Come for the holidays, stay for the community! To make the most of your congregation's holiday season, pay attention to what's on your January calendar. Are there the events that newcomers need to successfully connect? In this Growing Congregations strategy session with Peter Bowden, we discuss specific connecting events to help facilitate New Year participation in congregational life.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style= "color: rgb(85, 99, 112); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt; Come for the holidays, stay for the community! To make the most of your congregation's holiday season, pay attention to what's on your January calendar. Are there the events that newcomers need to successfully connect? In this Growing Congregations strategy session with Peter Bowden, we discuss specific connecting events to help facilitate New Year participation in congregational life.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Come for the holidays, stay for the community! To make the most of your congregation's holiday season, pay attention to what's on your January calendar. Are there the events that newcomers need to successfully connect? In this Growing Congregations...

Congregations: The New Year Events Holiday Newcomers Need to Connect!

<span style="color: #556370; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> Come for the holidays, stay for the community! To make the most of your congregation's holiday season, pay attention to what's on your January calendar. Are there the events that newcomers need to successfully connect? In this Growing Congregations strategy session with Peter Bowden, we discuss specific connecting events to help facilitate New Year participation in congregational life. &nbsp;

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #556370; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt; Come for the holidays, stay for the community! To make the most of your congregation's holiday season, pay attention to what's on your January calendar. Are there the events that newcomers need to successfully connect? In this Growing Congregations strategy session with Peter Bowden, we discuss specific connecting events to help facilitate New Year participation in congregational life. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Congregations: New Year Events Holiday Visitors Need to Connect!

<span style="color: rgb(85, 99, 112); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> How to use a common "Community Group" model in congregations to promote connection, meaning, and membership growth. We cover six different ways you can easily use community groups in different contexts within your congregation.&nbsp; For handouts, summary, and additional reflection visit <a href="https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups"> https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(85, 99, 112); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt; How to use a common "Community Group" model in congregations to promote connection, meaning, and membership growth. We cover six different ways you can easily use community groups in different contexts within your congregation.&amp;nbsp; For handouts, summary, and additional reflection visit &lt;a href="https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups"&gt; https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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6 Community Group Strategies for Growing Congregations

How to use a common "Community Group" model in congregations to promote connection, meaning, and membership growth. We cover six different ways you can easily use community groups in different contexts within your congregation.  For handouts, summary, and additional reflection visit <a href= "https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups"> https://www.peterbowden.live/blog/6-strategies-for-growing-congregations-through-community-groups</a>

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How to use a common "Community Group" model in congregations to promote connection, meaning, and membership growth. We cover six different ways you can easily use community groups in different contexts within your congregation.  For handouts,...

This strategy session for congregational leaders with me, Peter Bowden, offers new energy, insight, and strategies to help you lead &amp; grow in the year ahead! &nbsp; We’ll explore mission, vision, strategy, and updated approaches to growth, outreach, and community building tailored for today's world.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was recorded via live stream.&nbsp; To get live stream invitations and related content, <a href="https://www.peterbowden.live/congregations-subscribe">join my email list for congregational leaders.</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;This strategy session for congregational leaders with me, Peter Bowden, offers new energy, insight, and strategies to help you lead &amp;amp; grow in the year ahead! &amp;nbsp; We’ll explore mission, vision, strategy, and updated approaches to growth, outreach, and community building tailored for today's world.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This was recorded via live stream.&amp;nbsp; To get live stream invitations and related content, &lt;a href="https://www.peterbowden.live/congregations-subscribe"&gt;join my email list for congregational leaders.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Growing Congregations: New Strategies for the New Congregational Year!


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