Small Group Covenant

OUR SMALL GROUP COVENANT
Because life in a small group

• brings special responsibilities as well as privileges;

• thrives in an environment characterised by unconditional love and care;

• provides a unique opportunity of members to grow in spiritual maturity, relationships with one another, and service.

Believing that this is God’s will for the group, I will endeavour to:

1. be committed to the group and to our meetings together.
2. be open and honest.
3. listen to others in the group.
4. regard as confidential all that is shared in group meetings and so foster trust.
5. encourage all members of the group in their walk with God and in developing their gifts in His service.
6. be open to God’s leading, to listen to and to seek to obey Him.
7. be outward looking.
8. be compassionate towards those in need outside the group.
9. pray for other group members regularly.
   

My commitment to this covenant will be for 11 months.
A review will be held in December...

Small Group Covenants

Some small groups find the setting of a covenant as a helpful way of setting goals together and maintaining a degree of accountability to each other. A covenant is a set of agreed guidelines, principles or goals that are agreed on by all the members for a set period of time (usually for 6 or 12 months). A covenant is especially helpful in helping the group evaluate how the group is going and whether particular aspects of the groups life together needs to be giving more attention. Each group member should give assent to the covenant and should be given a copy. Some people view covenants as being "too legalistic" or confining but in discussing this with your small group the benefits of growing together in discipleship and accountability should be emphasised.

Some examples of Small Group Covenants can be found at ...
1. stmarkschurch.org/
2. Messiahlincoln.org
3. kingofkingsomaha.org
4. lifebydesignministries.com