Have an idea for a new Affinity Group? Great! Find a few other people who share your passion and get started. At your first meeting you may want to ask yourselves:
- Who is this group for? (i.e., who is your target audience?)
- What is the purpose of your group? A clearly defined purpose is behind the most successful, thriving groups!
- What are you going to do/discuss when you meet?
- Is there a clear need for this group in our community?
- Is anyone else at the church already doing what you want to do? If so, would it make sense to join forces? Or can you distinguish a separate need that your group will fill?
- How often do you want to meet and when? (Setting a regular schedule is usually best!)
- If you are meeting during a time that the church isn’t regularly open, someone will need to be assigned an access key to the church and be trained on how to lock up the building.
- How are you going to spread the word about your new group?
- Is it really a class you want to hold at the church with a curriculum and limited number of meetings?
The next step would be to contact us so we can offer further suggestions for getting established and to let you know if others that might be interested.
