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Step 1:
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If possible, preach a message on the value of community and small
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groups (perhaps using Jesus and the disciples as an example). Successful
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connections usually require three components: a vision cast on the
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importance of small groups; modeling by current leadership of being in a
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group; and easy connection to either a new group or an existing group.
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Step 2:
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Have a ΓÇ£connection eventΓÇ¥ after the service to get people into small
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groups for the GIC campaign. Here are a couple of options:
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1. Have a modified Sunday service that concludes approximately fifteen
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minutes early. At the end of the service identify all of your group leaders
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by having them come to the front of the church. Then invite those willing
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to be connected in a group for six weeks, but who are not already in one,
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to follow you and the leaders out of the sanctuary/auditorium to one of
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two rooms. Those interested in a small group in someoneΓÇÖs home should
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go to one of the rooms; those who would prefer a midweek or Sunday
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group at church should go to the other.
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In the home-group room, have tables set up with red, blue, or white
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tablecloths. Instruct people to go to the red table(s) if they want a
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womenΓÇÖs group, blue for menΓÇÖs, and white for couples and singles. Or
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perhaps youΓÇÖll want to organize the home groups geographically. Have
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leaders available at each table to welcome those who sit at their
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table.
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