry.

God bless you!