WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:01.050 --> 00:00:03.569 James Browning: Welcome to week five of the Help for Host 00:00:03.569 --> 00:00:05.220 podcast for the Dream Now series. 00:00:05.549 --> 00:00:09.660 I'm your friend, James Browning, and this week we will be talking 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:12.179 about dreaming now for our world. 00:00:12.450 --> 00:00:15.929 Today we're joined by another special guest and friend, our 00:00:15.929 --> 00:00:17.910 online community campus, pastor 00:00:18.285 --> 00:00:19.785 Charissa: Hello everybody. 00:00:20.685 --> 00:00:23.595 My name's Carissa, and I'm the online community Pastor. 00:00:23.785 --> 00:00:26.460 James Browning: Uh, Carissa is the online community pastor, but 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:29.280 she's new to this role because Where did you come from before? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.285 Charissa: I was on the online team previously as the engagement 00:00:33.285 --> 00:00:36.375 coordinator and also previously as the groups coordinator. 00:00:36.765 --> 00:00:40.335 And now I've recently stepped into this campus pastor position, 00:00:40.515 --> 00:00:45.585 James Browning: right, so we've got people from the top with groups 00:00:45.585 --> 00:00:46.935 experience here for you today. 00:00:47.310 --> 00:00:48.570 Charissa: We love small groups. 00:00:48.735 --> 00:00:52.845 James Browning: All right, so all that to say, host, congratulations. 00:00:52.905 --> 00:00:55.725 We are at the finish line, week five. 00:00:56.055 --> 00:01:01.065 We do encourage you to do one more week next week, but as a celebration, why 00:01:01.065 --> 00:01:04.845 don't you tell us some tips for host who might wanna be doing a celebration. 00:01:05.024 --> 00:01:07.695 Charissa: Absolutely Week six celebration. 00:01:07.695 --> 00:01:11.925 I think it's super important as we've walked through Dream now together to 00:01:11.925 --> 00:01:16.934 take a moment before we step out of it, to really just take a moment to reflect 00:01:16.934 --> 00:01:21.524 on what God has done or taught you guys taught us through this series and through 00:01:21.524 --> 00:01:25.454 this small group study, and to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate 00:01:25.454 --> 00:01:29.414 the commitments that we've made together as, as individuals and as a group. 00:01:29.414 --> 00:01:33.344 So if you don't have any plans to celebrate next week, I encourage you, 00:01:33.615 --> 00:01:37.184 finalize those plans, talk about it as a group this week, and then maybe 00:01:37.184 --> 00:01:38.865 plan to do something fun next week. 00:01:39.810 --> 00:01:40.710 James Browning: That's a great idea. 00:01:40.740 --> 00:01:46.890 If you, uh, have not yet finalized plans, this is your last chance to do so. 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:48.450 Don't leave it up to the last minute. 00:01:48.450 --> 00:01:53.040 Remember, we've been talking a lot about the primary job of the host is to be 00:01:53.070 --> 00:01:57.570 prepared, not necessarily an expert, so just guide the conversation to 00:01:57.570 --> 00:01:59.520 figuring out what your next steps are. 00:02:00.235 --> 00:02:00.455 Charissa: and. 00:02:01.095 --> 00:02:02.804 James Browning: We've been saying it for the past few weeks. 00:02:03.135 --> 00:02:06.195 What should the next steps for your group be beyond dream? 00:02:06.195 --> 00:02:09.734 Now, if you have an existing group, hopefully you've decided 00:02:09.734 --> 00:02:11.054 what you're gonna study next. 00:02:11.364 --> 00:02:15.654 As we've said before, we've got the what's in the name series or the mark journey. 00:02:15.931 --> 00:02:18.661 And if you're a new group, we hope that your group has 00:02:18.661 --> 00:02:20.791 considered becoming a small group. 00:02:21.451 --> 00:02:22.141 Ongoing. 00:02:22.381 --> 00:02:27.841 If you'll continue, make sure you let your campus group team know on the weekend. 00:02:27.841 --> 00:02:31.021 Go to the hub and let someone know you'd like to discuss next steps. 00:02:31.021 --> 00:02:36.781 Or you can email your campus, uh, person at small groups@saddleback.com, 00:02:37.081 --> 00:02:40.201 or you can go to saddleback.com/small 00:02:40.351 --> 00:02:40.681 groups. 00:02:41.026 --> 00:02:45.526 And click the starter group button again, we recommend Basecamp as a 00:02:45.526 --> 00:02:51.616 series for a new group that can be found at saddleback.com/studies. 00:02:52.276 --> 00:02:56.026 And the mark journey can be found on your Saddleback Companion app. 00:02:56.566 --> 00:03:00.136 If you'll not continue together, encourage everyone to find a group 00:03:00.136 --> 00:03:01.846 that will work best for the schedule. 00:03:02.296 --> 00:03:04.126 After all, we are better together. 00:03:04.666 --> 00:03:06.556 If you're an on-campus host. 00:03:06.910 --> 00:03:09.700 this Is a great opportunity to remind your table to consider 00:03:09.700 --> 00:03:11.380 becoming a small group ongoing. 00:03:11.769 --> 00:03:13.779 Carissa, that was a big info dump. 00:03:13.779 --> 00:03:15.100 There's a lot of information. 00:03:15.489 --> 00:03:20.019 If someone were in a group that started during this series, what 00:03:20.019 --> 00:03:21.579 would you recommend for next steps? 00:03:21.579 --> 00:03:23.765 Charissa: If you are a group that just started during the series, 00:03:23.765 --> 00:03:27.094 I encourage you, highly encourage you to keep going together. 00:03:27.224 --> 00:03:28.844 You've already been meeting for six weeks. 00:03:28.844 --> 00:03:30.194 You might as well keep going. 00:03:30.434 --> 00:03:33.464 If it's a time that all works for you guys to keep meeting, keep doing it. 00:03:33.464 --> 00:03:36.584 You can even encourage other people to join your group if you 00:03:36.584 --> 00:03:38.564 want to, and open it up to others. 00:03:38.834 --> 00:03:43.514 Um, share with your friends or your family about how impactful this series has been 00:03:43.514 --> 00:03:47.294 for you, and encourage them to get into a small group themselves or maybe invite 00:03:47.294 --> 00:03:49.094 someone else to join your small group too. 00:03:50.454 --> 00:03:54.834 James Browning: One of the things I'd like to ask you is how can a 00:03:54.834 --> 00:03:57.354 small group make an impact for. 00:03:58.989 --> 00:04:03.639 world shared vision for our world or have a burden for our world. 00:04:03.819 --> 00:04:08.019 What's some of the tips or suggestions that you would recommend for a small 00:04:08.019 --> 00:04:10.329 group host to pass along to their group? 00:04:11.289 --> 00:04:11.589 Charissa: Yeah. 00:04:11.589 --> 00:04:15.260 I think what's really unique about small groups is that every individual 00:04:15.260 --> 00:04:18.829 has different stories, a different background, different workplaces that 00:04:18.829 --> 00:04:23.240 they're stepping into, and so there's a really awesome impact that we can 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.289 have in multiplication and going into our communities and our workforces. 00:04:27.694 --> 00:04:28.504 Whatever it may be. 00:04:28.504 --> 00:04:32.344 And we come together as a small group to encourage one another, to 00:04:32.344 --> 00:04:37.715 build one another up, to dive deep into the word and, and be rooted in 00:04:37.715 --> 00:04:41.434 Christ so that we can go out and make that impact in the world together. 00:04:41.434 --> 00:04:46.504 And so I like to think of my small group as, as this place that we can 00:04:46.504 --> 00:04:51.784 get encouraged and equipped so that we can go out into the world, um, 00:04:51.965 --> 00:04:54.215 and make an impact for, for the Lord. 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:55.540 James Browning: I love it. 00:04:55.540 --> 00:05:01.963 Carissa and I, I think you're right small groups are honestly a great opportunity 00:05:01.963 --> 00:05:08.203 to be evangelistic and to be the hands and feet of Christ throughout the world. 00:05:08.203 --> 00:05:15.073 I read a statistic in a missions class in seminary that if every Christian had 00:05:15.073 --> 00:05:18.523 a hundred percent success rate in sharing the gospel with everyone that they knew. 00:05:19.243 --> 00:05:22.243 That a third of the world would still have never heard the gospel. 00:05:22.933 --> 00:05:27.403 And the point that they were trying to make in sharing that is that we tend 00:05:27.403 --> 00:05:33.763 to have our individual circles, and for us to truly reach the world, we need 00:05:33.763 --> 00:05:36.373 to be willing to step outside of our. 00:05:36.718 --> 00:05:41.398 Our own personal bubbles of relationships and friendships and reach a handout 00:05:41.398 --> 00:05:46.318 to someone else, and your small group is such an easy step for someone 00:05:46.318 --> 00:05:51.358 who doesn't have any connection with Christianity or anything else because 00:05:51.358 --> 00:05:54.568 you're just inviting them over to spend some time with a few friends. 00:05:55.318 --> 00:05:59.158 And that is such an easy ask and such a welcoming ask to many people who are 00:05:59.158 --> 00:06:00.628 looking for that kind of community. 00:06:01.743 --> 00:06:02.943 Charissa: Yeah, that's awesome James. 00:06:02.943 --> 00:06:06.873 I think it's so important and we get to have the opportunity to welcome 00:06:06.873 --> 00:06:11.553 people into our groups and, and be that maybe first step into knowing 00:06:11.913 --> 00:06:15.513 their first step into church or their first step into hearing the gospel. 00:06:15.783 --> 00:06:19.923 Um, it's a place that people can come together for fellowship, but then get 00:06:19.923 --> 00:06:22.413 to meet Jesus for maybe the first time. 00:06:22.998 --> 00:06:26.238 James Browning: Thank you, Carissa, and if any of you have any stories 00:06:26.658 --> 00:06:31.308 from Dream Now or even from Immerse, please feel free to send them to 00:06:31.308 --> 00:06:33.888 us at small groups@saddleback.com 00:06:34.188 --> 00:06:35.658 and if you have any questions. 00:06:36.068 --> 00:06:39.038 Don't forget to contact us at small groups@saddleback.com. 00:06:39.458 --> 00:06:42.608 And once again, thank you for joining us in the Dream Now series. 00:06:42.608 --> 00:06:43.388 Thank you, Carissa. 00:06:43.518 --> 00:06:44.508 Charissa: Thanks for having me. 00:06:44.718 --> 00:06:45.978 Let's get ready to party.