Hospitality: Holiday Outreach

By Paul Wilkinson

Remember that part of hospitality is outreach: we develop welcoming communities to receive lost and searching visitors, and we, as a group, reach out to those lost and searching in need. Leverage your Christmas functions and ideas as times to invite people to experience your group. Imagine yourself as an unbeliever invited to a Bible study and then as an unbeliever invited to a Christmas party. Surely some of us would choose the latter over the former! And don’t forget that your group will mature as you serve and pray together for the lost.
The article below gives 4 ideas for your LIFE Group this Christmas season. Begin praying now about Christmas opportunities and 2018 outreach opportunities.

Christmas Outreach: 4 Ideas for Small Groups


Paul Wilkinson
Adult Minister – Groups Associate
Brentwood Baptist Church
615-324-6106 office
 

Ethics of Hospitality

By Paul Wilkinson

Follow this link for a great article about hospitality and ethics.
As you read it, meditate on the types of communities that you are forming in your LIFE Group:

  • Are they welcoming and inviting to the stranger, foreigner, widow, poor, etc.?
  • Are you partnering with the Spirit to create communities that promote outreach and evangelism?