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Activate: The Four Fs - Facilitate
By jason | June 10, 2008
The Last step in the Groups process from Activate is to actually facilitate your group (remember Big idea #10: Apprentice…Not Expert).
Facilitate Principle #1: Training Group Leaders
- Group Leaders Training
- Half-day training per semester will allow you to laser focus your training and maximize your leaders time.
- Training is different than selection (training comes after apprenticing and selection).
- Holding your training just a few weeks prior to the upcoming semester will create a sense of urgency for leaders and maximize their learning.
- Every leader, Group Leaders and Apprentices, attends even if they have led in the past.
- Who - every leader.
- Where - some place convenient.
- What - basics for every group.
- How - basics, role clarification, leading your group, training time, vision-casting
Facilitate Principle #2: Structuring the First Group Meeting
- The Group Covenant - every member signs this.
- The Syllabus - important dates and events for group.
- Staying on time - important for those skeptical.
- When someone misses first meeting - follow-up and meet-up.
Facilitate Principle #3: Conducting Week-to-Week Facilitation
- Provide a reminder about the meeting each week via phone, email, etc.
- Follow up with those who unexpectedly miss the meeting.
- Send out the group’s prayer requests after each meeting.
- Week-to-Week Pastoral Care (group leaders know what is going on in people’s lives, they lead the charge.
- Week-to-Week Communication from the Groups Pastor (provide training tip, important church announcements to pass along, etc).
Facilitate Principle #4: Conducting Monthly Facilitation
- Group Huddle (Short gathering to encourage, discuss with, train Group Leaders).
Facilitate Principle #5: Conducting Semester Facilitation
- Evangelism projects (at least once in a semester some kind of Servant Evangelism project).
- Serving together at the worship experience.
- Promoting baptism and membership.
- Planning a fun event.
- Special emphasis on Easter during Spring semester.
- Utilize groups to promote and lead into special events and projects (special day of giving, capitol campaign, etc).
Summary
Well there you have the bullet points of Activate. I’ve found the book really helpful as we are in the process of revamping and ramping into our C-Group Fall Semester. I think Activate provides some really practical help that could serve you in develop a process in your own context.
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