"Biblical spirituality is a spirituality of the everyday in which God is glorified in all of life."
Total Church, page 145
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Upcoming Events
Sunday Morning Christmas Service
December 20, 10am
Monthly Kinship-Wide Meeting
January 17, 5:30pm
LCS Preschool
Launch 2010 (Church-wide potluck meal)
January 20, 6:30pm
LCS Gym
Life Group Leader Monthly Meeting
February 1, 7:30pm
LCS Library
Life Group Leadership Retreat
Fall 2010
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"Theology is also the task of the [local] church because the only theology that matters and is worthy of the name is pratical theology."
Total Church, page 155
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"Integrating young people into the vibrant and diverse life of the gospel community is a key objective."
Total Church, page 186
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"People may claim that the obstacle to faith is the problem of suffering or the implausability of miracles or the existence of other religions. The role of rational apologetics is to show that these are not the real causes of unbelief. It is to strip away the excuses and expose rebellious hearts."
Total Church, page 172
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Prayer Requests
Terry Hill, a member of John and Beth Laurie's life group, will be deploying to Iraq in February. His unit will be training in Mississippi for the next couple months. Please keep us informed about your life group by letting us know about any needs and prayer requests for your life group. |
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Vision
 Vision: We believe that God's vision for the life group ministry here at LCF is to spread the gospel in the greater Nashville area.
Strategy: In order to see this vision become reality, life groups must reach out to their surrounding communities. As a result of reaching out, life groups will grow and multiply. Our goal is to go from the current total of 21 life groups to a total of 40 life groups in 2010. Action Steps: How will your group help make this vision a reality? You need a plan! To develop your group's plan: - Each life group leader should discuss the vision and strategy with
their life group members and decide on specific action steps they will
take as a group to accomplish the goal.
- Then, each member of the group should plan specific action steps for himself or herself to help the group accomplish the goal.
Some examples of action steps are hosting a neighborhood block party, inviting people in your neighborhood to a men's or women's movie or game night, having dinner with your neighbors, etc.
Don't forget to make this discussion a priority in your life group meeting! |
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Leader Training: Total Church Video-- Please watch!
 As you know, for our current leadership training, we've been reading and discussing the book Total Church. In addition to reading the book, we have been watching video sessions on the book. The sessions are taught by one of the authors. For this month, please watch the final Total Church Training Video-- Session 3. These videos should serve to reinforce and enhance what you are learning in the book. |
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The Holidays
 Don't forget that Christmas and New Year's are both great opportunities to reach out to your life group's neighborhood! Here are a few ideas for how to use these opportunities to build relationships with your neighbors: - Invite them to life group holiday events, meals, or parties
- Invite them to our Christmas service on December 20 (See "Christmas Evangelism Packets" article below.)
- Bring them cookies, ornaments, gift baskets, etc.
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Christmas Evangelism Packets
 During our Sunday morning gathering on December 20, we will be having a Christmas service, which will be specially directed towards unbelievers and the unchurched. Many unchurched people actually attend church once or twice a year-- on Christmas or Easter. We want to take this opportunity to reach out to these people specifically. Because people are much more likely to attend church when they are personally invited, we have put together evangelism packets. These packets contain a tract by Max Lucado, a New Testament, and an invitation to our December 20 service. If you don't already have these, please pick up several for your life group to give out to people they know. We hope these will be a valuable tool for reaching the greater Nashville area with the gospel.
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New Sermon Series
 In mid-January, we will be starting a new sermon series on Sunday mornings. This new series will cover LCF's core values, including some of what we've been learning in Total Church. In addition, we'll be promoting the new year's resolution to join a life group in 2010. In order to help people get connected with a life group, we would like for all life group leaders to be available at the end of our Sunday morning meetings to talk with people who have questions and/or would like to join a group. We'll give you more details on this soon. Please let us know if you'll be able to help us in this way. |
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Mark your calendars: "Launch 2010"
 What: Church-wide potluck meal. Launch for the life group ministry in 2010, a chance to connect people to life groups, brief training for leaders.
Who: EVERYONE at Lighthouse, regardless of participation in life groups. It's important that every life group is fully represented at this event!
When: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 6:30 - 8:30pm
Where: Lighthouse Gym Important: Please note that this event will take the place of regular life group meetings that week. Please be sure to strongly encourage all your life group members to attend this event! |
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'To the City' Conference
 This spring we will be having our first annual 'To the City' Conference! It will take place on March 5 - 7, 2010. During this conference, we'll be casting vision for reaching and redeeming the city of Antioch for Jesus. The conference will place special emphasis on life groups. We'll be equipping individuals and life groups for reaching the city, and we'll be helping life groups partner with key stakeholders in the community. Please begin discussing this conference in your life group on a regular basis. Our hope is that each life group will take ownership of this conference and the vision for reaching Antioch. The first step in that process is life group leaders getting on board and encouraging their group members to do the same. We appreciate your help in this! |
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Life Groups Website
 We've done a lot of work over the past month to develop the life groups section of the Lighthouse website. Please feel free to visit and let us know what you think! We have added the following features: - Life Groups- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- List and map of current life groups at LCF
- Study questions from our sermon series
- Upcoming events
- Explanation of our three core values
- Coming Soon: Leadership resources
We welcome your feedback and suggestions as we continue to develop this website.
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Thank you for reading! We appreciate all that you do to lead your life group! Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help. Hope you have a great Christmas!
Sincerely,
Hailey Ness
Life Group Ministry Assistant
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship |
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