Rather than a Grouplink, every 8 weeks for the 2 to 5 people who might be looking for a small group from The Crossover, what if every month (or maybe every two months), we had a 2 hour Sunday night event that focused on the four element.
1. Connecting with God - through worship or perhaps some teaching on daily habits or spiritual disciplines.
2. Connecting with People - small group leaders are introduced and take the opportunity to pursue people who might be interested in their group. A success story might be highlighted.
3. Connecting Locally - a local community leader could come and speak about a local concern and give a clear opportunity for people to volunteer.
4. Connecting Globally - some info could be shared about our location in Haiti, or someone locally could come and share about their culture.
The purpose of this event (environment) would clearly be to move people to a specific opportunity that would deepen their relationship with God and His Kingdom.
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I think grouplink is a great idea. But the equation changes a little for a smaller church, because you can't necessarily create an event every month or two that draws a large group of people looking for a small group. Brian, that's what your occasional Sunday night idea is stabbling at. Right now, we do it through an occasional one-time gathering that introduces people to our church. We also interview small group leaders up front on Sunday morning every now and then (leaders of existing and new groups), which lets people get to know them a little. We also have a once-a-month event on Sunday evening we call "The Together Gathering" which is like a coffeehouse: a little guitar music, fire up the espresson machine and make fancy coffee drinks, and mostly just people hanging out. It occurred to me recently that I could easily grab 10 minutes in the middle of that thing and do a small groups commercial (and tell people that morning at church that there will be a chance at the Gathering to learn about small groups. None of this answers the "content questions" about discipleship, but building bridges into community is terribly important, because following Jesus is as much caught as taught.
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