And The Name Is...

The naming of a group is important. How will we be identified? Will it match the group personality? Is it cool? And when you take a number of small groups and try to come up with a name that fits the consolidated group, it’s that much harder.

A few months ago Woodside moved towards the “Cluster” concept. This involved combining five small groups into one cluster. This “cluster” would help with Sunday morning fellowship, and hopefully work together towards achieving common goals: Small enough to be manageable, but big enough to be able to complete the job. One of our early challenges has been to find a name that would identify the group.

Tonight we got together as a Cluster and had a family movie night. Pizza, soda, friends and a showing of “Where the Wild Things Are”. The movie was, to say the least, different, unusual, and not what I expected…but an enjoyable movie nonetheless.




We also used this opportunity to select our Cluster name. We presented 6 different names that were nominated by members of the study groups. I called out each nomination and we would see which got the most positive reaction. The first couple received a smattering of applause. Another brought a raised hand (Kami: We can’t hear a raised hand) and two others were met with silence, although I believe Pastor Doug responded enthusiastically to one (he was the only one). Then the last name came up. A thunderous roar spread through the Vineyard. The dead stirred, the living took notice. We are now no longer “Scott’s Cluster Group”. We will now, and forever, be known as “Woodside’s Warriors”!

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