Northridge Groups

We were created for deep relationships with others, and yet our world is lonelier than ever. This is a problem the church must address.

But can we expect to experience deep relationships or genuine friendships in group?

Leaders can't be close to everyone in group, so how do we help our group connect?

How can we create an environment where each member of our group can be truly known?

Jason DeGraaff (Community Groups Director) addresses these questions at our Re:Group Leader Training on February 4th, 2024 at the Webster Campus of Northridge Church.

While you are honored by the opportunity to be a group leader, you may feel overwhelmed with the thought of connecting with everyone in your group.

Who has capacity for that?

Your goal as group leader is not to have everyone connected to you, but connected to each other.

So how do we do that?

Jason DeGraaff (Community Groups Director) addresses these questions and gives 6 practical ways we can help our group members connect.

This teaching took place at our Re:Group Leader Training on February 4th, 2024 at the Webster Campus of Northridge Church.

How do you find new people for your group? How do you get them to attend? If they do attend, how do you get them to stick? We'll attempt to answer those questions in this breakout.

We've been married for 44 years and mentoring couples for the past 18, including leading the Art of Marriage courses at Northridge. We know from experience that marriage is hard and we've walked alongside many struggling couples in group. Not sure where to start in helping the marriages in your group? We'll explore that in our breakout.

If you are a new leader or have never attended a Northridge Group Leader Training, you should listen to this breakout. We'll go over the responsibilities and requirements of leading as well as the practical nitty gritty of leading your group each week.

What is better, groups open to new people or closed?

Should groups multiply or is that bad for us? Does multiplication hurt community and kill relationships, or is the opposite true?

Multiplication is hard and most of us don't want to do it.

As Northridge Church has experienced growth, we need to create room for more people in groups.

In this teaching from our Fall 2023 Group Leader Training, Jason DeGraaff shares the vision for why we need to provide Community For Everyone by opening our groups to new people, developing leaders, starting new groups, and multiplying existing groups.

Is your group considering multiplication, but not sure you are ready? Are you ready, but are not sure how? Have you been through a bad group multiplication? In this breakout we'll discuss what we've learned from 150+ group multiplications and consider best practices to prepare your current group, and your next group to thrive after multiplication

Maybe you feel like you have been leading alone for a while? Or maybe you would like to multiply someday but never seem to have enough leaders to pull it off? This breakout provides practical information on how to find the next great leaders for your community group! Most leaders try to develop the best strategy while the best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

At the Re:Group Leader Training for our Community Group Leaders on September 10th, 2023, Drew Karschner shared updates and info about what God has been up to at Northridge in 2023 and some of the new things we are rolling out this year, including sermon series, Northridge's growth, and the details of our Brighton Campus Launch.

If you are a new leader or have never attended a Northridge Group Leader Training event, this content is for you. We'll go over the responsibilities and requirements of leading as well as the practical nitty gritty of leading your group each week.