The Ordinary Volunteer Email

Hey moms, step-moms, grandmas, sisters, and mom-figures. Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for the way you love, influence, and mother the teenagers in your life. We love you!

Here are a few things coming up in our ministry . . .

ADD YOUR OWN DATES: FAITH STORIES
In this activity, group members will listen to the stories of others, process their own faith story, and share their stories with someone else. The concept is simple, flexible, and potentially powerful for anyone who chooses to participate. You and your group have some decisions to make about whether to participate in person or virtually and when you’ll start this activity. So start talking about it and making plans together this month.

ADD YOUR OWN DATES: GROUP TEST KITCHEN
This quarter, we recommend hosting an activity where your group will prepare and share a delicious, home-cooked meal together. Food can often do the heavy lifting in relational growth and even more so when we put in the work to prepare the food together. Get creative together with your group and enjoy the delicious results of your work!

THE ORDINARY: A 4-WEEK SERIES ON EVENGELISM

SERIES OVERVIEW:

Reading a great biography, watching a movie about someone’s life, or listening to a really incredible story can be inspiring and also cause us to think, “Wow, that’s amazing . . . But I can not relate.” Have you ever felt that way when hearing someone else’s faith story or even reading the stories of early church leaders? When we read the New Testament and see stories of miraculous healings, prison breaks, city-changing sermons, and the power of the gospel – we might be amazed while also tempted to think we could never do what they did. When we place all our focus on the most incredible, miraculous, dramatic, extraordinary stories of people’s faith, it can leave us feeling like our own stories are boring. Unimportant. Ordinary. But the truth is, most stories in the Bible are actually stories of ordinary people, doing ordinary things, who were transformed or used by God in extraordinary ways. As we examine some of these stories we might just find out our “ordinary” lives can accomplish extraordinary things because our faith stories are connected, always in progress, worth sharing, and at the end of the day they are not about us.

DOWNLOAD SERIES GUIDE

Do you ever play games with your group, but really need a timer? Or a simple way to keep track of the score? Or a faster way to pick teams or decide who will go first? Check out the Tools section in the free Grow Games App for some amazing and creative solutions!

At least once this month, choose a volunteer to celebrate. Add their picture and a few sentences about what makes them awesome!

We want to know what you love about the Summer. What’s one Summer time activity you are most looking foward to this year?