27 Ideas For Promoting Participation In Your Group

At our Re:Group Training on September 8th we talked about Group Leader Essential #3: Promoting Participation.

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How do you get your group members to go beyond simply attending weekly meetings to full participation in Biblical Community?

As we talked about at Re:Group, the simple answer is to promote participation. But what ways can we promote participation in our group?

Here are a few ideas.

27 Things You Can Share With Your Group Members

  1. Hosting

  2. Snack

  3. Weekly Email/Communication

  4. Social Media Coordinator

  5. Greeter

  6. Ice Breaker Planner

  7. Facilitation

  8. Time Keeper

  9. Prayer Time Leader

  10. Accountability Partner

  11. Weekly Meeting Cleanup

  12. Worship Leader

  13. Communion Prep

  14. Leading Communion Time

  15. Party Planning

  16. Planning Socials

  17. Celebration Coordinator (bdays, anniversaries, births, weddings)

  18. Organizing Community Service

  19. Put Together Volunteer Schedule

  20. Childcare Coordination

  21. Groups Database Administrator (GroupVitals.com)

  22. Attendance Taker

  23. Following up with new prospects

  24. Giving Rides

  25. Hospital Visits

  26. Providing Meals

  27. Group Leadership

What else would you add to the list? Let us know.

As you use Growth Goal Cards in your group this week, this is a great opportunity to encourage those in your group who have not been baptized to take that step at our Open Baptism service on Sunday, September 29th.

Thanks for leading your group members to live out their God given role in building His church!

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At the Re:Group Leader Training for our Community Group Leaders on September 8th, 2019, Jason DeGraaff talks about Group Leader Essential #3: Promoting Participation. In this talk we address the challenge of moving group members from simply showing up to full participants in Biblical community.

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