Hoboken Grace · Dinner Groups
Start Here
How we train leaders here, and your first two steps.
First, thank you for considering this. You are looking at the thing that holds this church together. Eight to twelve people around a table, being real with each other and taking steps toward God.
Here is how we think about training leaders. Nobody learns to lead a group by reading about it. You learn it by doing it, with people around you. So we do not front-load everything and send you off. We give you enough to start well, then we partner with you the whole way.
Before you lead
Dinner Group Leadership Orientation. One session covering the must-know information to start leading. Why and how we meet, and what we value inside a group. Come to a live date, or watch it self-paced.
Every month
Every month there is something built for your development. Across a quarter that is one gathering with all the dinner group leaders, one smaller gathering with the leaders who share your coach, and one on one time with your coach.
All season
Your coach stays connected and available, and the church is here too. If a care issue or a theological question comes up, bring it to us. You are not leading alone. We can carry the hard part so you can be the encouragement.
Every year
Leadership Weekend, every Memorial Day weekend. A Saturday morning session with Pastor Chris built just for our leaders, plus something fun together. Past years have been a Yankees game, Six Flags, and unlimited bowling.
Your first two steps
Dinner Group Leadership Orientation
The before-you-lead session. We walk through what makes a great group, the three phases of a group night, and the four pillars you will build your season around. Come with questions.
Both dates run 1 to 3pm in the conference room at 409 14th Street. Pick whichever works.
Cannot make either date? Do it self-paced. Same content, two videos, about 76 minutes, and you can split it up. Start the self-paced orientation.
Walk through the leadership agreement
Before you launch, we sit down with every new leader and go through the leadership agreement together. We do this because we are extending our platform to you, and you carry real influence with the people in your group. We want to be on the same page about it. It goes both ways. The agreement says what we are asking of you and what you can count on from us.
Email us a few times that work for you and we will get it on the calendar.
You are welcome to read it ahead of time. Either way we walk through the whole thing together, so bring whatever you want to ask.
- Hoboken Grace Leadership Agreement
- Lifestyle Statement, referenced inside the agreement
- Dinner Group Leader Role Description