What to Do When Bad Stuff Happens

When one suffers - all suffer.

When one member of a small group is in crisis, the entire group will experience pain and discomfort: pain for their brother or sister in Christ, pain that is reawakened in their own lives, and the painful effect that the crisis has upon the group.

Everyone has good intentions, but many times, neither the group nor their leader is equipped to respond in helpful or healing ways.

What does it take to provide safe harbor in this kind of storm?

This month at our Community Group Leader's Meeting, Community Group leaders will receive the practical and necessary skills to help individuals - and the group as a whole - manage crisis.

"We all have needs. But what do groups do when one or more persons has extreme pain or crisis?" says Bill Donahue.

In this practical training, group leaders will find useful answers to tough challenges:

1. What are helpful vs. unhelpful responses?
2. How can a leader provide direction?
3. What kind of boundaries are needed?

Help your group become a place of God's strength, healing and sheltering love.

Join us on Thursday, September 25 in Room 200 of the Ministry Center. Feel free to bring a couple members from your group to hear this important topic addressed.