Small Group Info

What are we going to do in these groups?

You're going to respond individually to the stuff that gets taught.  At the lectures, we'll probably do some big, wholesale repenting--but you need to do some specific, 'retail' repenting, too.  Your small group is there to let you spill the beans of your story, confessing and repenting, then agree with you as you ask for healing.  They might just pray for you, too!  Nice.  

That's really it: say the last lecture was on fear.  So you walk in the door, having thought and prayed about it for a week, with a ready list of stuff you need to unload- events in your life where fear got a hold on you, and thought patterns you recognize in yourself that give place to fear.  You each tell your junk, repent before each other, and then confess God's truth over that issue.  Easy.  Okay, not easy, but simple and straightforward.  You can totally do this.

Who's leading these things, anyway?

Strictly speaking, the Holy Spirit will be leading the meetings.  Yes, there is a Point Man for each small group (really, just somebody that Tait can communicate with, for streamlining purposes), but that guy won't be 'running the meeting'.  You each have the responsibility to prepare for the meeting and come ready to share.  And each of you are going to have to be bold enough to tell the enemy to leave, ask the Holy Spirit to minister and, yes, to pray for each other.

Where are we meeting?

That's up to your small group.  If you have nowhere else to meet, you can meet at the Crossroads Atrium, but a park bench will work better, and a living room is best of all.  Think about it: you guys are going to be praying with each other, getting quite intimate and open, and you don't need to be somewhere where you've got to shout to be heard, or are going to feel conspicuous with your heads bowed or whatever you need to do.  Your group will decide on a place (again, somebody's home is best- why not rotate?) and a time (it doesn't HAVE to be Wednesdays at 7, but haven't you already got that time protected?).  Then you're on!

Can I skip the small groups and just come to the lectures?

You're asking if you can just get some info but wimp out at the personal risk of being real in front of some dudes who're in the same spot as you and just want to help one another get free.  Um, no you may not.  The point of the class isn't to Learn Cool Stuff, it's to get free and learn (by experience) how to deal with the enemy.  It's also a great crash course in ministering to each other, because that's what you'll be doing.  You can't learn that sitting alone, even if you've got a Bible with you.  We were made for community, and that's going to happen in this class.

You are really pretty good at answering my questions.

It's pretty easy, seeing as how we're the same person.  But thanks just the same.