November - Stuff you need to know!

Hope all is well with you! I'm hearing of great things happening in our
LifeGroups. Stories coming soon! Here are a few important items for
you...

NEW LIFEGROUP STARTING
Beginning this Sunday, Nov 4, Bill and Nancy Smith are hosting a
LifeGroup consisting of new Gateway "graduates". These new Mosaics will
attend this group for 6 meetings over three months, studying an overview
of Mark DeYmaz's newly released book, and then feed out into other
ongoing LifeGroups. Thanks, Bill and Nancy, for your work on this! We
pray you have an awesome start and a good turnout this Sunday night.

NOVEMBER "BASIC TOOLS" MINI-CURRICULUM
As you know, in addition to your group's curriculum on a specialty topic
like marriage, parenting, book study, etc we are asking you LifeGroup
leaders to be coaches for your groups in the fundamentals of the
Christian life. I've struggled with what to call those... fundamentals
of the Christian life, basic tools, Spiritual disciplines. None of
those feel right. Those sound too painful! While things like prayer,
memorizing Scripture, living in the power of the Spirit, and digging
into God's word require work, they are far from painful. They are some
of the most life-giving activities we can do. So... instead of
"fundamentals" or "basics" or "disciplines" I'm going to call them
"Building blocks for a great life with Christ" -- or just "building
blocks" for short.

In a file list on the right, you'll find our "building block" for the first half of November in both Word and pdf. One document is a "leader's guide" and the other
is a handout which you should copy for each participant and hand it out
at the appropriate time in your meeting (see leader's guide for
details). There's even a PRIZE for the group that does the best at this
month's building block. Please read these documents through and make
this part of your next LifeGroup meeting.

CHRISTMAS FOR FOSTER KIDS
You've received information from Donna Head about our LifeGroups giving
Christmas gifts to Pulaski County foster children. Please let Donna
know today or tomorrow if your group can participate in buying gifts for
a child or two. It would make a world of difference to those precious
kids both physically and emotionally.

Leaders, thank you all for your diligent work in LifeGroup leadership.
Keep on going!!!