Thursday, December 20, 2007

A Christmas Blessing To You

The First Church Core Group for Growth Group Leadership with Pastor Mike join in these words spoken by the angel to Mary ~ "Greetings. You are highly favored . . and the Lord is with you"
May your celebration of the momentous event of the coming of our Lord to be "God with us" impart new rich meaning to you this Christmas time.

Willow Creek Resources

Group leaders will shortly be receiving information about a wonderful new source of small group helps, information and much more - and at special discounts. This has been made possible by First Church's recent admission to the Willow Creek Association with over 12,000 other churches across the country and around the world.
Watch for further details soon about how you can take advantage of this for resources that will benefit of your group, your own spiritual enrichment and also provide helpful materials for your small group leadership.

Wecome To New Groups

Three new groups are now forming. We welcome these new groups and their leaders. They are part of the growing number of First Church people who are experiencing the enriching experience of fellowship, sharing God's Word and praying together in a small group setting. We are excited for them and praying for them.
Henry and Janet Von Wodtke are leading a group in Glastonbury.
Mark Charette with Gordon Clark are starting a new group also in Glastonbury.
Mark and Christine Sinopoli are working to establish a group in the Suffield/Enfield area.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Helpful Resource

Small Group Dynamics-Byte Size is a twice a month email full of ideas, tools, links and articles to help you as a small group leader. This email newsletter is a free service of The Small Group Network @ SmallGroups.com.

Upcoming Events

***This is of special interest for all small group leaders who missed the stirring Willow Creek Conference power point presentation in October. By request new presentations are scheduled ~

* Sunday January 6, at 11:00 AM in the Morgan House Drawing Room

* Sunday January 13, at 9:15 AM in the Worship Room