It's been a few months now since the senior youths in my church came together as a cohort, leaving their previous cell groups for the newly-formed Senior Zone which comprises three new cell groups. It has indeed been a joy for me to take up the role of mentoring the leaders of these groups on a fortnightly basis together with two other adult leaders.

Over the course of these past few months, we have seen old bonds strengthening, new friendships forming and newcomers receiving Christ as their personal Saviour. That these youths have since integrated with the rest of the youths has been really wonderful for us, and it’s truly been an honour and a privilege to partner with God in the entire process.

The life of every group goes through four stages - forming, norming, storming and performing. I feel that the current Senior Zone has made it through the forming stage – when its members begin to get comfortable with each other, and are now at the norming stage – when the members begin to form regular routines and establish a modus operandi and group culture. My prayer is that the group will steady itself as it goes through the storming stage – when the group encounters trials, and eventually settle into the performing stage – when group members are finally able to realise their fullest potential.