remember the first time

  by Steve Cordle  Our group had one of those weeks leaders love: several new people came to our meeting for the first time. The meeting went well, but it reminded me how hard it can be for someone to take the leap to attend a group for the first time. After all, they...

Questions

I stumbled upon something that I would like to offer to this JCG community.  What I stumbled upon deals with Celebration AND Cells.  In recent weeks, I’ve been teaching on the parables of Christ.  This past Sunday, I taught on the Rich Man and Lazarus.  I taught...

Failing Forward

Last Friday evening I was doing the electronic scoreboard for my daughter’s basketball game (Nicole, 13, and Chelsea, 12 are both on the same team). It was the first time I was in charge of the scoreboard, and I didn’t know what I was doing. At times I would forget to...

The Passion Spreads

By Mario Vega With a very modest knowledge of the cellular model, the new cells began to work. Soon the enthusiasm spread and the results began to be evident. It was not difficult to find host number ten that we needed. The dynamics of multiplication was so strong...

Increasing Leader Confidence

by Steve Cordle   “I could never be a leader.” How often have you heard a group member say that? If we are going to see more effective group leaders in our ministries, we need to help people find leadership confidence in Christ. Leader confidence is built...