Timelines are essential to successful Connect Group Sessions.  Click below for detailed timelines

What is my role all about?  Click below and get a detailed breakdown of why you are so awesome!

Click below to access the Leaders Guide

Begin planning for Rally Day.  This includes:

• Establish Ambassadors to work Rally Day
• Collaborate on any creative elements/decorations with Creative Director (As needed)
• Ensure Set Team has any "special" needs like Connect Group Rally Roll Up Sign

A testimony video of a current or former Connect Group leader of choice that discusses the impact leading a Connect Group has had on their lives. This will require working with the Videographer and scheduling this time, getting previous leader committed to record, and providing videographer as list of questions.

The Connect Group Leader testimony video is Published for Services and Social Media pushes in order to encourage people to lead a Connect Group for the upcoming session.

This is an ongoing activity to solicit new and returning Connect Groups leaders to sign up for the upcoming session.  This activity will continue to ramp up until the Connect Group Leader submission deadline.

A testimony video of a current or former Connect Group attendee of choice that discusses the impact that attending a Connect Group has had on their lives. This will require working with the Videographer and scheduling this time, getting previous attendee committed to record, and providing videographer as list of questions.

This is a meeting that is held for people that have never led a connect group before.  The curriculum for this meeting is the Connect Group Leader Guide.  Walk through this guide which explains what being a Connect Group Leader is and what the prerequisites are.

This is the date that submissions for any connect group leader are due.  These submissions will come from the CHR Website and will be either New or Returning leaders.

Review the Connect Group Submissions for Content, Spelling, Dates, etc.  Once all is reviewed send a welcome email to the leader that thanks them for leading and why it is important.  This email should also include an invitation to attend the Pre-Rally meeting with date/time and the Connect Group Leader Guide.  This email should also remind the leader of the 24 hour sign up contact and all of the required email elements to send to participants.

The Connect Group Attendee testimony video is Published for Services and Social Media pushes in order to encourage people to join a Connect Group for the upcoming session.

Send all Groups to the Webmaster to be added to the Website.  These should be final submissions and should have grammar and spelling checked before sending.

Ensure that the Webmaster sends test emails to all leaders and that the leaders have received the emails.  Ensure that all leaders check spam/junk email folders and confirm receipt of the email.

Meeting with all Connect Group Leaders for the session to discuss the groups for each person and to pray over each group.  Use this as an opportunity to provide any additional information needed and encourage one another as the church enters into the connect group season.

Connect Groups are published online – push this through any and all means necessary.

Receive the day that each group will serve at Community Day and send this information over to the Missions Director

Connect Groups Launch!  Execute the Rally Day Plan

Follow up and touch base with Connect Group Leaders on attendance and numbers and provide to Campus Pastor