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10 Reasons People Need to Be Part of a Small Group

Number 4: You will make friends for life.

I am firmly convinced that I will know where my small group friends are even 10 years from now, whether or not they live in this community.  I am forming authentic, lifetime relationships.  

Number 3: It’s fun!

The best belly laughs I’ve had in the last three years have happened in groups. It’s also fun to learn common connections with people I didn’t know about before.  

Number 2. You will be prepared for the unexpected.

We are extroverted with our online friends sometimes, but when life crashes in around us, we need friends with skin. Groups are the truest picture of the first century church I know of today where everyone truly cares for each other’s needs.  

Number 1: You’ll have to experience it for yourself.

My wife Cheryl wanted to go with me this year to places I had been the year before. When we got there, she kept saying, “Pictures can’t do this justice.” A picture never can. A picture can’t capture the emotion of experiencing something firsthand.

I can share all kinds of stories about life change from group life, but until you actually give it a chance, you’ll never really understand why it’s such a big deal to us.