Small Groups: Beyond the Meetings

Serve together. At a homeless shelter, senior facility or after-school program for at-risk children.

Skip your meeting. Instead of your regular meeting one week, host a fun outdoor activity. A barbecue, beach picnic, baseball game, outdoor movie…Make it family friendly, and encourage each group member to invite a friend and his/her family to the event.

Invite to church. Challenge each other to invite one friend to an upcoming church event or worship service.

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Quay Church: Sled Dogs Over Show Dogs

The area’s unique demographics—theme park employees, young professionals, retirees and tourism workers—have led to a congregation with an eclectic mix of people.

Souls Settled, Hands Moving: Joy and Urgency in Following Jesus

Don’t just find joy in what God does through you. Find joy in what He’s done for you. Results may rise and fall. Attendance fluctuates. Seasons change.

Fight the Good Fight

Some things that happen in ministry are so absurd that if we can’t laugh, the weight will crush our soul.