Bringing Variety To Ironman/woman Teams

One of the struggles that can come along as Ironman/woman teams continue to meet is they can become stale. Below is the latest email from Multiply Movement, the originators of the Multiply book, a wonderful tool to use to disciple others. It is, by the way, a great tool to use in Ironman/woman teams.

I trust you will find this as helpful as I did.

Friend,

I want to ask you to shoot straight: Are your meeting times getting, well, a little stale? You can be honest.

If you feel like you’re limping along right now in terms of leading this discipling relationship, let me make a suggestion: introduce some variety into your weekly meeting. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not asking you to abandon your study of the Word. What I’m suggesting is that you might want to spend a session ministering in a very practical way. You could try serving together in one of the following ways:

• volunteer at a homeless shelter
• find a venue where you might engage unbelievers with the gospel
• visit a homebound member of your church
• serve in a needed capacity in a church ministry

Of course, you could do all these things on your own, but why not bring along someone else and then talk about the experience afterwards? You might be surprised at the ways that engaging others in selfless service will give your discipling relationship a whole new context. It just might breathe new life into your study of God’s Word as you become more aware of the needs of those around you.

Keep up the good work,
David, Francis, and the Multiply Team