There are many things about church life that are frustrating to me. Some of them I have blogged about, and there are many topics that I dwell on and pray about while seeking answers about the part I can play to strengthen the body of believers at Lakeside as well as the Church at large.
There is a shift happening here at Lakeside, however that is a great encouragment to me. There are two small groups that are exhibiting the best of small group ministry, and they are not even listed in our listing of small groups. Alma Hill's Sunday School class and the M&M group are long standing small groups who meet with a common purpose and who have relationships built on long time friendships and common interests. They keep track of how others in the group are doing, and if someone is absent from the group, someone contacts him. When their members are ill or hospitalized, they rally around to visit and pray for them and to make sure that practical needs are met. The care that they give one another is given in love; not due to vocation.
This is the type of ministry that the New Testament holds up as a model for the church. Let us all learn from these valuable small groups.
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