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A Checklist for chapter Health

 
Large-group meetings:

• Are first-timers greeted by chapter leaders and introduced to others?
  
  
• Is the format aiding your goals for worship, spiritual nurture and seeker-friendly outreach?
  
  
• Are students of various ethnicities finding a large-group culture that they can feel comfortable in?
  
  
• Are visitors and new members encouraged to form new relationships by joining a small group?
  
  
• Are your speakers treated well enough that they would consider returning?

Small-group meetings:

• As you plan your small-group meetings, are you allowing time for:
• getting to know each other?
• Bible study?
• prayer?
• creatively imagining ways to reach out together?
  
  
• Are you finding ways to nurture and encourage each other outside of your weekly small-group time?

Once people get to know each other, your small-group might go through a rocky time of transition. Your attitude and leadership role are very important here. Are you:

• Open and listening to any criticisms?
  
  
• Empathetic to members and acting to accommodate their concerns when appropriate?
  
  
• Flexible, yet committed to your vision and purpose?
  
  
• Allowing members to find and use their gifts to contribute to the group?