Small Groups
November 18th, 2007
Our church just finished the 40 Days of Community campaign. Tonight we had our Celebration Service. Kevin and I were part of a (not-so) small group that had 17 members, and we met weekly to discuss the readings of the accompanying book, Better Together.
If I had a nickel for every time our pastor said “small group”, I could put both Colby and Kennedy through college and grad school. It is important to him and to our church body to be involved. We have been part of small groups before, and I’m a part of several small groups right now - CBS, MOPS, handbells, choir, mentoring/discipling, etc…. I think, though, that it is “easy” for me to be involved in that because I stay at home. I have heard before that it’s hard for men to get to know other men and be involved in any group, but I don’t think that’s because of a lack of effort. (At least on Kevin’s part, and he’s the only man I talk to.) I think it’s because of a lack of time. If men are supposed to work 40+ hours per week (and it’s always more), and THEN come home to be husband and father to preschoolers, where’s the time to spend? And, when you add on Kevin’s responsibilities at church, he’s completely strapped for time. How could he possibly have the energy to go and bare his soul?
I say all this because we are truly praying about our involvement in small groups. We love the idea of doing one together, but maybe we should do separate ones? We’re also struggling with the time commitment. We liked our 40 Days small group because they were incredibly respectful of our time, but that particular day of the week is not too conducive to our other ministries.
Right now I’m writing this and I’m about to fall asleep. We have had an incredibly busy early Thanksgiving weekend with Kevin’s folks (and we’ll post pictures at a later date), AND we just got home from church and got the kids to bed. Yes, it’s almost 10:30 pm. I’m not sure how much more we can bend our time before we break it.
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1. Erin | November 19th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Last night Gregg and I were driving through B/CS on our way back to Houston from Dallas. When we past by your church we saw it was lit up and there were lots of cars in the parking lots. At the same time we both said “Hi Grubb family!” Then we looked at each other and started laughing. So we thought of you and yours last night! So glad you have been involved in your small groups. We have really enjoyed being in ours.
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
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