I heard the announcement in the church over the last several Sundays, the talk about a new type of small group, but maybe a small group on steroids. Elliot Freeman had mentioned it and Ricky Bowlin told me as someone heading up the social media, that I just had to go.
Now, I am a busy gal. I have a full-time job and I have about 4-5 side hustles. This one thing was going to be ANOTHER thing. I say all of this now, knowing full well that I told a group the other night...and now I tell you...that if I have the capacity, I will offer more of myself. All I would really be missing out on are some of the guilty pleasures, like endless-without-a-point internet nothingness or television watching. So I went.
What is OneHub? The subheading tells the story. It's about reaching the lost. When I accepted the role I have in the church with social media it was about one thing only...reaching the lost. I wanted to have a bigger reach than myself to find those that were completely lost or searching. The meeting was opened by Elliot saying that this group would be about disciplining people...and more. I was hooked in the first line. This is exactly what I wanted to do, become equipped and make disciples of men. It's one thing to have your quiet time and read God's word daily. It's quite another to turn his words into application and spread the Gospel. I have read, and as long as someone comes to me and asks the right kind of questions I might be able to have a conversation with you, but being PROactive?
As he went on he talked about a temperature check given monthly to gauge our involvement in reaching out but also where we were in our commitment to spreading the Gospel; how often we were thinking about it. Not only will be learning how to be better witnesses and cultivators of those we are trying to bring to Christ, but we would be held accountable monthly as to whether or not we were trying. I got really excited and on fire for what we could do as a community if we really got into this.
The next item for discussion was a 9/11 rule. Several have probably already heard of this because there are a few Sunday school leaders who have already been going to this group for some time. The point here is you set a daily reminder on your phone. You can incorporate your Alexa or Google Home devices here too if you prefer.
- At 9:00PM
- you pray for 1 person
- for 1 minute.
You pray for the one lost person in your life. It can literally be "the lady in the checkout" if that's who you want. You pray daily over that person with the hopes of reaching them. Who would your one person be?
You know the premise, do you really have to join? Probably not. But why wouldn't you? You can do all of those action items on your own and at your home, but here is the long and short of it - we are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. The finger cannot and should not operate apart from the hand. We should be in fellowship with each other and encourage one another. We should hold each other accountable to living out the Great Commission. So won't you join this next month? We will meet again on the 5th of April. Its Palm Sunday and you will have every excuse not to be there...but ask yourself if those excuses are good enough. Meet with us at 3:30 and become fishers of men.
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