Lockport Small Group Community is Building!!

As we embark on this great adventure, I wanted to share this from a recent study:

Americans are connected as never before, with social networking Web sites on our laptops, cell phones on our belts, iPods in our ears, instant messaging at our fingertips and Blackberry text messaging under our thumbs. However, even though some people claim to have hundreds of "friends" on their MySpace or Face-book accounts, multiple studies in the past couple of years illustrate how uncommon it is to find authentic companions.

In fact, a General Social Survey suggests Internet usage may even interfere with personal communication in the home. When a person is busy interacting with a laptop, face-to-face time suffers, according to the 2006 study, published in "American Sociological Review." Our increasingly virtual society is making us an ever-more-isolated people.

"Access to great communication doesn't translate into experiencing relationships," says licensed counselor Brian Frizzell, owner of Christian Counseling Services in Springfield, Missouri. "Those are pseudo connections."

The survey showed that 25 percent of Americans said they had no one they could trust to discuss important matters. That compares to 10 percent two decades earlier.

Can you imagine - 1 in 4 people said they have no one whom they can trust.  Wow.  If that doesn't serve as motivation for our small groups, I don't know what will.

We are forming three new groups in the Lockport Area.  A Wednesday night group at 159th and Bell Road, a Thursday night group at 151st and Farrell, and a Friday night group.  Also, we are planning our first Lockport Area Women's group.

If you are interested in any of those, please contact Jon Zabrocki at 708-478-7477 or jon.zabrocki@parkviewchurch.com.