Important Details for Re:Group Kickoff

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Here are a few details for our Community Group Leader Kick-off on Sunday night.

We'll be addressing a tension we may all feel a times, "How we lead our group beyond a weekly checkbox to a transformational environment?"

None of us want to waste our time with shallow relationships.

• How do we move group members from consumers to spiritual contributors?

• How do we help our group members go from just showing up to "all in"?

We will also be sharing some updates about what God has been up to at Northridge and give you the inside scoop of what's next for our church.

Our large group session with Drew Karschner and our Coaches are designed to answer these questions and more.

Drew Karschner will also be sharing some updates on what God has been up to at Northridge and a vision for where our church is headed this year and the years to come.

ARRIVAL: 

We will begin our time together right at 5:00pm at the main auditorium of our ROCHESTER CAMPUS (2052 Saint Paul St. 14621).

We'll share a few details and pray and then enjoy a meal together as we begin our night. Please allow enough time to check-in and drop off your kids, locate your fellow groupies and find a seat by 5:00pm. 

(See Campus Map Below)

NEW LEADER BREAKOUT:

If you are attending the New Leader Breakout, please arrive with enough time to drop off your kids and make it to the breakout by 4:00PM. Our New Leader Breakout will be located in the Conference room behind the lobby fireplace.

(See Campus Map Below).

DINNER:  

You can grab a sandwich or salad and a drink in the hallway outside of the auditorium as you head in. You'll find the soups at your table in the auditorium.

Here is our Panera menu:

Pick a sandwich or salad.

You have 4 Sandwich Options: 

• Turkey

• Mediterranean Veggie

• Napa Almond Chicken Salad

• Bacon Turkey Bravo

You have 5 Salad Options:

• Caesar Salad

• Caesar Salad with Chicken

• Greek Salad

• Fuji Apple Chicken Salad

• Seasonal Greens Salad

You'll have 2 soup options at your dinner table:

• Broccoli Cheddar

• Chicken Noodle

Allergy/Dietary Restrictions: If you requested something different because of allergy or dietary restrictions, there will be a table with food set aside for you.

Drinks: water, coffee, soda, and tea.

Kids Stuff:

1. CHECK-IN: Check-in your kids (at the check-in station in the kids wing), and drop them off in the locations listed below.  

2. KIDS LOCATIONS: (See Campus Map Below)

• Babies (ages 0-23 months = Nursery)  

• Preschool (ages 2-3 = 2’s Room)

• Preschool (ages 4-5 = 3’s Room)

• Elementary (ages 6-11 = Gym) 

3. DINNER FOR KIDS: We will provide dinner and snacks

• Nursery (0-23 months): veggie stix, animal crackers, apple sauce pouches

• Preschool (Ages 2-5): Salvators pizza, fruit snacks, applesauce pouches, veggie stix, graham crackers, animal crackers, water bottles, juice boxes

• Elementary (Ages 6-11): Salvators pizza, apple slices, cheese doodles, veggie stix, popcorn, cookies, water bottles, juice boxes

• If your child needs something different for dietary reasons, please plan accordingly.  

4. KEEP YOUR PHONE HANDY: Just in case the kids volunteers need to contact you if your baby or child needs you for a few minutes.

END TIME: 

We'll wrap things up right at 6:30pm.  

We pray that our time together will equip, encourage, and inspire you as you invest your lives in your group members. See you Sunday night!

What's Coming Up For Community Groups?

I hope you have been enjoying your summer, had some opportunities to get away and get some rest, and connect with friends and family.

I wanted to share a few updates with you as we prepare for a new season of Community Groups.

Fall Trimester

Our Fall Community Group Trimester is just over 6 weeks away, beginning on Sunday, September 19th.

We'll be meeting for 9 weeks, from September 19th to November 20th.

Group Leader Kickoff

Before our Fall Trimester begins, we'll all meet up together on Sunday night, September 12th, for our Re:Group Leader Kickoff.

At Re:Group we'll be wrestling with the tension of how to care for your group, especially in situations that go beyond what we feel capable of.

We'll meet from 5:00pm-7:15pm with dinner, childcare, and breakouts addressing specific care challenges.

Look for more details soon. If you know of someone you'd like to invite to join you in leadership this year, we'd love to have you invite them.

New Database

The past 8 months we've been working hard on a major project to change our church database. Our previous database was growing outdated and our new database will help us to better track the spiritual growth and progress of our congregation as we seek to make more and better followers of Jesus.

We are excited for the potential it has to help us better disciple those who connect with our church.

Important note:

We just transferred all of the data from our old database to our new database this past week.

With this change, the Groups database you have been using (Group Vitals) is now obsolete.

In the upcoming weeks we'll be sharing access with you to the new database to manage your group roster, attendance, location, description, etc.

You can still access your group roster and communicate with your group in our old database (Group Vitals), but if you have any roster updates or changes you'd like to make before we give you access to our new database, just let us know. We'll update them in the new database so they'll be ready for you when you first login.

This past year of leading Community Groups was one of the most challenging, and yet in spite of the difficulties God continued to work through you to help people find hope in community and grow in their faith.

If you have any questions in the weeks ahead, let me know.

We are excited for what God has in store this fall as we Apply the Bible, Build Relationships, and Care for Each Other in Community Groups!

What thoughts or questions do you have?

Email me or share your ideas on the Northridge Leaders Facebook Group.