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Small Groups Help Us Change

July 2, 2007 |

Michael Smalley at Gosmiley.com says,

Numerous studies have discovered how powerful small groups can be in terms of our emotional satisfaction in life. Married people should really pay attention to this information. Dr. David Olson discovered that for couples who attend a marriage enrichment weekend and then follow up the weekend by getting involved in a small group - the changes they experience during the weekend tend to last. Couples who do not follow up the weekend tend to go back to the way things were within six months.

He concludes, “Small groups tend to foster the sharing of feelings; no wonder they are so effective!”

The key, of course, is that our small groups must be a safe place in which to share our struggles, needs, hurts, and growth points. We have to know that what we say is safe with these people and that, bottom line, they care about us and our spiritual and emotional growth. And we as leaders have the awesome privilege of creating that environment.


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