Multi-Parish

Each curriculum addresses how to share the good news of how you’ve met Jesus over the course of your time together. However, it may be a wonderful and fruitful exercise for your communities to think about how they might intentionally work together to have some kind of concluding event. Could your participants gather to tell…

Once your group is together and begins to work on Meeting Jesus, it should run as any other small group. If you are a running an in-person small group, you can find curricula and further guidance for small group facilitation here.  If you are running an online small group, you can find curricula and further…

The Gospels are full of examples of Jesus taking time off to be still and pray. Quiet days are allow for time and space to keep our relationship with God fine-tuned. Quiet days are also good for forming relationships between people who might not have known one another before and who will be meeting Jesus…

Planning ahead will bring the most enjoyable engagement for your multi-parish community. Meeting Jesus in John can be used during anytime of the church calendar, so be sure to allow at least eight weeks of preparatory time from when you make the decision to run the program to when you start the program.  If you choose to…

Below are logistics to consider to ensure that your small group runs smoothly: Where will your events be held? Will your collaborative events be held at the same place each week, or will they move about? What is fair for participants who may be coming a long way to be together? What time will your…

Only you will know what’s best for your multi-parish small group, but here are some possibilities. Multi-parish Small Group(s) One or more in-person small group is formed from different parishes who meet weekly at a central location.   Online Community Form an online community made up of multiple parishes that meets at the same time…