Given the size of Advent,
the goal is to have 4 TLC groups formed and functional by summer. In order to make that happen, four leaders
must be identified and trained to ensure success of each TLC group. Given the rather compressed timeframe, we
are forming a seed group with the goal of training the TLC leaders and
preparing them to lead their own TLC groups.
The seed group is formed
with 16 members, with the intention of birthing into 4 functioning TLC groups
in a short period of time. Given the
material to cover, there will need to be 6 meetings of the seed group to train
the leaders, as well as to give everyone a flavor of what TLC is like. In order to accelerate the schedule to allow
for a mid-April birthing, the meetings would need to be weekly. The newly birthed TLC groups would then have
two months to meet before the usual summer disruptions begin.
January 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3rd
would be devoted to publicity and recruitment of the 16 seed members. An organizational meeting would be held on
February 10th. Then weekly
meetings would be held February 24th through March 24th with a one-week break for Easter. April 7th would be a social event
to celebrate birthing, with initial meetings of the daughter TLC groups
beginning on the week of April 14th.
During the meeting of the
initial group, we can perform the needs survey for the congregation to assist
the group leaders in identifying specialized TLC groups.