A Moment With Pastor Fred
August 15, 2021
I am so excited about getting back together with small groups come next month. We take the summer off, but are now gearing up for a small group restart. Small groups are so important. They promote spiritual growth, provide a means by which we can practice NT fellowship and yet there’s another reason why they are crucial. Small groups offer ministry opportunities.
Our small groups provide the ideal context to practice spiritual gifts, 1 Pet 4:10, Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others. Every believer has a spiritual gift. Again, there are limits in being able to use our gifts Sunday mornings. In Rom 12:15 we’re told to rejoice as well as weep with others. In 1 Cor 12:25 we’re commanded to care for one another; serve one another in Gal 5:13 and in 1 Pet 4:9 to offer hospitality one to another. The list goes on.
Small Groups meet twice a month – the first Sunday of the month or that following week; and the 3rd Sunday or that following week. They last about an hour and a half. They involve discussion of the previous Sunday sermon, fellowship, prayer and interaction. If you are not in a small group, please see Tom Davis. We currently have six small groups which meet at different times on different days of the week. We want you involved in a small group because as elders we believe they are so important in giving the Body opportunities to use their gifts. “… When each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love,” Eph 4:16.