Summer Plans

Summertime is just around the corner. I am excited to tell you that over 80% of our GRACE Groups have chosen to continue meeting during the summer. Group members are telling us that their group is playing such a key role in their spiritual growth that they could not imagine going without the group's regular support and fellowship for that long.

Summer is a great time to ask someone other than the regular leaders if they would step up and facilitate the discussion for a few weeks. Many groups decide to give the regular host a break and meet at someone else's home or an outdoor location for the summer.

Last year about a fifth of our groups decided to become sermon based for the summer and followed along with the weekend messages at Grace. Last year we spent the summer in Proverbs. This summer our series will be "Selected Psalms for Summer." (Say that fast 5 times.) We will provide small group handouts on the GRACE Groups website for the group leaders and participants in case your group would like to do that for the summer. This new series begins with Mark Norman on May 31st.

Will you drop me a line at michael@gracegroups.net and let me know what your group is up to this summer? I enjoy hearing the ideas that groups come up with to mix it up for the summer. Let me know if think the sermon based supplements are a worthwhile idea. We would like to know if anyone is using the materials. Thanks for being such great leaders and caring for your group in extraordinary ways.

It is my privilege to serve with you,
Michael