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Mark 3: ¹³Jesus decided to ask some of his disciples to go up on a mountain with him, and they went. ¹⁴Then he chose twelve of them to be his apostles, so that they could be with him. He also wanted to send them out to preach (CEV)

Mark 3: ³³Jesus asked, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" ³⁴Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. ³⁵Anyone who obeys God is my brother or sister or mother." (CEV)

Deuteronomy 16: ^10-11go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped and celebrate the Harvest Festival in honor of the LORD your God. Bring him an offering as large as you can afford, depending on how big a harvest he has given you. Be sure to take along your sons and daughters and all your servants. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. (CEV)

Isaiah 45: ²²"I invite the whole world to turn to me and be saved. I alone am God! No others are real. (CEV)

Matthew 9: ¹³Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, 'Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.' I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners." (CEV)

Mark 2: ¹⁷Jesus heard them and answered, "Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners." (CEV)

Luke 14: ¹²Then Jesus said to the man who had invited him: When you give a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends and family and relatives and rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return, and you will be paid back. ¹³When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. ¹⁴They cannot pay you back. But God will bless you and reward you when his people rise from death. ¹⁵After Jesus had finished speaking, one of the guests said, "The greatest blessing of all is to be at the banquet in God's kingdom!" (CEV)

Luke 14: ¹⁶Jesus told him: A man once gave a great banquet and invited a lot of guests....   ²²When the servant returned, he said, "Master, I've done what you told me, and there is still plenty of room for more people." ²³His master then told him, "Go out along the back roads and fence rows and make people come in, so that my house will be full. (CEV)

Revelation 19: ⁹Then the angel told me, "Put this in writing. God will bless everyone who is invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." The angel also said, "These things that God has said are true." (CEV)

Nine Facets of the Effective Small-Group Leader
Facet 1 Connect: Relating to Church Leadership
Facet 2 Recruit Training someone to replace you
Facet 3 Invite: Cultivating Your Network of Relationships
Facet 4 Prepare: Determining the Agenda and Content
Facet 5 Meet: Keeping the Group on Target
Facet 6 Worship: Staying Connected through Worship Services
Facet 7 Serve: Meeting Needs In and Beyond the Group
Facet 8 Win: Reaching People with the Gospel
Facet 9 Secrets: Connecting with God

Video - Facet 3 Invite: Cultivating Your Network of Relationships (chap 6, p.71 in the book).
1. Why are personal invitations the best way to interest people in becoming a part of your group?
2. Who should you consider when you make a potential list of people to invite to your group?
3. How can members of the group be enthusiastic for getting others to come and be a part of their group?
4. When people feel loved and cared for, what happens to the relationships in the group?
5. How do we prepare to relate properly to people who have different ideas and backgrounds than us?
6. Tell us how you originally became interested in being part of a small group.
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
 
 

Philippians 4: ⁶Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.(CEV)

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