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I am interested to know if there is a way to track small group data within Fellowship. For example, I'd like to be able to track the date of when a group starts (month & year) and then also when it ends.  We form new small groups at 3 times during the year and it'd be really helpful to track start/end dates to determine how long these groups are lasting. It's not a 'win' for us as a church to just get a large number of people in groups. We want those groups to succeed and continue on past their initial 2 months together.

How can that be tracked within F1? I think it's important. 

On a similar note, I'd also like to know if there is a way to track how many groups a person has been a part of. Do people in F1 have unique identifiers assigned to them (groups too actually?)? We see some of the same people cycling through different groups and i'd like to track this as well. How can we track the # of small groups someone has been a part of (especially b/c when you remove them from a group, there is no record they were ever in it?)

Thanks!

I am interested in this also.  Our pastors want to see a list of members actively connected to a current small group, but without a date connected to the groups, it's difficult to see how up-to-date the list is. 

I am considering using a date association in the Activity Group (for us, the campus of each group) such as Downtown Campus Groups 2009.  However, this won't appear in a person's record.  For that, I'd need to associate a date with each RLC (name of the small group). 

 Is there a better way?

Related to the issue of involvement in a number of small groups, that can be tracked if you enter attendance (and not just participant assignments) for your groups.  Obviously, it can be a challenge to keep attendance up to date, but there's a good best practice recommendation related to taking a periodic "census"; see http://experience.fellowshipone.com/blogs/deliveringchange/archive/2008/06/25/take-a-census.aspx. 

Once attendance is entered, it's a permanent record, even when the participant assignment is removed.

 Much grace to you.