http://www.lifegroupcentral.com Life Groups: Where Real Life Happens Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:25:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you know Shoreline has eight blogs, as well as multiple web sites? We're also on myspace, facebook, twitter, and youtube. Click here to view Shoreline's all-inclusive list of links. http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/30/keeping-you-in-the-loop/ Shoreline's next series, Censored, will start January 4th and run for five weeks. The final message in this series will be February 1st, which is GET LIFE DAY! What an awesome finale to a much-anticipated series! http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/29/save-the-date-february-1-2009/ The spring semester doesn't kick off until Get Life Day on February 1st. However, most fall semester groups wrap up the week before Christmas and don't meet in January. For this reason, I stopped collecting attendance numbers on December 20th. This semester, we had a total of 2,255 Life Group ... http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/29/fall-semester-wrap-up/ You will see ads recruiting new Life Group Leaders on December 21, December 28, and January 4. Many of the Fall 2008 groups will be continuing, but we're also looking for some new leaders. The Spring 2009 semester kicks off with Get Life Day on January 25. Perhaps you've thought about ... http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/12/preparing-for-the-spring-2009-semester/ http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/12/destin-christmas-parade/ Care Force is a group of volunteers at Shoreline Church who deliver meals to those in need (ex: new baby, sickness, loss of a loved one, etc). This is a good opportunity for people who don't have a lot of extra time to serve on a regular basis. Tell those who ... http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/05/care-force/ This month, Shoreline is offering two fundraisers. Kozytoez will raise money for youth camp (high school and middle school) and Learning Express will raise money for kids camp. Please help spread the word! Thanks so much! (Click on images to enlarge.) http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/12/04/two-fundraisers/ Kent Shaffer (ChurchRelevance) recently reported some statistics from Gabe Lyons, author of unChristian. Non-Christians aged 16-29 years old were asked, “What is your current perception of Christianity?” 91% said antihomosexual 87% said judgmental 85% said hypocritical 78% said old-fashioned 75% said too involved in politics 72% said out of touch with reality 70% said insensitive to others 68% ... http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/10/22/perceptions-of-christianity/ Coffee and girl talk... what better way to start the day? And you can do it twice a week with other Shoreline ladies! Thursdays in Destin and Fridays in Fort Walton Beach. Call for locations. http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/10/01/this-one-goes-out-to-all-the-ladies-2/ Everyone is talking about the economy these days. Want to know what God says about money? Check out this group. They've met once, but there are still six more meetings. http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2008/10/01/everyone-is-talking-about-the-economy-these-days/