St Peter’s HomegroupsMoving Forward…

Homegroup Leaders’ Network MeetingThursday 20th June 2013

① Welcome and opening prayer (AE)

② Update on progress since last meeting (JD)

③ Next steps (JD)

④ How might the Homegroup Leaders Network have “a voice in the decision-making process” of St Peter’s ? (AE)

⑤ Examples of recent homegroup activity (JD)

⑥ Prayer and closing comments (AE)

Progress Update – Homegroup Membership:Target: 200 members of St Peter’s in homegroups Currently 172 people in homegroups

Action: Continue face-to-face and direct e-mail chasing

Action: Homegroup themed service at church building

Action: Identify barriers to people joining a homegroup

Action: Ongoing dialogue with people on ‘watch lists’

Action: Advertise homegroups before Sunday services

Action: Create a short homegroup promotional video

Action: Highlight the range of homegroup styles

Action: Issue personal invitations

Action: Encourage former homegroup members to find a suitable group

Note: Text in green reflects ideas provided at the meeting

Progress Update – Homegroup Expansion:

Target: 4 more homegroups established & all current spaces filled No more homegroups yet established

2 new homegroup co-leaders identified

Approximately 14 spaces to be filled

Action: Work with existing homegroup leaders to identify future leaders (Co-leader is natural successor to take on the homegroup or to start up a new homegroup)

Action: Fully equip new leaders, including skills training & developmental opportunities

Action: Advertise which groups have spacesNote: Text in green reflects ideas provided at the meeting

Progress Update – New Church Members:

Target: New members of the church routinely directed towards a homegroup as part of their welcome

Some new members approached

Action: Produce contact cards to be placed on seats

Action: Issue leaflet giving details of current homegroups

Action: Develop welcome packs for new people (including local area information: schools, doctors, sports facilities, etc.)

Note: Text in green reflects ideas provided at the meeting

Progress Update – Homegroup Network:

Target: The Homegroup Leaders Network (HLN) meeting regularly & starting to share resources & ideas

Second meeting held with good take-up

Action: Hold termly meeting

Action: Leaders ‘buddy-up’ with leaders of other groups, to share resources and pray

Action: Use homegroups to advertise Alpha / bring guests

Note: Text in green reflects ideas provided at the meeting

Progress Update – Resource Directory:

Target: A reliable & comprehensive directory of resources set up Initial website version completed with some

resources

Action: Load further material supplied by HLN with reviews

Progress Update – The Homegroup Store:

www.divall.info/homegroups.html

Moving Ahead – Alpha Invitations:

Moving Ahead – Homegroup Life:The Fellowship of the Believers

“42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. … 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. … 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:42-47 NIV)

Unity in Diversity

“He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church, until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ.” (Eph 4:11-13 The Message)

Moving Ahead – Homegroup People:

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“The challenge of church life is to recognise, release and affirm three diverse power surges found within the people of the church, whilst holding everybody to the demands of unity.” (Rev John Peters - New Wine

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Moving Ahead – Homegroup Network Role:

Target: The HLN starting to have a voice in the church decision-making process

Andy to review a past example and a current one

Tales from the Coal-face – Homegroup Activities:

Meals for Neighbours (Nicola)

The FoodBank (Brenda)

Annual Review(Chris)

St Peter’s Homegroups

…becoming an

Acts 2 ch

urch!