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!)
- How are you going to spread the word about your new group?
If you’ll meet at church, please contact the Building Use Coordinator, Hannah Notch, at 515-244-8603, x107 or BuildingCoordination@ucdsm.org to make a room reservation. 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. The Director of Finance & Administration can help you with this step.
The next step would be to contact the appropriate staff person who can offer further suggestions for getting established and to let you know if they are aware of others who might be interested.
If it’s really a class you want to hold at the church with a curriculum and limited number of meetings, then contact ffoffice@ucdsm.org.
