Monday, March 28, 2011

Triangle Fellowships

We recently started a new thing at church. It was something we did at our previous church in East Tennessee and was very successful so we thought it would be great to try at CCC. It's called Triangle Fellowships. Families sign up to be involved and then they are assigned to be in a Triangle - a group of three families that will meet together once a month for 3 months and just get to know each other. Even though we all attend church together, it's amazing how we really don't know each other. So this is a great tool.

We started our first set in January and went from Jan-March. We had a great group. And we had so much fun! We hosted the first one at our house and we had told everyone beforehand to come up with 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves (including the kids). Then when everyone got to our house, we put all the cards in a bucket and drew them out and read them and tried to guess whose card it was and then which one was the lie. It was so fun.

Our group had 3 families and one single lady. There ended up being 5 Middle School/High Schoolers and Julianna, so the big kids loved it and Julianna hung in there with them. We took a few pictures at some of ours and they were just cute so I thought I'd share them!

Julianna just fell in love with Rick and cuddled all evening with him at our house!

Rebecca & Faith were fixing their plates - we served Frito Pie & it was YUMMY!

This is the group of kids in our Triangle. The 2 girls on the ends are Faith & Hope. Their family is new to the church so it was great for them to get to know our kids and Madisyn through these 3 months.

Here we are - Rick & Rachel Shear, Matt & Katie and Marjorie & Mark Jarrett! Such sweet couples

This is a group shot, which includes Dana Ashley (who couldn't make our first one). This was hosted by the Jarretts and they live so far out that the rest of us loaded into the church van and went out there together. It was a great time and we were all a bit sad knowing this will only last for 3 months, however I know the friendships will last forever!

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