Living out Community within Our Small Groups~

  I have been to a lot of different kinds of churches over the years Some I stayed for a short time and others for years. I think there are two vital components that every church needs to grow and strengthen their congregation, first always make sure the teaching is biblically sound. Second, that there are Community groups within the church; it’s what builds up community, family atmosphere within the church.

 What is community? What does it look like within the church setting?  If I were to explain to someone who was not a believer, what community was I would use this allegory? Think of a small suburban town and how they have different communities and each of those communities is people who live in close proximity with one another, they may or may not work close to each other and they share in each other’s lives. You hear about communities coming together when a tragedy happens, that is how I think community groups within the church should be like. A group of no more than 10 people gathering in one’s home, really taking off their masks and getting to know one another on a deep personal level. They become your family!

  In today’s “church” people, do not tak the time to invest in each other’s lives. We have so many excuses, we are too busy,, we barely have time for ourselves and our families. Having community groups that are our small groups having the community feeling, that closeness as a family is the building block, should be for the blueprint of today’s churches.

 Learning and growing in our faith goes a lot deeper than listening to the Sunday sermon. Its investing in each other’s lives, even when they are messy. If we have small groups their foundation needs to be anchored to the Word of God!~ We don’t just want  communities groups, because we should have them, but still be so disconnected with one another. the purpose of  them is building community within our small groups, so we can grow in our faith and grow as a close knit family of brothers and  sisters in Christ who love each other immensely and as Christ loves us~