ALC Life Groups Rocks!

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Last Tuesday night (March 11th) was our first Authentic Life Church’s  (ALC) Life Group meeting! Yeah!

We launched 4 separate meetings across the city in various locations. Our church is only 5 months old and it’s amazing to see how it’s growing! Our God is faithful. Our meeting was held in a room the church rented at a CDC facility in our community.

But, what’s a Life Group? A Life Group is a small group of people who gather regularly to support each other and enjoy common interests. They are known by various names: Growth groups, Connect Groups, Core Groups, Cell Groups, Home Groups or Fellowship Groups.  You may know them by one of those names.

Christian Churches use these groups to not only teach the Word of God, but to also foster more personal relationships amongst its members. Inside these groups members help each other take the Word of God and use it in their daily lives to create success and to weather storms.

In regular church services, the number of people, combined with time constraints, makes it impossible to have an interactive format,  or answer individual questions or concerns. In addition, the Pastor or Leader can’t personally get to know everyone in the congregation. However, in small groups, the level of intimacy is much higher so people can dig deeper into what the Word of God means and how they can use it on a daily basis. Thus bringing God alive in your life, not only on Sundays.

This concept is quickly replacing the standard “mid-week” church service due to its higher level of efficiency and effectiveness in caring for people. People now feel connected to something bigger than themselves and a part of something meaningful.

Life Groups also help people discover and develop their gifts, talents and hobbies into successful businesses. They can share ideas for community projects and the group’s operational needs. As people get more involved, their gifts, talents and skills get used, developed and expanded. For example, in one of the small groups I belonged to, someone who liked to tinker on the computer volunteered to help create a newsletter about the group. That newsletter was seen by many other people and that led to paid gigs. A new business was born! I have many testimonies like them from former members of our group. We also got involved in our surrounding community by feeding the homeless, adopting a woman’s shelter and many other projects like  supporting the businesses of the members who already had businesses in our community. We became a family!

The goal of the ALC Life Groups is the do the same thing. To first provide love, support and fellowship for its members and their families. Secondly, to invite people in the surrounding area who are not yet saved and those who are saved, but don’t have a church home.

At our first meeting last night, we had an engineer who sings like a songbird, a hair salon owner who lives across the street from our meeting location, an executive director of a facility for the mentally impaired, an author, and many others. We also had people on every level of spiritual development from the not saved yet to folks who have been saved for years! All hanging out together eating the Word of God together and having fun while doing it. We even ended the night by doing some line dancing. Check us out!

Thanks So Much!

I want to thank some of  my great friends who helped make our night great: James, Kisha, Tina, Darnetta, Lisa, Anettra, Damon, Susan, Willis, Sara, Shewanda and Krystal.  I want to thank my great husband Bruce for his unselfish love and support and I want to thank the best Pastor in the world, Pastor Lester Brown who supports and pushing us to live our best Purpose Driven Life. Thanks to everyone who attended and I’m so looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Come check out our Life Group! We will be meeting for the next 7 Tuesdays, from 7 – 8:30pm @ the Greater Brewerytown CDC, on the corner of 30th & Master Streets, Philly. See you there. For more information simply reply/subscribe to this post.