Welcome To Our Group Guide

We are a real life group who meets monthly at a local park’s playground with other families with young kids. In August of this year, I decided to make an online FB group as well. It’s a great way for us to announce meetup dates and times and engage in any other family/church discussions online.

I decided to make some “group rules” for the new members who have just joined this week! I didn’t want to list a whole bunch of do’s and don’ts so I just kept it more as a “guide” for new families who just recently joined.

I want new families to introduce themselves and post a picture of their family if they’d like. We are a very relational and personal type of group with parents and children spending time with each other in person. Posting a picture as a new family’s introduction post will help us put a name to a face when we meet at a a public park.

Most of the new members who have joined have joined the group are people I haven’t even met or seen in person yet. I would meet most for the first time when they would come to the park. It’s been a great feeling seeing them on Sundays now and having a reason to go up to people to engage in conversation now that we spend time “outside of just Sundays.” I have realized I am “noticing” more people at church on Sundays now that I know their faces and have spent time with them and spoke to them in real life!

Yesterday, we met at the local park and new families showed up! It was the biggest turnout in at least six months. I am grateful that this FB group has been a platform for us to stay connected and engaged with each other. I believe the FB group is the reason why new families decided to come out to our real life meetup. I also saw families who came out that haven’t come out in many months! After hitting that plateau/wall when our real life attendance was getting low, I am now feeling excited about what’s next to come!