Community Group Leader
A Community Group leader journeys with the people in his/her group on a weekly basis as they seek to follow in the way of Jesus. The three main ways we encourage groups to grow together in the way of Jesus are personal connection, prayer, and scripture study. A community group leader is in charge of rallying their group around these three elements.
- PRAYER: Facilitate and encourage prayer in the group
- SCRIPTURE: Generally guide the discussion of scripture and do some extra study before the group to add to the depth of what is being talked about. They can also assign other members of the group to share the responsibility of leading the study and discussion of scripture.
- CONNECTION: Help support personal connection among the members by make sure that everyone in the group gets a chance to share what is happening in their lives.
Each community group leader is given a community group mentor to help support and encourage them as they lead their group.
Requirements to be a CG leader:
- CG Leaders are expected to be seeking spiritually maturity, striving to follow and obey Jesus in all areas of their lives.
- CG Leaders must be committed to the vision and mission of VFC and regularly participate in the life of the VFC community.
- CG Leaders must fill out an application and go through an interview with someone on pastoral staff at VFC or with a CG mentor.
Responsibilities of a CG leader
- Commit to leading their group for a season (a 3, 6 or 9 month period)
- Lead the group on a regular basis (weekly or bi-weekly basis).
- Incorporate sharing, prayer and scripture study regularly in the group meetings.
- Spend time with people in his/her group periodically to build community.
- Communicate regularly with their mentor about how the group is going and giving updates about who is in the group.
- Attend monthly church leadership meetings for prayer, encouragement and training.
- Participate in periodic service projects offered through VFC and/or the larger community.
