Growth Group Calendar 2009-10
Year 1
August-December
There are 12 weeks worth of curriculum in the Growth Group Material out of 20 weeks in the Fall/Winter. Instead of crafting out what I think you should do each week, since the material already has a general flow, I would simply say that 2 of the extra 8 weeks should be spent planning a service project and pulling it off. Then 3 more of those can be used for fellowship times, prayer times, extra mentoring sessions, or catch up meetings. That also allows the 3 weeks for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s which you may still choose to hang out in if you like but those may be heavy travel times for your group.
December 1st – DEADLINE FOR RETREAT
January-May
There are 20 weeks worth of curriculum in the Growth Group Material out of 21 weeks in the Spring/Summer. Use your one free week accordingly. Another option is to think of June and July as usable months and spread out those extra 8-9 weeks throughout your Spring/Summer to use another 2 weeks for a service project, or interject more fellowship times, prayer times, extra mentoring sessions or catch up meetings.
Year 2
August-December
There are also 12 weeks of material again for the Fall/Winter. See the Fall/Winter of Year 1 for ideas of how to manage your meetings.
December 1st – DEADLINE FOR RETREAT
January-May
There are also 20 weeks of material again for the Spring/Summer. See the Spring/Summer of Year 1 for ideas on how to manage your meetings.