Activity · Connecting
Serving Together
Take one step outside the group and demonstrate God’s love where somebody can feel it
Leader Context
This one starts with a conversation, not an event.
Serving alongside each other builds deeper connections and gives your group a purpose beyond the living room. It is also the easiest thing to invite someone to who would never come to a discussion night.
The goal is to take one step toward demonstrating God’s love outside the group, together.
Read to your group
Somewhere in the next few weeks I would love for us to serve somebody together as a group. Not a huge thing. One afternoon.
So let’s talk about what that could be, and who we would want to invite along.
Questions
Who could use help
Start close in. The best ones are people your group already knows.
Who do you know who could use support right now?
Choosing something real
Small and personal beats big and impressive.
What could we actually pull off in the next month?
Inviting outward
This is the part groups forget.
Who in your life would say yes to serving with us even though they would say no to group?
Next Steps for Leaders
- Start the conversation now, even if you cannot serve for a month. The conversation is the activity.
- Empower someone who cares. If a group member is passionate about a cause, let them lead it. You get a better event, they get developed, and the group feeds off their energy.
- Keep it realistic. A great impact event does not change the world. It demonstrates Christ’s love in a way one person can feel.
- Pick a point person. One or two people run it. Not you, if you can help it.
- Before you go, take a few minutes to say what you are doing and why. It changes how the group shows up.
- Follow up afterward. The relationship is the point, not the afternoon.
Options worth considering: volunteer as a group for the Hoboken Christmas Exchange, deliver a meal or a care package, partner with a local nonprofit or school, or support a neighbor or coworker somebody in your group knows personally. Not sure where to start? Ask the Neighborhood Team at Hoboken Grace.