Silence Can Be Golden
The other day I was talking to a Small Group Leader and they were a little panicked about “silence” in their Small Group. Silence can be a good thing in a Small Group environment. Listening to people seems to be a lost art. Many times our culture will not allow for time to just slow down and be quiet…silent. Many times a leader will jump in during the silence because they feel obligated to speak. Some of the greatest times that God has spoken into my life, has been times of complete silence! Silence if used correctly can be golden…especially in a Small Group Setting! .
- Silence during the discussion time allows members the opportunity to give their personal input. Eventually if you wait long enough, someone may speak up!
- Silence gives you as the leader a break and being perceived as a “know-it-all”.
- Silence will allow time for your members to hear from God.
- Silence works patience! Silence will seem longer than it really is but WAIT it out! You may never know what God will do through the silence!
What are some other ways that you have seen God use silence in your Small Group?
Easter At Central: Serving Opportunities
Would your Small Group like to help give people an awesome Easter experience? Check out the opportunities Central offers for your Small Group to volunteer during Easter services this year:
PRIOR TO EASTER SERVICES
The Call (making calls to the Central Family)
Weekday Facilities Team on April 9
DURING EASTER SERVICES
Medical and Safety Team
Family Ministries (Birth through 5th Grade)
two42 cafe & bookstore
First Impressions Team – Greeters, Ushers, Welcome Team
Traffic Team
Events Team (Food prep, Décor, Volunteer Hospitality)
Accounting Servings (Members of Central only, Interview required)
Summerlin Operations (Tear-down & Load-out)
If you’d like to volunteer in one of these areas, email robin.corman@centralchristian.com and include the following information:
Your Name
Your Campus
Birth Date
Email
Best Phone
Robin will contact you with information and to confirm the date and time when you and your Small Group want to volunteer. Thank you for making a difference!
UnCertainty:What Is Your Greatest Fear?
Central is currently in a weekend series entitled Un Certainty. Uncertainty leads to fear. Fear leads us to make decisions and choices we wouldn’t normally make. In the midst of economic crisis, loss of jobs, banks in crisis, and the continued war, how are you handling all of this uncertainty? Here is the question…”What is your greatest fear?” Whenever I thought about the question, I decided to make up a new phobia or fear (it is probably already a listed phobia but I wanted it to sound like it was my idea). My new phobia is connectophobia: the fear of not being connected. I don’t want to miss anything and I will continually check my email, twitter, facebook account, MySpace, online campus, and my voicemail. Maybe that will lead to a disorder of OCD.
Well, anyway, I feel like I am getting better at dealing with it, but there are times when I have this fear overwhelm me that I might miss something. Anyway, enough about my fears and phobias, if you can’t think of a phobia, I thought I would list several of the top phobias listed in the world and maybe you can find one to fit you!
Some fears may be listed more than once
A
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing
Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
Anemophobia- Fear of wind
Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof ofthe mouth.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights
B
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Basophobia- Fear of walking
Batophobia- Fear of being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Blennophobia- Fear of slime
Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman
C
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chromatophobia- Fear of colors
Chronophobia- Fear of time
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks
Cibophobia- Fear of food
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed
Cnidophobia- Fear of string
D
Deciophobia- Fear of making decisions
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of school
E
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom
Eosophobia- Fear of daylight
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
Ergophobia- Fear of work
Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red
G
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter
Geniophobia- Fear of chins
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Geumaphobia- Fear of taste
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge
Graphophobia- Fear of writing
H
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Helmintophobia- Fear of being infested with worms
Hemophobia- Fear of blood
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep
I
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas
K
Kainophobia- Fear of anything new
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down
L
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white
Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body
Linonophobia- Fear of string
Logophobia- Fear of words
M
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black
Melophobia- Fear of music
Metrophobia- Fear of poetry
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories
Mottephobia- Fear of moths
N
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog
Neophobia- Fear of anything new
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
Nomatophobia- Fear of names
O
Octophobia- Fear of the number 8
Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish
P
Panophobia- Fear of everything
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight
Phobophobia- Fear of fear
Photophobia- Fear of light
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards
S
Sciophobia- Fear of shadows
Scolionophobia- Fear of school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Siderophobia- Fear of stars
Sitophobia- Fear of food
Sophophobia- Fear of learning
Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking
T
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair
Triskadekaphobia- Fear of the number 13
V
Verbophobia- Fear of words
X
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow
So see which kind of weird & funny phobia you suffer. What is YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
Join us this weekend for the second part of our two-week series as we look at how face our uncertainty and learn to fear the right thing with “The Greater Fear.” If you can’t join us on campus, please check us out online.
WARNING: Central Small Group Website Orientation
Hi Small Group Leaders,
God continues to do truly amazing things at Central. This past weekend, 323 people received Christ! As you know, we are now entrusted with the privilege of helping these new believers grow in their journey to follow Jesus. We are thankful for Small Group Leaders like you who are willing to partner with us.
Speaking of Small Groups, we wanted to make you aware of your exciting NEW Small Group web site. We hope to launch this site next week. This site is loaded with things that will serve you and those checking out Small Groups:
*GROUP FINDER…will allow people to join a group online
*GROUP MANAGER…the leader will be able to communicate and update their group members
*CENTRAL ONLINE STORE…will allow people to purchase and download curriculum
*LEADERSHIP TRAINING & VIDEO TIPS
*ONLINE SMALL GROUPS FOR ONLINE CAMPUS
*CALENDAR, BLOGS, FORUMS, DISCUSSION BOARD & MORE
To orient you to this new site and assist you in creating your own user profile (similar to facebook), we have set up TECHNO TRAINING gatherings. We are asking that all of our leaders attend one of these gatherings:
Trainings will be held in the Small Group Office Area:
>Wednesday, March 11 6:30-7:30pm
>Thursday, March 12 12:30-1:30pm
>Saturday, March 14 4:30-5:30pm
>Sunday, March 15 9:00-10:00am
*If you own a laptop, please bring it.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Essentials of a Great Marriage
Central Couples Small Group Connection has a totally exciting Small Group opportunity for you and your spouse to be with other couples and experience incredible time of fun, snacks, creative and interactive Small Group study, and a relevant challenge–all designed to encourage and empower your marriage! Come and hear from some of Central’s pastors and their spouses as they share their story about the BIG 6: Essentials of a Great Marriage!
You and your spouse are invited to join Central Couple’s Small Group Team every Saturday from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Theatre at the Henderson Campus. All you have to do is “show-up” and the Central Team will take care of the rest! Childcare is provided!
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