Summer schedule
Cell groups are on break for the summer after May 19th and will return in September 2013!
Cell groups begin at the locations below at 6:30pm and end at 7:45pm each Sunday night. Please try not to arrive or leave more than 15 minutes early/late. CLICK HERE to view our calendar for cell group dates.
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"Cell groups are voluntary. There is nothing to join and there are no dues to pay. They're here for when you have problems, joys, or just an opinion you wish to share in a save and open environment. There are three levels of honesty. There is honest, more honest, and most honest. We are hoping that you will try to be as honest as you can. You can choose not to answer any question at any time. The things said in this group are confidential and will not be shared outside the group. When our group reaches a steady 15 we will multiply into two groups. This is a positive thing because it allows others to join a group without it getting too big. As you experience the love and support that this group has to offer, you may one day want to start a group of your own. it is also important that we bring new people."
Just for parents:
Why Cell Groups at MPBC?
1. The most effective way to get teens or adults into church is through personal invitation. With that being said, most of us are afraid of inviting people to a church service because it immediately puts the other person on the defense as they begin to picture a large man pounding a pulpit and screaming while all the kids sit
quietly with their hands in their laps. Or, maybe they picture an un-cool setting of children singing "Kumbaya" and getting cheesy stickers for good behavior. While we know this is far from the truth, they may not. So,wouldn't it make sense to offer a small group setting outside of a church that a teen could more easily invite to? Who would pass up hanging out at a house with free snacks and discussing topics relevant to teens? Not only that, but these are discussions led by their peers, not by adults. How cool! By the way, isn't small groups in homes what the early church did?
2. If teens are only getting "preached at" and taught to, but never take on any form of leadership or ownership, what will happen when they graduate? We love to boast about the big numbers at all the big events, but why is the biggest gap of unchurched adults those who just graduated high school? What would happen if our teens
graduated 1) knowing how to share their faith 2) knowing how to teach or lead small group discussion, and 3) knowing how to take ownership over what they believe instead of it just being head knowledge? As Ted Stump and others have quoted, "The Holy Spirit that lives in our teens isn't a baby. It is the same Holy Spirit that lives within the mature adults in our ministry." Well, now it's time to unleash that potential!
Helpful tools (click image to view/download):
Why Cell Groups at MPBC?
1. The most effective way to get teens or adults into church is through personal invitation. With that being said, most of us are afraid of inviting people to a church service because it immediately puts the other person on the defense as they begin to picture a large man pounding a pulpit and screaming while all the kids sit
quietly with their hands in their laps. Or, maybe they picture an un-cool setting of children singing "Kumbaya" and getting cheesy stickers for good behavior. While we know this is far from the truth, they may not. So,wouldn't it make sense to offer a small group setting outside of a church that a teen could more easily invite to? Who would pass up hanging out at a house with free snacks and discussing topics relevant to teens? Not only that, but these are discussions led by their peers, not by adults. How cool! By the way, isn't small groups in homes what the early church did?
2. If teens are only getting "preached at" and taught to, but never take on any form of leadership or ownership, what will happen when they graduate? We love to boast about the big numbers at all the big events, but why is the biggest gap of unchurched adults those who just graduated high school? What would happen if our teens
graduated 1) knowing how to share their faith 2) knowing how to teach or lead small group discussion, and 3) knowing how to take ownership over what they believe instead of it just being head knowledge? As Ted Stump and others have quoted, "The Holy Spirit that lives in our teens isn't a baby. It is the same Holy Spirit that lives within the mature adults in our ministry." Well, now it's time to unleash that potential!
Helpful tools (click image to view/download):
Cell Groups-
"Nothing Short of a Revolution" |
Cell Group Leader-
Teaching utline |
