What is a Life Group?
Life Groups are smaller clusters of people who are pursuing spiritual growth together in 3 major areas:• Knowing God Growing in their personal relationship with God
• Knowing Each Other Developing and deepening friendships with each other
• Serving the World Reaching out to others beyond the group
What a Life Group ISN’T
A social club.One of the major goals of Life Groups is to develop meaningful relationships with one another. But the relationships you form within your Life Group will be about much more than just socializing — they will be designed to help you pursue spiritual growth and development. Picture Life Groups as a “recipe” you can follow to help you grow spiritually, and social time is one ingredient!
A social network.
Being online, it would be easy for groups to become little more than a Liquid version of Facebook, MySpace or any other social network site. The specific purpose of a Life Group is for spiritual growth and development - not to make friends or find a mate!
A group of best friends for life.
There may be some people in your group whom you grow close to and develop deep friendships with. And there may be others who rub you the wrong way! We’ll let you in on a little secret right up front: there are no perfect people at Liquid... And no perfect Life Groups either! We hope Life Groups can provide an environment where you’ll meet people you really connect with — but our goal for your spiritual growth is bigger than that. We hope that living life in community will help you discover (in a very tangible, practical way) how to love one another as Christ loves us.
A Bible Study.
Bible study is definitely one component of a Life Group — studying God’s Word is hugely important — but that’s just one of the tools you’ll use to grow spiritually in your group. We’re interested in helping you apply Jesus’ teachings to your life. Whether that means developing your prayer life with God, sharing your faith with others, or serving outside of church walls, the function of a Life Group is much broader than Bible Study — it’s living your faith in community with others.
An exclusive clique that no one else can join.
It’s natural to want to nourish the relationships you form in your group. But it’s also important to reach out to others and invite them into community. At Liquid we strive to balance the two. One of the ways we do that is by encouraging every group to “invest and invite” people in! Groups work best when they build on natural relationships that already exist, so we ask group members to think of people they already know — from Liquid, from work, from their neighborhood — whom they can invite into the group. At the same time, we know that it takes time to build strong relationships, so we respect that by setting aside specific periods of time for inviting others into your group (i.e., between studies, not in the middle of them!).
An endless, lifetime commitment.
Even though they’re called Life Groups, we won’t ask you to make a lifetime commitment! There are natural on and off ramps built into the life cycle of every group, so you’ll be able to transition out of a group if it’s not the best fit for you, or if your circumstances change. Even if you do decide to commit to a group for the long-term, Life Groups aren’t meant to go on forever — in fact, they’re designed to eventually branch out to form new groups so that more people can experience the benefits of living their faith in community with others!
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