Community Group Leaders, Coaches, and Potential Leaders – thank you for serving our church and the people of our church by leading and shepherding them in a Community Group setting. We’ve provided some resources below that your group can go through together each year to hopefully make this a bit easier for you. Please don’t ever hesitate to reach out to your coach, Sid, Jen, Laura, Stephanie, Eric, or Alex if you have any questions or if there is anything you need. We’re so thankful for you!
Becoming a Community Group Leader
To help discern your calling to be a Community Group leader, or if you’d like to recommend someone else to be a leader, please take the time to sit with and fill out the appropriate form below.
- Discernment Form for new leaders
- Discernment Form for previous leaders considering a return to leading
- CG Leader Recommendation Form.
Year One
We recommend planning socials and time to get to know each other, as well as eventually using the Sermon Discussion notes, which a Community Group staff person will email you each week.
Year Two
We recommend sharing your stories with each other for Year Two. Below are handouts to help your group do that.
Year Three
Below, we’ve put together some suggested content to cover in your third year together. This is loosely based on the Sonship curriculum that is so integral to our discipleship at Hope. This can be up to you, but we hope these recommendations are helpful, and at least a good start!
Sonship A
– Introduction to Getting Personal with God- Sonship A Series
– Week One – My Father’s (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Two – Getting It Right (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Three – How Do I See Myself Honestly (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Four – How Do I See Myself Dishonestly (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Five – How Do I See Others (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Six – Who Do You Say I Am (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Seven – Longing for Change (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Eight – A Lifestyle (Repentance) (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Nine – Roots (Faith) (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Ten – Love’s Propeller (Obedience) (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
Sonship B
– Introduction to Spiritual Processing Group- Sonship B Series
– Week One – Spiritual Orphan or Child of God? (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Two – Reviewing the Week by How I Speak (Justification) (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Three – Taking a Look at our Sin with Jesus: Growth in Grace 1 (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Four – Ways of Maximizing Sin Versus Maximizing Jesus: Growth in Grace 2 (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Five – What Makes Me Worthy: Growth In Grace 3 (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Six – When a Truth Captures Your Imagination: Union with Christ (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
– Week Seven – The Power that Transforms Us: Gospel Sanctification 1 (Leader’s Guide) (Participant’s Guide)
Wrapping Up Your Group
Thank you for serving so faithfully for the last three years! As your group comes to an end, we’d love for you to take some time to fill out the following form to let us know thoughts, feedback, and your group’s plans for multiplication. We’d also love for you to spend some time with this guide, discerning if you need a sabbatical season from leading or if you’re feeling energized to lead again next year.