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How to Launch Small Group (Timeline):
WEEK 1:
Recruitment Small Group Leaders:- Host & Facilitator (2 leaders per SG)
- Invite Catechists, Volunteers, Liturgical Ministers, Ministry Heads
WEEK 2:
Select SG Leaders:- Finalize Locations & Times options based on SG Leaders availability
- Morning/Evening
- Weekday/Weekend
- Couples/Men/Women
- Home/Parish/Coffee Shop
Announce & Invite Weekend- Bulletin Announcement
- Pulpit Announcement
- Information Table
WEEK 3:
Training/Best Practices for Small Groups (optional)
2 Sign Up Weekend (All Masses)- Bulletin Announcement & Insert
- Pulpit Announcement
- In Pew Sign Up
- Information Table staffed with small group leaders
WEEK 4:
Parishioners receive SG Notification- Email Small Groups Assignments: 1st Meeting details & resource
- SG Leaders contact members
Last Chance Sign Up (for straglers)- Bulletin Announcement
- Pulpit Announcement
- In Pew Sign Up
- Information Table
WEEK 5:
Kickoff Small Groups -
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"...foster.... small, basic or so-called "living" communities, where the faithful can communicate the Word of God and express it in service and love to one another; these communities are true expressions of ecclesial communion and centers of evangelization, in communion with their pastors". ~Pope St. John Paul II, Christifideles Laici, 26
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