Welcome
Okay, in a lot of ways this is what we've been waiting for with this study. It's time for your group members to take a spiritual gifts inventory and get a handle on the different ways in which God has blessed them. After that, everyone will need to figure out how to actually use those gifts. And that's the subject of our newest blog post. (So if you have some ideas, let us all know!)
Important announcement. In evaluating how the Dot Com(unity) experiment has gone so far, it's become pretty clear to me that this newsletter is not necessary. Everything I say here can be said just as effectively on the blog, and since you all know the newest blog post comes every Monday morning, there's no need for us to send you this weekly reminder. Therefore, this will be the last issue of the Dot Com(unity) newsletter. This is not the end of Dot Com(unity), mind you … just this particular newsletter.
Also this week
- You can win your small group a literal vacation together thanks to the good folks at LifeWay Resources. Check it out on the blog.
- Imaginary Gifts has a lot of potential as an opening exercise this week.
May God bless your faithful service …
Managing Editor, SmallGroups.com
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