Session 9 - Core Group 101
Building a Core Group
How do you build your core group? You FIND, FEED, and FIGHT for people.
FIND:
By the end of the first interaction, the goal is to find out:
Are they okay with you?
Are they okay with Jesus?
Are they okay with your community?
Do they want one of the above 3?
FIGHT FOR:
Seek 3 interaction points:
Physically pursue through space or interests once a week
Invite to a community space once a week
If you get time and space with them, then make a plan for a 3rd interaction that week
When together seek to pursue them:
Relationally
Spiritually
FEED:
Create rhythms of relationship with them, you, & your community
Large Group on Monday nights
Core Group meeting every week
For the 3 that are the most hungry, begin to feed them one on one.
An essential ingredient: COMMITMENT
Commitment must be:
FIND:
By the end of the first interaction, the goal is to find out:
Are they okay with you?
Are they okay with Jesus?
Are they okay with your community?
Do they want one of the above 3?
FIGHT FOR:
Seek 3 interaction points:
Physically pursue through space or interests once a week
Invite to a community space once a week
If you get time and space with them, then make a plan for a 3rd interaction that week
When together seek to pursue them:
Relationally
Spiritually
FEED:
Create rhythms of relationship with them, you, & your community
Large Group on Monday nights
Core Group meeting every week
For the 3 that are the most hungry, begin to feed them one on one.
An essential ingredient: COMMITMENT
Commitment must be:
- EXPECTED—Follow up with students that don’t show up to core group meeting or events. Show them that you care about them and that they were missed!
- MODELED—As leaders we need to model commitment by attending and being on time to XA events.
- TAUGHT—After your group has had some time to build friendship, you will spend a couple of weeks talking together about what commitment looks like for your group and how to have a shared mission together.
Core Group + Life Group
The goal of core group is to make disciples who will make disciples
If we are not making disciples in all of life, nothing we do in our meetings will matter!
Everything we do as a leadership team to make disciples of each other and of core group members will fall on two continuums
If we are not making disciples in all of life, nothing we do in our meetings will matter!
Everything we do as a leadership team to make disciples of each other and of core group members will fall on two continuums
LIFE GROUP is what?
How Do We Know if We're Doing Life Group Well?
- Place to live life together and have fun
- Place to invite non-Christians to experience the awesomeness that is your Core Group/friends
- Time to have fun with other Core Groups (guys & gals together)
- Time to make memories and solidify friendships
How Do We Know if We're Doing Life Group Well?
- 1 Life Group event happens every week
- You are with your core group outside of core group at least 4 days a week in some form
- People are getting regular and constant invitations
- Everyone in your Core Group gets invited or seen at least once outside of Core Group