How to Answer Tough Questions about the Bible

“Why should I trust what the Bible says?”

How would you respond if someone in your group asked that question? The Bible is the core curriculum of Community Groups. Not everyone believes it’s inspired, without error, or even that it’s true. How do we know that the Bible isn’t just another religious book, and are you equipped to answer hard questions about the Bible? This month, group leaders will learn essential skills for answering tough questions about the Bible:

• Is the Bible God’s Word?
• Can we trust the Bible?
• Is the Bible without error?

Mike Hipsley will be facilitating this important discussion.

November 20, 2008/7:15 pm/Room 200

Please contact Lois Schraf at loisschraf@lifepointchurch.us to RSVP.

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.

Group Life 2008

Join us for Willow's Group Life Conference.

Contact Lois Schraf at loisschraf@lifpointchurch.us

Group Life Conference

"Water and oxygen are essential for human life. Community is Essential for the human heart."

Here is a phenomenal opportunity for LifePoint Community Group Leaders. You're invited to Willow Creek's 2008 Group Life Conference. Speakers include: John Burke, Bill Donahue, Mark Batterson, Russ Robinson, and more. Some of the talks will include: "Why Community is Essential," "Where Community Grows Best," "What Stunts Community Growth," and "How Community Transforms." You'll be a part of all the conference's main sessions and popular breakouts.

The conference will be live via satellite and tape delay.

When:Friday, October 17, 6:30pm-10:00pm and Saturday, October 18, 9:30am-4:00pm.
Where:Grace Fellowship Chapel, Westminster MD

Best of all, LifePoint's Small Group Ministry is providing tickets to our Community Group leader's at no cost to you. We have a limited number of spaces available, so watch your email for instructions on how to register for this first come first serve event.

It's going to be great!