Discipleship

Need a Babysitter?

The church office, (630) 961-0579, often gets calls for babysitters to help small groups out. These sitters can help execute mission projects, have studies, or just to help the church members find young men and women that can help out in the home.

If you, or someone in your group, is looking for help, check the side bar of this blog for the babysitter forrm, or click here.

Ministry Plans for 2010-2011

Below you will find linked our church's Annual Ministry Plan for the 2010-2011 year. This document will guide our purposes, preaching, ministry efforts and vocabulary for the coming year.

I hope you will take the time to click through, download and review the document as a small group leader and as a member of the church. Please take this document to your small group in the coming weeks and encourage your members to prayerfully work through the scripture, the ideas for ministry, and consider their/your participation this season in the life of the church.

We are excited what this year will bring, we always are at the beginning of a new year. There are many opportunities and possible relationships that await each of us.

Download Ministry Plan 2010-2011

 

Small Group Database Updates

We are updating our small group lists here at the church and need your help to update your group's current roster. We understand that group membership changes over time as new members join and as others move away or pursue other ministry opportunities. We are currently updating the database in order to better pursue those who are not yet connected.

By taking a few moments to respond with your small group members, we can compare the details with what we have here at the church to determine how new people are connecting to the small group ministry at NPC. Please return your information via email by Monday, December 8. Please include the actual list of names in your reply, our list is a bit old and we want to review each name.

Please take 5 minutes to type those who are in your small group (at least first and last names), or attach your current roster and send it along to us?  We will review the list against our records and update our information. We have provided a file for leaders to keep track of important information on their group members. You are welcome to use this file and email it back to me (Nate).

Thank you for your time and for serving those whom God has placed under your care.

Please call or email with questions or concerns.

ESV Study Bible

This fall, Crossway books will be releasing the ESV Study Bible. In order to help people better understand God's Word and the context in which it was written including its people and places, Crossway has worked with several scholars to capture text, notes, maps and more to help readers engage with the text.

With completely new notes, maps, illustrations, charts, timelines, and articles, the ESV Study Bible was created by an outstanding team of 95 evangelical Christian scholars and teachers.

ESV Study Bible Link

Caring for Others this Season

WBGL Christian Radio posts a list of people in the local areas facing hard times for the holidays.

The Random Acts of Kindness program is a great way to help someone close to home.  The acts are listed on the website: www.wbgl.org.  Perhaps your small group can sponsor a family.  Some needs are as simple as a few toys, clothes or food. 

Take a look at the sight and let us know what you think, you can comment below!  Save your story and share it here.

Here is the link that describes the Random Acts of Kindness ministry opportunity. 

Feeling Swamped? Delegate!

Christianity Today published a list of small group "jobs" that can help leaders not feel so swamped when it comes to caring for the entire small group. 

Download article

By delegating leadership and roles, the small group dynamic is challenged and supported in healthy ways, such as:

• Leadership is shared, so one or two people are not burned out by the requirements of leadership.
• Other individuals learn to support the needs of the group too, so they are not just consumers.
• Leadership is passed along and learned by others, perhaps cultivating a new leader for another small group.
• The activities and feel of the group is more representative of its various members, the style, feel, lesson and activities all reflect the variety of people in the group.

This article is also listed under "Group Ideas" at right.