Notes from Cancelled Soul Care Leader Meeting

Sorry I wasn't able to have the Soul Care Leader meeting tonight!
Wasn't feeling well today!

Here are the notes from the meeting.

Soul Care Group Leader Training

EBC’s mission is Glorify God by making disciples who are

Submitted to His Lordship

Grounded in His Teaching

Sincere in His Love

EBC’s Soul Care ministry has been designed to cultivate, help grow disciples who are “sincere in His love.”

Here is another way to think of what Soul Care is about

In our Soul Care Groups we want people

  to share how they are growing in relationship to truths they have heard and

  to encourage one another to grow.

Pray we would be known as more than a church with a strong pulpit ministry but rather a church that is a congregation of believers living out strong teaching & preaching.

Remember the congregation’s responsibilities for preaching:

1. Responsibility for what preaching they support (Galatians 1, 2 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 2:17)

2. Responsibility to change (James 1:22)

3. Responsibility to help each other change (Ephesians 4)

Preaching that equips is not simply truth that we hear on Sunday, but truth that reverberates back and forth throughout the congregation all week long.

In Soul Care this happens through

sermon discussion that  is application focused.  See “Banning Bible Studies” article.

prayer that is personal, God-glorifying

Training #2:  Leading Sermon Discussions (07.19 @ 6:00 OR 07.22 @ 7:00)

Training #3:  Leading your group to become disciplemakers (08.02 

                             @ 6:00 OR 08.05 @ 7:00)

Training #4:  Praying with and for your group (08.16 @ 6:00 OR

                             08.19 @ 7:00)

  

Summer Leadership Training

The summer seems to be going quickly!  We are already starting to plan for fall ministries such as Soul Care.  

After reading this email, please respond to the questions andRSVP to Jane jlee@emmanuelbaptist.com about which training PIZZA or ICE CREAM you are planning to attend.

Looking back and looking ahead…

There have been some great relationships built and people growing through relationships and conversations in Soul Care Groups.  We want to thank God for what He is doing in and through those who attend EBC.

There have also been some challenges and difficulties as we continue with this ministry.  We want to prayerfully evaluate how we can improve our Soul Care Group ministry.

Your answers to the following questions will be helpful in improving our Soul Care Group ministry.  I would appreciate your answers to these questions, whether you have been a leader or are thinking about/planning to be a leader this fall.

• Are you planning to lead a Soul Care group next year?  Why or why not? ?

• What have been some blessings this past year you have witnessed in your Soul Care group?

• What have been some challenges this past year you have faced in your Soul Care group?

• What are some things you could do to improve your ministry fruitfulness this year?  (not just in Soul Care)

• What are some things I can do to help you improve as a Soul Care leader? 

Preparing for a new year of ministry…

We are going to have 4 different training times throughout the summer and 

there are going to be 2 different time options for each training, Sunday and Wednesday.

Training Topic #1:

Refocusing on Biblical Soul Care and a time of fellowship/encouragement with leaders and potential leaders.

Sunday, July 12, pizza lunch meeting after church Sunday morning in room 400.
Wednesday, July 15, ice cream meeting at 7:00 in room 400.

Please RSVP to Jane Lee by Thursday, July 9.

Training Topic #2:

Receiving and sharing helps for leading discussions. (Sunday, July 19 @ 6:00 OR Wednesday, July 22 @ 7:00)

Training Topic #3:

Leading your group to become disciplemakers (Sunday, August 2 @ 6:00 OR Wednesday, August 5 @ 7:00)

Training Topic #4:

Praying with and for your group (Sunday, August 16 @ 6:00 OR Wednesday, August 19 @ 7:00)

Please plan to come out to at least 3 of these topics. 

Thank you very much!