We're so excited that you said "yes" to leading a NewSpring Group for the Spring 2011 Season! We can't wait to see what Jesus is going to do in your life through this experience. If at any point you have questions, please email our staff at groups@newspring.cc. We are here to help you be successful and we want to hear your stories! Below you will find what you need to get started leading a NewSpring small group.

We’re asking you to lead a NewSpring Group 4 months using our group material and schedule. You don’t have to be a religious professional or have specialized training to lead a group (Acts 4:13). You need to love Jesus, love NewSpring, and love people. We’ll help with the rest.

Check out our group schedule for this fall:

Ramp – Beginning August 22^nd, NewSpring Church will ask guests to sign up for a group. You will receive requests via email from guests wanting to be in your group and you’ll respond with a big “hello!” You’ll tell them your first meeting time and location too.

Rev – Your first group meeting will be the week of September 12^th. In that meeting you’ll challenge everyone to invite their friends back for next week’s kickoff party. We hope your group will double in size in one week through personal invitation. The next week you’ll have your kick-off party with lots of food and fun. If you’re worried about what to say those first couple of weeks, don’t be. We’ve provided a list of things you should talk through with the group here. 

Run – For the next 10 weeks you’ll meet weekly and use the NewSpring Group Leader Guide to help you have great group discussions. The Group Leader Guide will help keep your group on track and help you LEAD a successful group. You’ll also get great leader tips and be able to keep up with the latest group opportunities at www.newspring.cc/groups.

Rest – We want people in groups to feel a high level of commitment, not obligation. That’s why we’re encouraging every group to take a break during the summer and winter holidays. This break will allow group members to change groups if they want and allow leaders to renew their commitment each semester.

Check out what we expect Groups to do.

Learn the Bible Together.  

Each week you’ll come together, share some snacks or maybe a meal, and then circle up to talk about Sunday’s message using the Group Leader Guide. It’s easy to use. The guide we provide will help you start and conclude dynamic group discussions. Each week your group members will be challenged to take a “next step” in their walk with Jesus because we believe that Growing People Change.

Embrace Serving Together.

Each semester your group will get the opportunity to serve together in the community. Opportunities are everywhere and you’re limited only by your group’s imagination. We’ll give you some ideas to help you get started because we believe that Saved People Serve People.

Assist One Another.

We all need someone to lean on. We were not designed by God to be lone rangers. Your group will be there for each other in good times and bad. You’ll challenge your group to care for one another because we all know that We Can’t Do Life Alone.  

Devote Yourselves to Generosity.  

In groups we’ll learn about generosity and we’ll challenge each other to be generous with our finances. Whether we send students to summer camp, send group members to Kenya, or reach into the community, our groups lead the way in generosity because we believe that We Cannot Out Give God.

Send People Out to Start New Groups.

It’s our hope that in NewSpring Groups lives would be changed by Jesus Christ. In order to have optimal impact, we’ll challenge group members who catch our vision to rise and LEAD. When someone is sent from their group to start a new group, we’ll celebrate together because we believe the Found People Find People.

So, in review, we are asking you to do?

      LEAD a NewSpring Group for 4 months using our group materials and schedule.

What do you talk about in the group?

      Use the Group Leader Guide to have great group discussions. 

What are you trying to accomplish?

       We want to see lives changed by Jesus. Our plan is to Learn, Embrace, Assist, Devote, and Send together. 

We truly believe that Jesus changes lives. As a group leader you will help point group members toward Jesus. As a NewSpring Group Leader you will see life change. Begin talking to your friends, neighbors and family about getting into a NewSpring group!