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[nynz]

senior night // pastor tim honored the graduating seniors in the high school ministry by allowing them to leave advice to the younger students and speak a little about how God has shown up in their lives. several of them shared their experiences, including nia—so proud of all of them! . special shout out to zhane & genecia, two of my own growth group seniors! . nia has been with some of these girls in growth groups since middle school, so it was bittersweet to see them in this space for the last time. i’m grateful for their incredible leaders, and i’m confident that they will remain friends in this next chapter. . . . #elchsm #eastlakechurch #seniornight #classof2019 #growthgroups #gratitude (at EastLake Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx8ILmjHJky/?igshid=e93cc0cghti4

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#Repost @vibe.clc ・・・ Here's the last 'Elephant's in the Room' lesson on homosexuality, lead by @mrs_richelieu This series has has been powerful up to this point! Come and join us this morning as we address the next elephant in the room: Pornography. Doors open at 10:15am Class begins at 10:30am See you soon! 🐘 #elephantintheroom #growthgroups #vibeyoungadults #clcftl #sundayschool #realtalk #opendiscussion

[bodybyblaine]

Growth Groups Start This Week....Get Out of Rows and into Circles! Mine is On Mondays at Tatum Park 6pm We Play Tennis and Do a Devotional #GrowthGroups #LightemUp #Jesus #Tennis

[jonnygrahamcracker]

We have the #Godfather Nathan leading the group #seabreezechurch #seabreezehsm #growthgroups (at Seabreeze Church)

[geoffmheeg]

"Failure is an event, never a person." Craig Groschel #Fight #growthgroups @lifecentre #fightthesnowstorm

[dmmoore-blog]

Dual Church Membership #3.5 - Not talking about Groups within Groups

Churches have various groups within them, and you could call each of these groups a little church. But that's not what we're talking about. That's not dual church membership.

If you are part of a Growth Group, that Growth Group and especially its leaders are part of a congregation/campus, and those congregations are part of the church which the Holy Spirit makes certain men/elders responsible for. The group of 10-15 you meet with are not an independent group. The leaders have been "appointed" by the church eldership. When you submit to your group leaders, its an expression of submission to the elders who appointed them.

And refusing to submit to your group leaders is an expression of refusing to submit to your elders/pastors.

So if you're in one churches' small group, but you go to another church on Sunday... which elders are you submitting to? Both? or Neither?

[dmmoore-blog]

Let people finish your...

sentences.

Whether you’re leading a growth group, preaching a sermon or just a one on one… don’t just say everything and rely on people’s hearing and memory. If they are listening to you, they’ll be able to finish your sentence.

What’s more; people remember what they say 1000% more than they remember what others say. You ask someone what they learned in your GrowthGroup last night, and they’ll rattle off WHAT THEY SAID - regardless of what the passage/study was about.

Also, getting people to finish your sentences forces them to do serious thinking; it requires listening, understanding, integration, creativity, boldness and humility. Don’t deny them that.

Lastly, if you let people finish your sentences, there’s even a chance they’ll find a word that picks up everything you want, but communicates it even… ?