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There are three different types of Community Life Groups. Each group has a purpose and goal and each accomplishes our vision of "growing together in Christ."




Foyer (Find Community):

Purpose: Help people FIND community

Distinctives: 

  • Come as you are, when you can
  • New believers’ groups from JH
  • New people to Grace
  • NO time commitment
  • NO formal study
  • Prayer
  • Care
  • Informal Getting together in someone’s home
  • OPEN year round

     

    Leadership Needs:

    • Hospitality
    • Facilitate discussion
    • Heart for new people and/or unbelievers

     

    Goals:
    • A Living Room Group forms
    • People come to know Christ as Savior
People connect with others from GCC without feeling intimidated by a big ChurchFirst, there is the Foyer Group. The purpose of this group is for people to find community. A Foyer group is very open, allowing for new people to come and go without a formal commitment. The goal is for some of those people to get to know one another and take the next step by becoming a Living Room Group.


Living Room (Familiar with Community):

Purpose: Help people to develop FAMILIAIRITY with one another
and build trusting relationships.

Distinctives:
  • Commit to a School Year (Entry and Exit points clearly defined)
  • Choose studies to fit group’s needs
  • Prayer
  • Care/Minister
  • Group size 12-14 people MAX
Leadership needs:
  • Able to teach or facilitate, or find someone who can
  •  Organize group meetings
  • Delegate responsibilities
  • Shepherd Group

Goals:

  • A Kitchen Group forms
  • Grow to love one another
  • People come to know Christ as Savior
A Living Room Group's purpose is to become familiar with community. They will be a core group of about 12-14 max and will commit to meeting together for one school year. They will grow as they study together, pray for one another and care for each other's needs. As this group goes deeper, they will eventually become a Kitchen Group.


Kitchen (Have become Family):

 Purpose: Know one another like FAMILY, growing together in Christ.

 

Distinctives:

  • Stay together for a longer period of time (2-3 years)
  • Study
  • Prayer
  • Care/Minister
  • Accountability
  • Meet constantly outside of official group meetings (living life together)
  • Not open to new people unless all feel strongly otherwise

 Goals:

  • Grow spiritually, relationally with Christ at the center
  • Accountability groups form (men to men and women to women)
  • Humbly pray toward starting new groups (birthing) after a period of time

The purpose of a Kitchen Group is to become family. This means they are deeply connected to one another. They know each other and love one another as family. True accountability exists in this type of group. It is ideal that a Kitchen Group stay together for a while, and then eventually serve the church by starting new groups.