Bigger Barns
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
The Good Samaritan
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
Cost of Being a Disciple
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
The Wise & Foolish Builders
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
Hard Questions for Parents
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
How To Discipline Your Children
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
The Primary Goal In Parenting
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
The Biggest Influence on Your Child’s Future
Community Groups are officially on Summer Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
Trust Issues
This is the first week of the Community Group Break!
Enjoy your summer.
If your group is meeting, you’ll find a discussion guide below for discussing this week’s sermon.
If you have not made any social plans for your group yet this summer, here are some ideas.
Have a great week!
Hope for Redemption
This is the last week of the Spring Community Group Trimester.
This is a great week to do a meal, get feedback from your group members on changes for your group this fall, and talk about plans for Community Group socials this summer.
You may also consider pairing up with prayer/accountability partners for the summer to make sure no one falls through the cracks or drifts away spiritually. Encourage weekly text messages, phone calls, Bible reading plans, or coffee meet ups.
If you are discussing the sermon, you’ll find Ruth chapter 3 discussion questions below.
Honoring Your Family When Life Is Hard
This is the 2nd to last week of the Community Group trimester.
Before the summer break, make sure to put some dates on the calendar for your group to connect this summer.
This is also a great time to review your Growth Goals for the year, celebrate how God has worked in your life, and set some goals for the summer.
Lastly, take some time in group this week or next to ask for feedback about everyone’s group experience so you can make helpful adjustments for the future.
You can hand out a 3x5 card and have everyone shared 1 thing they loved, and 1 thing they’d change. Or you can have everyone fill out an End of Trimester Feedback Form.
Loss, Loyalty, and Friendship
As we discuss a heavy message about pain and loss, make sure to give lots of time for discussing the application questions and for prayer time.
Many people in group will be struggling with pain and loss and difficult relationships and could use encouragement, support, and prayers.
If someone is struggling heavily, this is a great opportunity to apply the message and get together with them outside of group to listen more and be present with them in their pain.
Consider organizing prayer partners for the week and encourage connecting outside of your weekly meeting for prayer and conversation.
Why is Finding God's Will So Hard?
Is the weekly routine growing stale? Here are 10 ideas to change up your group this week.
This sermon discussion is a great opportunity to share with each other hard decisions you are wrestling with and to pray for each other.
If there are decisions you’d like further input into for yourself, or your group members, make sure to reach out to your Group Coach or a staff member at Northridge. We’d love to talk and pray with you as you wrestle with them!
We have 4 weeks left of the Spring Community Group Trimester.
This is our last week of the series, Questions, Answer, and the Things We Will Never Know.
Why Does God Choose to Save Some and Not Others?
This is week 2 of our 6 week Spring Trimester.
If you didn’t take some time last week, make sure to set some growth goals with your group in prayer time, or followup on your previous growth goals to encourage progress as you seek to grow in your faith.
As we tackle hard questions in this sermon series, make sure to encourage your group to check out the “A Little Better” podcast where we dive more deeply into these questions.
Does Science Contradict The Bible?
This is week 1 of our 6 week Spring Trimester.
Take some time to set some growth goals with your group in prayer time, or followup on your previous growth goals to encourage progress as you seek to grow in your faith.
As we tackle hard questions in this sermon series, make sure to encourage your group to check out the “A Little Better” podcast where we dive more deeply into these questions.
Why Can’t I Stop Doing the Wrong Thing?
This is the last week of our Spring Groups break.
Take some time this week to plan out your final 6 weeks of the spring trimester, reach out to a group member for a one on one connection, or plan some upcoming group socials.
Or just enjoy the Community Group break and get some rest.
Why Does A Loving God Allow Suffering?
This is Week 1 of our 2-week Spring Break from Community Groups.
While your group may not meet, this could be an opportunity to meet up with 1 or 2 people from your group for dinner on the night your group would normally meet.
One-on-one connections provide an opportunity to deepen your friendship and build memories.
Or, you may want to just enjoy the chance to rest and prepare yourself for a strong finish to the Community Group year.
Our Spring Trimester meets for 6 weeks, beginning April 14th.
Dangerous Prayers
This is our last week in our prayer series, and the last week of our Winter Community Group trimester before a 2-week break. Groups begin again the week of April 14th.
Here are 4 ideas for your prayer time this week:
1. Confession: Share something you’ve been struggling with that you have not told others about. Ask for prayer for this.
2. Read Psalm 139:23-24. Read this passage in your prayer time and pray those 3 prayers: Search me, Test me, Lead me.
3. Private and Communal Prayers: Have each person spend 5 minutes in personal prayer, then spend 5-15 minutes praying all together.
4. Prayer Partners for Community Group Break: Write your prayers on a 3x5 card or sticky note, then exchange cards with a prayer partner for the 2-week group break ahead. Connect with your partner at least 1x a week during the break.
Developing a Habit of Prayer
In Nate’s message on Sunday he challenged us to have a habit of praying with others in Community.
Community Group meetings are the primary place that happens each week, but let’s not end there.
Make a plan this week for everyone in your group to pray with at least one other group member during the week, between meetings.
It could be on the phone, over a meal, coffee, or a walk in the park.
In your prayer time as a group this week:
Pair up
Plan a day and time
