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Tuesday August 7, 2007

How You Can Use Beliefnet Community: Your Small Group

Your existing group can have its own easy-to-use site to enrich your group experience -- for free.

After you've created your own individual profile, select "Create a Group" at the end of the process or by navigating to our Groups page. Create a group profile, with your preferred design, web address, privacy settings, and more. Don't forget to invite the members of your small group to join!

sn_smallgroupexample.jpg With Beliefnet's small groups tool, you can:

Make arrangements easier

  • Plan your gathering. Who’s coming? Who’s bringing dessert? Can we change the meeting to 7:30?

  • Use the calendar and invitation tool. Change the time and everyone group member notified automatically.

    See how they did it: Tarrytown Bible Study Group.

    Post readings

  • Put this week’s readings or discussion topics online in your group journal. Group members will be able to discuss the readings, ask questions, and share comments.

    Receive inspiring readings and discussion topics to challenge your group
  • Sign up for content feeds to stimulate discussion:
    Including: Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and discussion prompts, daily Gospel readings, spiritual photo of the day, and more. Check out our full list of feed options here.
  • Commentaries and prompts feed directly into your group’s profile page and start page
  • Coming soon: Receive your feeds directly in the group journal -- the perfect way to keep group discussion going.

    Continue the discussion
    The day after you met, did you think of something else you wanted to say? Do it here!

  • Start your own group’s private journal and forums.

    Put faith into action

  • Add a donation engine and use the group to raise money to help the poor, collect funds for your house of worship, or fundraise for other causes.

    Maintain privacy

  • Keep your group private, with its own web address.

    Share

  • Favorite writings and more.
  • Photos, audio, video
  • Full set of social networking tools -- for FREE

    Group tools include: About us, journal, forums, photo sharing, audio uploads, video, calendar, event invitations, donation tool, friend-finding, and more.

    Great Examples of Small Groups on Beliefnet:

  • Women of Brooklyn Tabernacle
  • We Love the Psalms: A Psalms Study Group
  • Cooking for Christ

    Do you have questions about how to use Beliefnet's community to meet the needs of your small group? Email us here.

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