We will outline four major areas at G4 throughout this training that we will walk through in order as they will happen on the night of G4:

1. Welcome & Sign-in Procedures (15 minutes): This training will equip you to engage with and welcome new participants in a manner that is welcoming and helpful. Often participants make up their mind about whether or not they will come back to an event before they ever make into large or small groups.The welcome they receive at the door matters. In addition to being welcoming, it is necessary that you are able to follow a specific procedure that allows guest to be properly signed-in so that so they get connected with the correct group and are informed about the nature of our ministry (an important liability protection measure for anything counseling-related).

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With all of these theories and ideas about what works in helping people overcome the issues of life, why would we choose to offer groups?

Below, we have listed five benefits of facing life’s struggles in a group context: Continue reading →

One of the goals in launching G4 Recovery-Support Group Ministries at The Summit Church was to provide a high-quality peer-based recovery-support groups.

A secondary goal within our ministry structure was to create a ministry that could be replicated by us at the multiple Summit locations but also to create a system of groups that could be replicated by other churches regardless of size.  Continue reading →