I miss my small group
For more than 26 years Marie and I have always been blessed with small groups. We've had all men, all women small groups, early morning, mid-morning, evening groups, groups made up of businesspeople, youth, pastors, foreigners, etc.
The purpose of small groups is to help people journey in their faith. You can start with engaging and even with socials but the end goal is discipleship. The power of this cannot be underestimated.
With the amount of traveling that we do, Marie and I have not been consistent with our small group. Our most recent is the one pictured above. A couple's small group. Standing right are Joey and Eidleen Banzon (medical doctors), Jerome and Therese Gutierez (businessman turning pastor and home maker), seated Vince and Carol Lozano (designer/contractor and business consultant, my sister), the other couple extreme left are new friends who were invited to the group. Other members of the group have already spun into their own groups. One couple in particular is considering being posted in Vietnam by his company so they can help with the EN church there. His picture sits on my desktop so I can pray for them.
Admittedly our group is unable to meet regularly. Dr. Joey leads his own group with other medical practitioners, Jerome is part of a church plant and we've been traveling. Thanks to Victory Fort's iMarriage Seminar (Andy Stanley's video) our group regrouped and the couple on the far left was engaged. One of the blessings of these groups is long after the group has gone their separate ways the relationships remain and the net of relationships just gets larger.
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." Proverbs 3:3
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