Let’s pretend this article is a one-on-one conversation between you and me. Pretend that I sought you out and keep pretending that we have already hit all the light talking points back and forth and now moving to the real question at hand. Should you be a community group leader/co-leader? It’s a great question for me to ask you for several reasons:
- More human beings are now attending Good News than ever before. Praise God for that! But this means the “supply and demand” levels are out of whack. More attendees mean more community group leaders are needed. Maybe you should be a group leader.
- Perhaps this is the next spiritual growth step in your life. Could it be for many years you have attended community groups, watched others lead groups; and now it’s time for you to take the next step and become a leader/co-leader of a group? Why not you? Sometimes people are quick to give reasons why they can’t lead a group. And I’m not saying that there are not bona fide reasons for some not to be a community group leader. However, if your reasons for not leading are a fear that it takes too much time, or you must be a Bible scholar and know the answer to every question, or you don’t see yourself as a leader; those fears can be overcome. Perhaps now is the time to step out in faith and be an overcomer in these fears or others like them. Maybe you should be a group leader. P.S. Nobody likes a know-it-all leader anyway. Don’t feel like you need to have all the answers.
- Perhaps you are a spiritually gifted person in this area but have been sitting on the bench for a season or more, and now it’s time to get back at it. Ideally, if you are relatively new to Good News, I’d highly recommend that you attend a community group for a semester or two. However, exceptions can be made for you to jump in and start using those spiritual gifts leading/co-leading a group. If you are a Good News “oldie” and already have been vetted and served in the past, you are ready to go. If you are in these categories, maybe you should be a group leader.
Often, I intentionally used “lead” and “co-lead” together. That’s because Good News leadership sees great value in having a partner whenever possible in leading a community group. Maybe you should speak with someone you already know at Good News and discuss the possibility of teaming up and leading a community group. That would be awesome!
If this little article has sparked an interest for you to find out more about leading a group, please reach out to me at doug@goodnewsocala.com. I’d enjoy discussing this with you in more detail and would be super excited that you reached out to me.
That said, if you don’t reach out to me don’t be surprised if this pretend conversation becomes real. Several folks are already on my “let’s have a real conversation” list. However, as mentioned back at point number 1, there are so many new humans attending Good News, there is a great possibility I might not even know you and/or of your leadership abilities in leading a group. So, feel free to have a real conversation with me as well. Then unlike this article, I won’t be doing all the talking. Should you be a community group leader? Let’s talk.
If this little article has sparked an interest for you to find out more about leading a group, please reach out to me at doug@goodnewsocala.com. I’d enjoy discussing this with you in more detail and would be super excited that you reached out to me.
That said, if you don’t reach out to me don’t be surprised if this pretend conversation becomes real. Several folks are already on my “let’s have a real conversation” list. However, as mentioned back at point number 1, there are so many new humans attending Good News, there is a great possibility I might not even know you and/or of your leadership abilities in leading a group. So, feel free to have a real conversation with me as well. Then unlike this article, I won’t be doing all the talking. Should you be a community group leader? Let’s talk.
