A new home group for people who haven't been in a DPC home group before will be starting on Wednesday (9th June). Please contact Darryl Soh on darrylsoh@drummoyne.org.au or 9819 6695 if you are interested in joining.
Home Groups
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Walking into DPC for the first time can be a little intimidating. It's easy to feel lost in the crowd. This is where Home Groups come in. Home Groups are the primary place for pastoral care at DPC and is one of the key ways where we apply the Gospel to our lives. Composed of six to fourteen people, the groups meet throughout Drummoyne and the surrounding suburbs. For more information regarding Home Groups or if you are interested in joining a group, please contact Darryl Soh on 9819 6695 or darrylsoh@drummoyne.org.au. |
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20 weeks 1 day ago
As church grows it is increasingly difficult to know everyone well. Home Groups can provide the closeness and commitment of a small number of quality relationships. Home Groups provide opportunities to serve one another - in fellowship, sharing, prayer - as we learn together from God's Word. A small group setting is an ideal place to ask questions, raise doubts & struggles, discuss issues and talk in concrete ways about how the word of God applies to our lives.
Purpose of Home Groups:
1. to study God's word, encourage each other to live out its truth and share its truth with others,
2. to pray together,
3. to care for one another and others outside the group in practical ways,
4. to have fun together.
Yet within this framework each group has the freedom to structure things in a way that suits the group members.
Role of Home Group Leaders & Assistant Leaders
Home Group Leaders, Assistant Leaders and Hosts are appointed by Craig Tucker in consultation with the elders. Home group Leaders meet regularly together to be trained, supported and to pray together.
The role of the Home Group leader includes: leading or delegating the Bible study, helping the group start and finish on time, reminding the group of their purpose and agreed expectations, and generally nurturing the life of the group. However, the success of the group is everyone's responsibility.
Expectations
It is important that the group discuss a set of expectations for the general format of the group. This could include things like:
- Starting & finishing time?
- Venue(s)?
- Confidentiality?
- What will you study?
- Expectations regarding praying for each other inside and outside the group?
- A regular (monthly) meal or social activity together? etc.
Serving Together
Home Group is a great place to serve - both those within your group, and others in our church family outside the group. For example:
- You will be asked to "adopt" a couple of people in our congregation not currently in a group themselves. Together you will need to think through how to pray and care for them.
- From time to time, your group might be asked to serve in a particular way: for example, organising a church lunch, or an outreach event or leading church together on a Sunday.
- Your group might develop their own ideas about how they might serve in some way together.
Please see attached a pdf of the DPC Home Group pamphlet (to be used for the first night of all DPC home groups).
21 weeks 3 days ago
While home groups are in recess, we will be running a bible study open to anyone from 9am, 10:30am or 6pm church.
Happening every Wednesday in January. Come once or come for all four!
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Date |
Location of Bible Study |
Bible Study Leader |
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6th Jan |
Jonno & Lauren Graham 35 Gipps St Concord |
Jonno Graham |
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13th Jan |
Jonno & Lauren Graham 35 Gipps St Concord |
Jonno Graham |
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20th Jan |
Clayton & Anna Moss 10 Cambridge St Drummoyne |
Clayton Moss |
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27th Jan |
Nick & Rosemary Ioannidis 3 Halloran St Lilyfield |
Craig Tucker |
Come at 7:30pm to read God's word, pray and connect with one another. Supper will be provided.
If possible, please contact the host to let them know that you are coming.
26 weeks 2 days ago
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Date |
Hub programme |
Who's leading |
Notes |
Preaching |
| 13th Aug | Welcoming #4 | ------------------ | 16th: Backyard Bard | |
| 20th Aug | 23rd: One-off | |||
| 27th Aug | 30th: Hebrews | |||
| 3rd Sept | Hub Dinner (Bloms group) |
6th:Hebrews No Fuss Dinner (Bultmans group) |
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| 10th Sept | 13th: Ezk. 37 | |||
| 17th Sept | Week of Prayer | 20th: Jonah 1 | ||
| 24th Sept | Forum on The Future of 6pm church | ------------------ | 27th: Jonah 2 | |
| 1st Oct | Forum Round 2 | ------------------ | 4th: Jonah 3 | |
| 8th Oct | No meeting | ------------------ | 11th: Jonah 4 | |
| 15th Oct | 18th: James | |||
| 22nd Oct | 25th: HGLO | 25th: James | ||
| 29th Oct | 1st: James | |||
| 5th Nov | Dinner | 8th: James | ||
| 12th Nov | Week of Prayer | 15th: James | ||
| 19th Nov | (Women's Evangelistic night) | 22nd: James | ||
| 26th Nov | 29th: James | |||
| 3rd Dec | Xmas party & Reflection night | Dinner | 6th: Carols | |
34 weeks 4 days ago
This term at Thursday night Hub, we're going to have a combined social. That means all of us in one place on one night, getting to know one another better, whilst having fun.
The Hub social will also be a great chance to invite people linked to your groups along to catch up with them and deepen relationships with them.
When? 7:30pm Thursday 2nd July
For more details, fill out the quiz below or talk to your HG leaders, or Bec.
Multiple choice. You have three weeks to complete this quiz.
On what day does Thursday night Hub usually meet?
a) Monday night
b) Tuesday night
c) Sunday night
d) None of the above.
On which date will the combined Hub social be?
a) Friday 26th June
b) Wednesday 1st July
c) Thursday 2nd July
What will we be doing?
a) Playing dress ups
b) Trivia!
What time?
a) 7:30pm
Where?
a) Top hall
Why?
Because it's a chance to get to know one another in our Hub groups and deepen our relationships with each other in a social setting.
Who?
a) You
b) Me
c) People linked to your group
d) All of the above.
Bring:
a) Your expertise
b) A snack or popper
c) A healthy sense of competition
d) All of the above and prepare to win.
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Thursday night Hub
Thurs 18th June: Trinity study
Meet in the Top Hall at 7:30pm
Thurs 25th June: No Hub.
Women’s Evangelistic Event- 7pm Church building.
Thurs 2nd July: Hub Social
Meet in the Top Hall at 7:30pm
1 year 7 weeks ago
Thursday night Hub begins this week 5th Feb. Come for dinner at 6:30pm.
1 year 11 weeks ago
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<![endif]-->At Drummoyne, we have two Hubs. This post explains what happens at the Thurday night Hub for people that go to night church.You can find out more about the Tuesday Women's Hub here.
Thursday night Hub
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We think the Hub is a worthy experiment of which we would like to invite you to be part. The Hub consists of several home groups meeting in one space. So instead of six HGs meeting across the week, five HGs will meet altogether on one night, in the hall. Whilst we hope that the majority of night church will attend the hub, two “off site” HGs will be scheduled, one on a Monday and one on a Thursday, to give people with limited night options the chance to be in a group. Like everything we do, it will need to be evaluated as time goes on.
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The format might vary. We could start sometimes with a big group with a 5 min introduction, break out into Home Groups for discussion and prayer in various rooms around the church/hall site, and then return to big group for questions and reflection and supper. Other times we might go straight to groups. We might eat together fairly regularly? There are lots of possibilities.
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Some things won’t change. As we’ve always done, people will commit themselves to the people in their particular Home Group for the year so they can get to know a small group of people really well, pray for, and together take responsibility to care for people attached to their group.
We hope the Hub will be in a space and format that will allow each Home Group to grow. Beginning the year in smaller sized groups (6-8 people) means that these groups can welcome new people throughout the year. Where some HGs this year have been limited by the size of houses or apartments, we hope that the Hub will offer a practical solution where no-one has to miss out on studying God's word because of space restrictions. It also gives the opportunity for people to be trained to become a full fledged Home group leader. While at times during the year, groups will choose their own material, at other times we will work together on a common set of bible studies.
While the top hall is obviously a big space in which we can grow into, but lacks 'homely warmth', we envisage each group owning a room in the church/hall site somewhere. We will also be looking into how to modify the top hall to 'work for us' and your suggestions will be welcomed. We think having the Hub “on site” has its advantages.
1 year 16 weeks ago
Thursday night Hub begins this week 5th Feb. Come for dinner at 6:30pm.
1 year 16 weeks ago