WRITE A POWERFUL CELL CHURCH AGENDA
At the top of the agenda, clearly put the week, the theme and the Scripture. To illustrate a typical cell agenda here, we will use:
Week of January 1 — “New Beginnings,” Philippians 3:12-14
The agenda should then follow the standard four W’s:
Welcome. Include one or two icebreaker suggestions. These can follow the Scripture theme or be related to the time of year. Icebreakers should be easy to answer and not consume much time. For example, you could put:
1. What is one thing God did for you last year?
2. What is one goal you have for the year ahead?
3. What is one thing you want God to do for you in the New Year?
Worship. You don’t have to include worship suggestions, but you can. Usually someone other than the cell leader leads worship. Remember, cells should use songs that are easy to sing and used by your church on Sundays.
Word. This is the heart of your agenda. State the objective of the Word time in the agenda. For our example, you could write:
Objective: home groups members will identify the things God is calling them to leave behind and bring these things to Him in prayer as they reach out to the new things Christ has in store for them.
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The most common error in agendas for home groups is including too many discussion questions. Most cell leaders feel obligated to cover all the questions you include. A good Word time has only three or four questions. If cell leaders try to cover more than that, the extroverts in the group will dominate the meeting. By using fewer questions and sitting on them, everyone is drawn in and interacts with the passage. This is crucial because introverts often have more profound answers. (They are actually thinking about the questions!)
