Outreach Coordinators

Expectations for all Outreach Coordinators

• Be a growing disciple of Christ
• Take your responsibility seriously
• Participate in NetWork as a mentor or apprentice
• Be a good team member by communicating regularly with your Director
• Spiritual gifts preferred: evangelism, administration, and/or shepherding

Specific tasks of an Outreach Coordinator

• See that every assigned guest receives a contact within 24 hours of his/her first visit
• Make sure all guests who visit your SMBS are warmly welcomed, and make sure they fill out the Guest Information Form. Retrieve enough demographic information so a NetWork team can make a follow-up contact
• Make sure all first time guests are escorted to worship and/or invited to lunch after church by a member of your SMBS
• Keep an updated file of all guests. If possible, discover spiritual background and other data that would enable a NetWork team to make a quality contact
• Make sure all guests receive invitations to social events
• Act as the Care Group Leader for all guests until they are assigned a Care Group
• Encourage all SMBS members to be relational evangelists and receive training through NetWork

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Class Prospect Visitation and Contact Report © 2003 LifeWay Press®. Used with permission.
Personal Testimony © 2003 LifeWay Press®. Used with permission.

Record Keepers

Keeping track of everyone
We count people because people count. As SMBS groups grow good records are vital in for effective care groups and outreach. An effective record keeper not only will count heads, but will make sure the address, phone and email of each member and prospect is up to date.

Expectations for all Record Keepers

• Take your responsibility seriously
• Be organized and attend SMBS regularly
• Be able to keep confidences
• Be a good team member by communicating regularly with your Director
• Spiritual gifts preferred: administration, service, mercy

Specific tasks of a Record Keeper

• Come early and pick up the record envelope
• Distribute all handouts to the SMBS Director or teacher
• Accurately account for each member and prospect present
• Complete all guest information and record change forms
• Supply copies of the guest information forms to the Outreach Coordinator and/or Director
• Return records envelope to the appropriate location after class

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Growth Group Facilitators

SMBS groups are designed to be open to anyone who chooses to participate in Bible Study. Growth groups are smaller groups comprised of SMBS members who elect to spend additional time deepening their relationships with other SMBS members and God. These groups emphasize transformational discipleship and personal accountability. Once these groups have formed, they become “closed” and are no longer open to receive new members. Most of these groups will meet for a specified time period and then disband or re-organize with new members.

Expectations for all Growth Groups

• They must be approved by the SMBS Director before they begin
• They must have a defined purpose: discipleship training, mentoring, prayer, marriage/family improvement, leadership training, or evangelism
• They must have start and end dates
• They must determine the scope of the participants (e.g. men’s, women’s, couples, new believers, etc.)
• The curriculum must be approved by Minister of Adult Education (See the list of pre-approved studies on the resource page.)
• The facilitator must be approved by the SMBS Director

Specific tasks of a Growth Group Facilitator

• Determine in writing the purpose of your growth group and seek approval
• Determine meeting day, time, and location along with other logistics (snacks, childcare, etc.)
• Enlist participants in your group
• Report the status of the group to your SMBS Director

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Care Group Leaders

Care Groups can be organized in numerous ways, but to be effective, a group size needs to be small enough to fit in the Care Leader’s home. This means most care groups will range between 4 and 10 couples. Care Leaders are the front-line leaders of ministry and accountability for a SMBS. Their job is simple but important: unconditionally love people and encourage them to be fully devoted followers of Christ. This job has two results. One is offensive in nature: by loving others, you will help us reach more people for the kingdom. The second is defensive: by unconditionally loving others, you will prevent disunity and bad attitudes.

Expectations for all Care Leaders

• Be a growing disciple of Christ
• Take your responsibility seriously
• Grow your ministry skills by attending all leadership and training meetings
• Be a good team member by communicating regularly with your Director
• Spiritual gifts preferred: mercy, shepherding, and/or helps

Specific tasks of a Care Leader

• Pray weekly for each member of your group by name
• Contact all group members at least every two weeks
• Identify and contact those not regularly attending SMBS each week. Make a face-to-face contact with any member who has missed three consecutive weeks.
• Schedule an event at least every 60 days that provides an opportunity for prayer, fellowship, and accountability
• Try to develop an atmosphere for support and awareness of spiritual struggles
• Make provision of needs for group members in time of crisis

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Prayer Host Resources

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Mission & Service Coordinators

God has blessed our church with an abundance of resources. With these blessings come responsibilities. Even though SMBS are the small groups of our church they are large enough to make an impact on the world. Healthy SMBS groups will find ways to serve people outside our congregation through acts of compassion and care they will also discover ways to spread the gospel to people outside our community. The Mission & Service Coordinator of a SMBS will discover opportunities for his/her SMBS to serve and then coordinate the class response to these opportunities.

Expectations for all Missions & Service Coordinators

• Be a growing disciple of Christ
• Take your responsibility seriously
• Be a good team member by communicating regularly with your Director
• Coordinate at least one service activity to people outside our congregation every year
• Annually support a GABC mission endeavor
• Spiritual gifts preferred: administration, service, evangelism

Specific tasks of a Mission & Service Coordinator

• Pray weekly for God to provide a mission and service activity for your SMBS
• Communicate to the director of your SMBS the mission or service opportunities available and together choose the mission and service activities the SMBS will take on this year
• Recruit, train, and sustain a group of adults who do these activities
  • Hosts arrive early each Sunday to make sure the room is properly equipped and arranged
  • Hosts will greet members and guests as they arrive and make sure everyone has a name tag
• Regularly report to the SMBS the progress on these activities and regularly seek prayer support from your SMBS
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and evaluate regular social events for the SMBS

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Social Event Coordinators

Creating an Environment that attracts
Fellowship is not an event, but a natural result of believers growing in Christ together. It unites us in purpose and bonds us in love. The most organized class, with the best teaching can still lack an environment of fun and warmth. The Social Coordinator job is to provide opportunities for SMBS participants to spend quality time together and to make sure the SMBS room is attractive and inviting.

Expectations for all Social Coordinators

• Take your responsibility seriously
•  Be a good team member by communicating regularly with your Director
• Coordinate a social event for your SMBS at least once a quarter. Bi-monthly events are preferred. Make sure the event is Christ-honoring.
• Spiritual gifts preferred: administration, service

Specific tasks of a Social Coordinator

• Pray weekly for your SMBS that God will bless the environment with His presence and that He will draw your SMBS together in unity
• Recruit, train, and sustain a group of adults who will serve weekly as hosts
  • Hosts arrive early each Sunday to make sure the room is properly equipped and arranged-
  • Hosts will greet members and guests as they arrive and make sure everyone has a name tag
• Coordinate the provision of refreshments each week
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and evaluate regular social events for the SMBS

Host Resources

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