My name is Josh Dyson, and in a few short weeks, I’ll be a small group leader. I’ll be using this blog to jot down some thoughts and ideas that I have throughout the journey in hopes of accomplishing a couple of things. Those goals are as follows:
- A place to write-out the thoughts, ideas, questions and comments I have as I progress through the training stages of becoming a small group leader.
- A central location for finding it all that doesn’t involve a piece of paper or a drawer.
- A way of keeping tabs on my progress and discipline as I’m basically journaling through this process, and on into leading the group itself.
- A record of all of these things, for future reference.
For starters, let me tell you a little about myself. I’m a follower of Christ (aka, a Christian) and I’m a member of The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina. I’ve been attending for a little over two years now, and I’ve actually lead a small group there before I got married. By the way, I got married to the most amazing, beautiful, and patient woman in the world on October 13th of 2007. That was just shy of two years after trusting the claims of Christ and placing my faith in Him as my Lord and Savior (all glory to God for that). I’d love to tell you more about how He worked in my life through friends and experiences and through The Summit Church, but I’ll get into that some other time.
As for now, my wife and I are basically answering the plea of our growing church. Recently, hundreds of people have come to The Summit and told us in one way or another that they were interested in being a part of a small group – what we call SummitLife groups. Those groups need leaders, and I feel like that’s a role that I need to fill (both for myself and for others).
I hope that you find encouragement (or can offer some!) through this blog. I’d love to hear from you, so the comments feature will always be on. Probably.
So again, welcome!
