 were sharing about how someone walked with you, or discipled you, and how it helped you in your early days as a believer. So that was very good to hear. So today, as we move into small groups ministry, I just want to try and understand what kind of a church set up, you know, was it that you were part of or you are part of, and have you also, you know, been part of a life group or a small group which meets regularly for prayer, worship, and so on. So I just wanted to hear, you know, your, like your experience, your journey in that. So feel free to share, like what kind of a church is, you know, are you part of? Maybe you can, you know, just give a kind of small description about that, in the sense, you know, maybe it's what denomination it is, and whether, you know, you have this midweek Bible study or a small group or a small group setting, like few people getting together, meeting, what happens in that, you know, group setting. Have you found that to be useful, not useful, you know, your experience? So just wanted you to share that. Okay, so anyone, you know, you could, anyone, so maybe Thomas, you would like to start, and then maybe Aaron, Dave, you guys can also share, Kiran, Prince, Kanan, Neelam, anyone? Just to ask you, we gather as a small fraction, as a member to learn and meditate the word, so a lot of them fit, where some people... Sorry Thomas, I couldn't hear the last part. Yeah, we still can't hear, I think the, probably the internet is a little, signal is a little bad. Okay, we'll come back to you, and anyone else, till Thomas' signals get sorted, signal gets sorted, anyone else? Probably Dave or someone? Yes, okay. Yeah, yes, we have, actually we have three groups, something like a seals group, one is from a church. Okay. The first one is, we have more than 40, 40 in above youths, it's from a church. So we used to meet up once a month, and then that second group is from between a circle of friends. It's only five of us. Okay. But we have, yeah, twice a week, we have something like, we used to, got like a prayer point, since we pray for each other, and then sometimes we used to have a sharing from Word of God, and the third group we have, like from a colony. So it's 20 of us, more than 20, yeah. 20 would be three of us, but it's, but only three or four of us, we used to show up once a month. Okay. Yeah. Oh nice. So there are three groups, so one group is very big, it's like 40. Then the other one is 20, out of which only three or four come, but three people come, and both these groups meet once a month. Okay. So it's more like a formal thing, right. Then the other group, which is made up of friends, so they're, it's more regular, even though it's five people, you meet regularly, almost, you said twice a week, you said, right? Or twice a month. Yeah, twice a week. Twice a week. Okay. So that's, yeah, very frequently. And then the sharing, the study, and everything, that happens. Wonderful. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, so Aaron, like, what is it like, like, which group do you look forward to? You know, which groups meeting do you look forward to? For me, I find more comfortable with my circle of friends, because it's very easy for me to share the word, because even right after sharing the word, they use the response. I see. Okay. Okay. So these are friends circle, and you, you all worship in the same church, or you're from, you all attend different churches? We are, we are from different churches. From different churches. Okay. That's very nice. Okay. Right. And how long have you been meeting like this as friends? It's been three or four years now. Wow. Okay. So three or four years meeting regularly twice a week, which means like, in a year, at least 52 into two, right? So that'll be 104. 104 times you meet in a year into four. So that's like many times, right? You've met in the, you know, the last four years, you prayed for each other, you've probably shared struggles, challenges, you know, happiness, tears, victories, failures, everything. And prayed with one another, grown, you know, I'm sure, you know, so you know each other's lives and, and, you know, a lot of things, good things have happened, right? And I'm sure, you know, you must have experienced some misunderstanding, some conflicts, and also, you know, went through that journey through that as well. So, yeah, so that's wonderful. So when we, when we look at, you know, discipleship, it is, you know, it's, it's growing together in following the Lord, learning to follow the Lord. But it's in, it is in a, in a small group setting, you know, with the group of people. So being a disciple is never, you know, when we look into the word, you see that it's, it's not a solo journey, right? It is always in community. It's always with people. It's at least one other person or two others, right? Like if you look at Paul, we see that, yes, for him, it was like, we read about the time that he was three years, after three years coming to meet Peter, after 17 years coming to be with the disciples. But we see that there was always these interaction with the other, at least one other person, like Barnabas was there. And then, then we see Silas, Titus, Timothy, and all the other people. And, you know, when we, the team gets bigger and bigger, you know, is, is doing ministry with a group of people. And this whole thing of journey of discipleship, you know, at least with one other person, right? So there's, there's a lot of value in, in making this discipleship journey or even journeying from, from being a believer, a disciple minister and leader, you know, with, with a group, with a group of friends or with a group of people. Maybe it is people, you know, like Erin was saying, maybe it could be from, you know, people in, as friends, you know, you just, you are, you are friends, you are, you know each other through various ways or means and then, but you are, that one purpose is there, that you want to worship the Lord, we are gathering for this purpose. Or it could be people, it could be people from church, that it could be a bit more formal structure where, you know, you, the group could be small, like maybe, you know, five, six, 10, 12, whatever. But it's, it's, you know, maybe assigned by the church or the church, or maybe it's because everyone lives in that same area, the colony, geographical territory, it's, it's easier for people to gather. So you're gathering, right? So you have different kinds of groups, maybe it's because of the same age. It's because, you know, you all, the group could be meeting because they're all, you know, same interests, maybe. But with one thing in common, that, that being the Lord Jesus, and that being, that common thing being wanting to pursue the Lord Jesus or wanting to follow the Lord Jesus, wanting to learn more about him, his ways, and sharpening one another, and so on. So, so this we call as small groups ministry, right? There's a lot that happens in a small group setting. Okay, so we're going to take a look at some of what this small group ministry is, the advantages of it. And when we look at it, we are going to look at a slightly, you know, formal setting, you know, it's not, it's not just an informal gathering of friends, but it's, it's a, it's kind of a formal setting where you're saying, okay, maybe, you know, it's, it's by the church, the church says, okay, the church leadership is, you know, having this in the church, why the intention being that people, that believers should grow. Okay, believers should grow together, believers should grow from, you know, being just believers, they should not be just believers, but they should be strong in the words, strong in the words of the spirit, and so on. So, you know, maybe it is just, it is a vision of the church, right? So we are looking at a formal, you know, a structure and what happens, you know, in, in a small group ministry, right? So, you know, if you have the other notes, I will also share the notes. So we're going to be looking at the small groups ministry where this, this, these notes, because about the small group ministry, and of course in the light of discipleship, right? So this has three sections. Okay, let me just share and I think it's coming up. Yeah. Okay, so this has three sections, like one is, you know, talking about a cell church, you know, what is a cell, what is, because when you look at, we're going to look at that the cell is a smallest part of a body, right? You have organs and everything and then it's made up of cells or very small, tiny, microscopic, hardly visible part, right? We call that as a cell and a cell is functional. It has so many things happening inside of it. If you study, it has the DNA, it has mitochondria, it has, you know, things that produce proteins and so on. So it has so many things happening. It's very functional. It's a lot of activity that's happening. But together when each of these cells, with all these things happening, it causes growth of the body. Okay, so we're going to study the cell and similarly, you know, the parallel is that a small group can be such a powerful engine for growth of the body, right? If you look at the church, you know, have small groups which are powerful, then that would bring about community, bring about spiritual growth, people's doubts get clear, people grow spiritually, use their gifts and so on and so on. All that can happen. And so we're going to look at that. Then the second section is how does one prepare to be a leader in this cell, in this small group? So we're going to use the term cell group or maybe, you know, life group, but we will just use the term cell group, right? Okay, then the third section, the second section is preparing to be a cell leader. Okay, what kind of skills, what kind of skills do I need to develop in order to be the leader of a life group? So this will be very useful, even if you are leading, like some of you are part of these small groups, some of you might be leading these small groups. Now this could help, this could have a lot of input to how I can be even more effective. Okay, what are some of those mistakes to avoid? And what are those challenges that we face in a small group kind of a setting when I'm leading or ministering to a small group? What are some challenges and how to overcome these challenges? And also we look at, okay, how can I grow this group? I grow this group in the sense numerically well to a certain point and also in terms of maturity, spiritually, you know, how can we grow this group so that the group doesn't feel stuck in any way, this, you know, everybody is growing personally and the group is also growing, right? So we look at that. The third section is about raising up disciples and then also raising up leaders, reproducing leaders, meaning raise up leaders who can go ahead and raise up other leaders, producing leaders, reproducing leaders, right? So we look at being spiritual fathers and mothers and also how the member of a group, small group can become a leader. So we look at some of those things like how to help them, how to identify and how to help them, you know, find their place as leaders, right? Okay, so let's go into, you know, the vision for the small group ministry or a vision for a cell church, okay? So now when we say cell church, we're saying now, you know, the church is gathering together, okay? But it has these small groups, functional small groups meeting all over maybe the city, but all people who are part of these groups are actually part of this church, okay? Now this is a good model for, you know, anyone who is probably starting a church, right? You're planting a church and right from day one, you can have this model so that, you know, church grows in this way. So, well, so that's something, that's a big picture, right? Each group or each cell, it has members. We're going to talk about, you know, how many will be effective, how not to have too many people so that, you know, if there are too many people, how they can be part of another cell group. So we have these groups and they're all part or connected to the vision of, you know, the church and all these people make up the local church that they are part of, okay? So that's the thing. So a cell church, a cell church when we say, you know, a church which, see now you can have, you can have prayer meetings, right? We can have, let's say, what do you call, you know, prayer meetings at homes, okay? And, well, different kinds of people could come. You could have, and typically a prayer meeting would be like, it can be like a mini church service actually, right? You can call it like cottage prayer meetings or, you know, house prayer meeting. And these have its, you know, it has its purpose, it has its function. Maybe believers in that area gather together. There's somebody who leads worship. There's somebody who preaches and then people are being prayed for, then they go back and, you know, it has its purpose in encouraging people spiritually, you know, lighting a fire in people's lives and people being blessed, being ministered to, and so on. Like maybe they are meeting once a week, four times, twice a month, whatever, right? Now that's, now what we are going to see is that that is not what we are talking about when we say a small group or a cell group. Now that is not what we are talking about, okay? So what is a cell? Okay, when we say cell, it is a small group of people, maybe, you know, one leader or a one leader couple with six other, you know, couples, right? If you're saying if six other married couples, or it could be, you know, if it's a single person, one leader with 12 others, okay? Now the 12 of course is, we'll come to that, the number. Now when you say, okay, we are calling this as a cell group, okay? It's a small part, a small unit, just like how a cell is a small unit in a physical body, calling it this. Now the thing is that it's part of the bigger body of what we're calling as the church, a small unit, which is part of the church. So it's not something that is not part of the church, okay? That's very important for us to understand. Now the cell group is part of the church. It's connected to the vision of the church, right? Submitted to the leader, leadership of the church, right? So it's not functioning as something that I'm doing, you know, I'm somewhere, I'm doing my own thing. It's part of the church, okay? It's part of the kingdom of God, right? It's part of the church. Now when you look at what happens in a cell group, it is not just a Bible study. It is not just a prayer meeting. It's not just a church service, okay? So which means that, you know, it's not like the people are gathering together to study the book of Daniel, and after that, they'll study some of the book. It could have, you know, like typically in such a Bible study, you could have people from, you know, like different churches, different denominations are gathering together. Oh, somebody's having a Bible study, so we let's go there. So this, when we're talking about small groups, ministry and cell groups, you know, the thing is, okay, you know, there's nothing wrong in that. No, we're not saying that at all. Okay, now specifically, when we say small group ministry in a local church, we're talking about the difference. Why is it that we, you know, we need to look at the difference, okay? We'll understand that. So now it is because it is not just a Bible study, it's not just a prayer meeting where people are gathering and praying and so on. And it's definitely not a church service where we are, you know, meeting together and having another service, right, apart from the one which we are meeting as a bigger group on Sundays. It's not just another service. Now what is it then? Now we need to understand that this cell group is part of a disciple making, is part of a discipleship process. Okay, so which means the people in the cell group are part of the process of being made disciples, followers of the Lord and then from there going on to be ministers and leaders. So it's a discipleship making a discipleship process of the church. Okay, so a cell group. So in every cell group, you know, people can be, well, people can join, people who are saved, be part of it, they receive prayer, they are ministry, healing, irrelevance, everything. Okay, well, does the, is there a Bible study that happens in a life cell group? Yes. Okay, but the cell group itself is not a just a Bible study. We need to, it goes beyond that, it is discipleship that happens in a cell group. Okay, so we're going to learn more about that. Okay, what happens? Okay, now it is a biblical pattern because we see that people met in the houses. They used to meet in the temple and they used to meet in a smaller sitting as well. Okay, like the early church, Acts chapter two we see. And they're continuing daily with one accord in the temple. They cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. In and, sorry, I'm sorry, they continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house. Did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Okay, that's Acts chapter two, verse 46, five and verse 42. And daily in the temple and in every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. So let's just look at these two verses. So it talks about how they met with one accord, with the oneness of heart and mind in the temple. It was a bigger setting and how they met in different houses. So what do they do? They had communion, they had teaching, teaching and teaching. So we see this. So they were meeting, they were meeting in the bigger sitting, they were meeting in smaller settings as well. Then we see Acts chapter 20 and verse 20 says, How I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you. So this Acts chapter 20, we read about Paul. And so he's saying that I kept back nothing that was profitable to you and I've shown you and I've taught you publicly and from house to house. So taught something in publicly bigger setting, more people, public setting and also from house to house. So Paul also towards the end of his life, he taught. He was in a higher house and he preached and he taught several examples that we see, the church meeting in the house and so on. So when we say a cell group or a cell church movement, now there's a lot of importance on the cell group, on the small group itself. Now we understand that we will see that there are churches which have the cell group as a cell church model. Cell churches. So cell group is not just another ministry, but the whole functioning of the church itself is modeled on being a cell church. And there's a cell church movement that we're going to learn just in a bit. So which means that the cell group meeting is very important just as a Sunday meeting. So meeting in the cell group, the church considers that to be very, very important as well as Sunday as much as Sunday meetings. So why do we have these cell groups? Why these small groups? When we look at that, we see that the cell church or when you have these small groups, it is very efficient in evangelism. Very efficient in evangelism in the sense like people might feel hesitant to maybe come to a church service, but they may not feel, they may not hesitate or they won't hesitate to come to a house to meet casually. So it's a good method for reaching unbelievers. The only thing is that we need to do it right, do it well. Maybe there's an occasion like maybe Christmas or maybe there's a celebration like a birthday or something and then people do not feel hesitant to come to a house. Of course, now with the pandemic and everything, it's a different thing. But normally, you do not hesitate to come visit another person's house. So it's very effective for evangelism. It's also effective for discipleship, for enabling believers, for training believers. It's a smaller setting. You just typically you think about it like when you think of a Sunday service. Most of the things happens one way, most of the times. Sunday service is very important. We are told in Hebrews 10 not to give up this whole thing of assembling together, whether we do it virtually or whatever, we are gathering together. So it's very scriptural, it's important. There's something that happens that God does among us when we gather together corporately as a body to worship him, to pray, to receive his word and so on. God does something in our hearts. And of course, he enables us to do something, to serve others in that setting. Now, just as something like that is important, in a small group, when we meet as believers, we are able to do something which cannot happen in a big setting, in a large setting. Let's say a group of 100 people, 200 people, whatever. Now, in a smaller setting, some things can happen. People can ask questions, and then those questions can be answered. That cannot happen in a bigger setting. Maybe people are saying, I've never understood this. I know you've talked about this, but I've never understood this. So can you just help me? So you have that opportunity to ask questions, to clear doubts. So what happens is the learning is even more in-depth. So you're not going ahead with somebody who's clarifying, or it could be a thing like, I'm struggling in this. I know this to be the truth, but I'm struggling in this area, and this, someone else. And you have the, you know that, okay, you will not be ridiculed, you would not be made fun of. It's a small setting, and you know one another and respect one another. So in a smaller setting, you're sharing that, okay, I have this challenge, I have this problem. Can someone who has understood and understood the spiritual truth, or have overcome this thing, how can you help? So someone shares and saying, okay, yeah, this is what the Word of God says, and this is how I applied it, and this is how I overcame. So maybe it could be something to do with strongholds, something to do with attitudes, whatever. So that happens, even the ministering, or receiving ministry, dealing with strongholds, learning, everything becomes a little more in depth. Okay, it goes deeper than in a bigger setting. Now bigger setting we receive, and that we can, in a smaller setting, we can question, discuss, ask, receive, and then the learning becomes even more stronger. The truth that was heard on a Sunday morning, when we discuss that in a smaller setting, when we ask questions, and people help each other, it becomes even deeper, deeply entrenched in a believer. So it's a very effective process for discipleship, right, for pastoring believers, for discipling. So the other thing also is that everybody is involved now, the families get involved, the husband, wife, maybe there are children and everybody, as people meet in the home, as a small group, the families, what is happening is that they are also giving, okay, they're not just a consumer receiving, like every Sunday, just receiving, okay, what is pastor speaking today, okay, I heard it, and I made notes, I went home, but they are also giving in the sense, okay, this is what I learned, this is what I, you know, I'm putting in my life, this is how it can be useful, they're also giving, they're not just receiving, they're just giving, so when believers start to do that, they are learning, they're becoming stronger, right, and they are helping one another, so they are in fact in ministry, okay, ministry is just serving, ministry is not about going behind a pulpit all the time, it's not just that, right, they begin to serve one another, they begin to help one another, become stronger spiritually, they begin to answer each other's questions based on what they have learned and what they have put to practice in their lives, and so, you know, as families, people are growing together, right, and so that happens, so the family being recaptured, and there is increase happening in the church, okay, so there's increase, meaning people's lives are becoming more fruitful, people's, you know, increase happening, the more cell groups you have, the more people who are connected to the church, the more people are being saved, who are, you know, being plugged in, who are connected to the church, the more people are being discipled, so the church is becoming stronger spiritually, the church is also becoming stronger or increasing, not just in maturity and spirituality, but also increasing in growth, growing in numbers, so that happens, well, like we said, discipleship, that happens, you know, very effectively in the small group, just one second, just reducing the size, okay, okay, so to make disciples is to live the life of the mentor before you, you know, before the one who's mentoring you, so that takes place, then there is fellowship, there's edification, okay, so I'm sure you, I don't know if experience that, you know, in a larger setting, you go, you attend and sometimes you might know people, you may not know people, okay, certain churches are so large, like it's a wonderful service, like you have a wonderful time of worship, you had a wonderful time of, you know, word being ministered, praying everything, but in terms of fellowship, there's not much, okay, maybe, you know, you don't get to meet people or you've not met people, right, so you finish church and then you just go, okay, you attend church and you go, but whereas when you have a small group, you're part of a small group, you've attended church Sunday, but in the small group, you know these people, okay, who are also, you know, attending church on Sunday, so not only does it help in the fellowship, but also it helps in, you know, edifying one another, like emotionally, spiritually, you are being edified, you are being strengthened, you know, but so what happens is, you know, this same group might meet on Sundays also, in church, so you recognize another person, say, okay, we go to the same cell group, you know, you meet and you talk and you get to know, you become friends, so all that happens, right, so the fellowship grows and then you begin to grow in friendship, you begin to grow in fellowship and also you begin to grow in, you know, maturity spiritually, right, so edification happens. It also helps in exercising spiritual gifts, now this is another very important thing, right, now when we, when we learned in 1 Corinthians 12 onwards, 12, 13, 14, we saw that Paul writing to the church and saying concerning spiritual gifts, I don't want you to be ignorant, okay, so and then you are taught about the spiritual gifts, now the reason you are taught about spiritual gifts is so that we might learn to use them, use them for what, for the edification of the church, edification of the believers, right, so to be a blessing to the believers, now every spiritual gift, you know, we are called to exercise or walking, now the opportunity to use a spiritual gift may be very less in a, you know, a big church setting, like in a church setting, I should say, the opportunity to use that, yes, sometimes the pastor might say, okay, why don't you pray for the person next to you, release a prophetic word, or you know, maybe you pray in tongues and, you know, if there's an interpretation, share that, or, you know, such things, you know, pray for healing, lay hands on them, pray, pray for the person next to you, to your left, to your right, whatever, you know, that might happen in a church setting, okay, but every time the cell group meets, you know, you can actually exercise the spiritual gifts, the cell group can meet and, and it's a small group, it could be six people, it could be a, you know, maximum of 12 or 15, so that there is meaningful interaction, there is meaningful discussion, there is meaningful, you know, all these questions and everything, there is possibility of all this happening, right, so let's say in a small group, then what would happen is that there is an opportunity to use these spiritual gifts, develop these spiritual gifts, make mistakes and learn from the mistakes, you know, I remember that when we used to meet in a small group in our home, like when, when we first, you know, in church, when we first started cell groups, okay, we call them cell groups and then later, now we call them life groups, so when we, you know, when we first started, we remember going over this teaching, understanding it and we used to meet, you know, in our home, right, so when we, when we met in our home, we used to meet every, I think every alternate week, you know, once in two weeks, we used to meet and we used to have people in different kinds of levels of maturity, okay, so new believers, experienced believers, etc., so there was, I remember there was one believer who, you know, who was very shy about praying in public, okay, so we used to have this notebook, write down the prayer points and pass on the notebook, so every time the prayer points would come to this person, you know, he would, he would say pass, then pass on the notebook to the other person, so he would never pray in public, okay, but what happened is over time, like he grew in the Lord, he came to a place of maybe, you know, praying those simple prayers in public and then started growing in the gifts of the Spirit and, you know, in a small group setting, it's less, well, it's how you look at it, it's less intimidating, right, especially when you're with friends and when there's a, you know, when you're encouraging one another, it's not like, you know, being in a big group and prophesying, right, so it's less intimidating when you're praying together, when you're prophesying over one another, learning, you know, from these spiritual gifts, learning to use these spiritual gifts, so so I remember this person also started taking those steps with recognizing these gifts, how to use them, learning to use them and started really growing sharper and sharper in the prophetic, right, so all this happened in a small group setting, right, understanding the word, you know, being able to ask questions, receiving answers, all that is very effective in a small group, so, you know, exercising of spiritual gifts, in a cell group also raising up leaders, it's, so you get to know the person, you get to speak into the, into their lives and you know, you see the leadership potential and you're able to raise them up as leaders, like give opportunities, raise them up, you know, so that they become confident and they're able to lead others also, serve others, minister to others also, so raising up leaders, there is accountability, okay, so in a cell group, your accountability to share the gospel, accountability to grow spiritually, so let's say that, you know, as a group, we're saying, okay, you know, this week we will, we will come prepared, right, we will, not only, you know, in, maybe in certain things, we're saying, okay, we're going to come prepared, we're going to learn this, you know, thing together, so we are going to study this book, so we're going to study these chapters and then come, right, this is what we're going to be discussing, so there is accountability, okay, I better learn and go, I better study and go, right, so the person is going to be asking me and I have agreed, so there is that mutual accountability, okay, that happens in a, in a light group, so, you know, or maybe the light group leader and the light group itself decides to share the gospel with one person during the week, okay, it could be a neighbor, it could be someone at work, so, you know, you, you, you take that on, right, you decide, okay, we're going to pray, we're going to ask God for a divine appointment and we're going to share the gospel with one person during the week, so, we're talking about, you know, you just imagine the scene, you have these new believers and, and then you do that together, so there is accountability, okay, with one another and also, you know, living a pure life, like living a holy life, we're saying, okay, you know, we're going to be careful about what we look at, you know, when it comes to social media, when it comes to TV programs, when it comes to things on the internet, we're going to be careful, we're going to be, we're going to be avoiding worthless things, like the psalmist says, set nothing worthless before my eyes, so, so there is this mutual accountability, so in the next light group meeting, you're meeting and you're sitting together and then, you know, maybe someone asked the question, okay, so how was your week, you know, very, very, did you, how was your time on the internet, how was the time on social media, you know, well, did you spend it right, like, there is this accountability, well, if somebody slipped, somebody's fallen, they can say, yeah, I confess that it didn't go too well, I should not have done this, but then there's repentance and getting back and becoming stronger, right, and again, you have that accountability, so accountability to one another, accountability to God, and, you know, so this whole thing of accountability happens in self-groups, okay, right, so what is, okay, avoid continuing dead programs, that's another aspect of, you know, self-group ministry, so what does a self-group, self-church look like, okay, when we say, this is a church which has a vision for a cell, a cell group movement, or this is a church which is following a cell group model, okay, so what does a such a church look like, okay, it's not a church which is just running programs or meeting only on Sundays, so what does a cell church look like, okay, so a cell church would have Sunday celebration services where everyone comes, and, you know, everyone is having that one vision, is in sync with that vision, is moving in that direction, so all that happens, the cell, and during the week, maybe once a week or once in two weeks, the church is meeting in life groups, okay, now that's the vision of a typical cell church where all the members who are in church are part of some cell group, just imagine that, let's say there are, let's say 120 people in church, now all this 120 are part of some cell group, maybe let's say there are 10 cell groups, okay, for the, the church is having 10 cell groups, and all the 120 are part of some cell group, so there are maybe 10 cell groups and 12 in each cell group, just talking about, you know, just for example, so everybody is part of a cell group, ideal situation, right, so, so that is what it would look like, that everybody is part of a cell group, they are meeting in church on Sunday, they are meeting in life groups during the week, and so all these things are happening, strong relationships, strong sense of community, a person is feeling cared for, there's no question of, you know, I went to church, nobody spoke to me, and, you know, I feel rejected, all those things go away because you're meeting in a cell group, you're meeting with 11 other people, or 12 other people, you're meeting there, so you get to know, you're not, you know, you have conversations, meaningful conversations, so you don't feel alone when you're part of a church, right, so strong relationships, everyone feels cared for, sorry, not scared, cared for, where if there is a need, then immediately the cell group comes to know, right, if there is a challenge, if there is, let's say, some sickness, some, you know, somebody passing away, somebody hospitalized, or some financial, you know, challenges, or some, something happening, or, you know, some challenges for the individual or for the family, then the cell group rallies around, gets to know, prays, provides, helps, okay, so this would happen in a cell group, so imagine if all the people, you know, again, this is an ideal situation, right, it does not always happen, but let's say, if all or most of the people are plugged into some cell group or the other, then they would feel cared for their needs when it comes to, you know, relational, spiritual, emotional needs, the need for fellowship, the need for, you know, caring for others and being cared for, everything is met, right, so you can be part of the biggest church, or, you know, maybe there are thousands of people in the church on a Sunday, but then you would still feel part of the church, because you're part of the cell group, right, so when the cell group ministry or the small group ministry is done well, is done right manner, is done in the right manner, then you would feel connected, all these things happen, relationships are built, there's a sense of community, the needs are taken care of, all that happens well, right, okay, one more thing and then we'll stop, okay, so ministry is done through the cell group, the cell, you know, the cell group can go out and do ministry, maybe the cell group itself can go on a mission trip, the cell group itself can take care of, okay, we're going to have some prayer walk in the neighborhood, the cell group can decide to do and prayer walk and street evangelism or the cell group can decide to do so many things, okay, we're going to clean up the neighborhood, you know, we're going to take care of this need in the neighborhood, maybe there's, you know, some kind of this crime that is happening, we're going to keep a watch and inform the police and so many things, right, the cell group can actually do to reach out to the community, to evangelize, to share the gospel, to minister, okay, so we'll stop here, so you know, feel free to read through the notes and yeah, so next class we will look at some or we will focus on the cell group ministry, okay, we'll stop here, thank you, we'll meet next week, thank you pastor, thank you boss, right, bye bye, see you soon, see you, bye