One of our Community Groups sent me this story of life change:

A memorable Community Group effort started last Christmas when we were offered the opportunity to sponsor a needy family at Christmas time. The family we got to sponsor was a mother and her five children ranging in ages from 2 to 11 years old.  Also the father of the last four children, is actively involved with the family.  We collected up the gifts and took a meal to them and they were very appreciative.  But that is just the beginning.
 
Our group was convicted that a one time giving of gifts was not what God wanted, so we got involved with the family.  Some of our group started going over on Thursday nights and helped the kids with their homework, took a meal or just plain shared fellowship.  Near Easter, one of the members of the group shared the Easter story and then the Gospel and the entire family prayed to receive Christ.  They have been coming to SBF as their schedule permits.  We had a community group night at the Durham Bulls and took the family.  We had a group cookout and invited them and they brought a teenage neighbor who also stated he wanted to come to church.  So our community group grew from a simple gift giving effort to shepherding a family which led to multiple salivation’s.  Now that is PRAISE the LORD material.

That is great. Thank you for sharing.