Life Group

Teacher and Coordinator

Breakout Session

April 17th, 2010

Saturday, 4pm

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Agenda

• Why are we here?

• Anticipation of the Life Group Class
Meeting
• Life Group Training in the Northwest
• Adult Curriculum Discussion and Decision
• Ideas for learning about your class

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Why are we here?

• Our Life Group is our Small Church

• Our primary responsibilities are to our Life
Group

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Life Group Class Team Structure

LG Teacher LG Coord.

Discipleship Care Fellowship Mission

Coord. Coord. Coord. Coord.

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Teacher Job Description

• Prepare and present interactive Bible

study sessions.
• Life-changing Bible study that is
discussion driven and focuses on teaching
people how to handle the Scriptures for
themselves.
• The Teacher & Coordinator work as a
team in making sure the LIFE GROUP is
functioning completely.
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Teacher Job Description

• Develop an Apprentice Teacher

– Substitute and Lead a new LIFE GROUP
– You should work to help start a new LIFE GROUP
every year to 18 months.
• Work together with Class Coordinator
– Coordinator owns 15 minutes of class
• Attend scheduled Team Huddles that include:
– Meet with Life Group Director
– Meet with Life Group Planning Team

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Class Coordinator Job Description

• Communicate each week with your

LIFE GROUP important information.
• Recruit every member to serve in a
ministry position in the LIFE GROUP.
(Give away your job.)

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Anticipation of the Life Group Class
Meeting
• Life Group Quarterly Team Huddle Form
• This is your meeting for planning and
evaluation, make the most of it!

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Life Group Training in the Northwest
• Pastor Carter Shotwell is returning to the
Northwest!
– For all who were not able to attend back in October
or would like a refresher:
– Saturday, April 24th – 7:15am - meet at Brookwood for
carpool to NWBC in Vancouver, WA
– ~11am – Return to Brookwood
– Please RSVP to Torrey, so we don’t leave without you!
• Future trainings
– June 5th - Interactive Teaching Seminar
– August 14th - Life Group Coordinator Training
– September 25th - Growth Group Training
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Adult Curriculum Discussion

• Quarter Point Review Meeting Notes

• Good

• Not so Good

• What have we learned?

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Ideas for learning about your class

• Approaches to Learning handout

• Others?

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Backup Slides

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• Have table set up front of Fellowship Hall
with extra “position” handouts
• Make announcement during dinner
(actually during Teacher/Coordinator
meeting) that if a class does not have a
position then CC needs to get paperwork

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