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Small Groups

There are two WebLink tools related to Small Groups—Group Finder and Group Manager. The Group Finder tools is used by people who are searching for a small group to join. The Group Manager tools is used by group leaders/facilitators to manage groups.

Group Finder

Group Manager

To use the WebLink tools, the following will need to be configured in Fellowship One:

a special contact item specifically for contact items generated from the Group Finder
a small groups activity—the activity groups and rooms and locations translate to the small groups and how they are organized at your church
room/location properties to allow people to find a small group

This section walks you through the steps to create a small group activity.

Is it a Small Group?

Before creating your small groups activities in Fellowship One, it’s important to determine whether or not the activity in question is a small group or an activity that needs to be configured in the traditional way. Please review the table below to decide whether or not your activity is small groups or a traditional activity.

	Activity	Small Group
Small Group Finder access	No	Yes1
Small Group Leader tools	No	Yes2
Limited number of attendees	No	Yes
Attendance implies membership	No	Yes
Can track individual attendance	Yes	Yes
Can be confidential	Yes	Not practical3
Can have multiple rooms/locations per gathering	Yes	No
Can have custom schedules	Yes	No
Can use Check-in station	Yes	Not practical4
Generally meet on church campus	Yes	No

Notes:

1As long as all small groups are defined in a single ministry. If they are separated into different ministries, separate instances of Group Finder must be used.

2A single launch link from a web page can point to a single small group activity.

3Since all small groups are defined in a single activity, all would become confidential if the activity is marked confidential. The activity itself is not hidden; however, all attendance and assignments are only seen by Fellowship One users with Confidential Activity access.

4Since Check-in is activity centric, all small groups would be available at check-in at the same time. There is no way to specify different times to offer different sets of small groups without creating multiple activities. In that case, you would need multiple instances of the Group Manager - one for each activity.