Rick Warren’s newest 40-day Campaign is 40 Days of PEACE, a huge vision of every small group in every U.S. church making a difference in the world for Christ through a missional focus. It starts with a personal PEACE, emanates to your local community, and then culminates with a trip to a foreign country to [...]
1. The leader acts as a facilitator, coaching and giving each person the opportunity to participate.
2. Teaching, short, including lots of interaction, and having practical application
3. Prayer, involving everyone.
4. Evangelism, to give the group an outward focus.
5. Worship, facilitated through a gifted musician, through a worship CD/DVD, singing a capella, or simply reading a Psalm.
6. [...]
Phase 1: A group member recognizes an unmet biblical expectation.
2: The individual experiences discomfort as he becomes aware of the need for change.
3: The small group leader wisely guides the group member toward change from the inside out, recognizing that what we believe in our innermost being drives our behavior (Ps. 51:6).
4: The small group [...]
In an open group, the leader needs to regularly cast vision to invite new people to come to the group. He or she can do this in a variety of ways:
· Make sure you have a group covenant that includes the group’s purpose to grow and multiply.
· In your prayer time make sure that [...]
(when extra grace is required)
by Steve Gladen
In the life of any small group, there comes a time when the leader has concerns and struggles about how to handle difficult people in the group. With many different personalities attending a small group each week, the small group leader must have a firm handle on how to [...]
Reid Smith (adapted from Small Group Dynamics, Dec, 2007) developed a quick assessment tool for answering this massively important question:
Do people love God more? Experiencing more of God’s presence, peace, and power in their lives? Greater desire to draw nearer to Him?
Do people love one another more? More “other-focused”, naturally serving one another and building [...]
Go to the Word as your guide:
1. Speak truthfully with love: Eph 4:15, 25
2. Build up and don’t tear down: Eph 4:29-32
3. Be as gracious as possible: Eph 4:29-32
4. Express honest feelings: Eph 4:26-27
5. Don’t get angry: Eph 4:26-27
6. Don’t involve others in the dispute: Matt 18:15-17
7. Once dealt with, wipe the slate: I Cor [...]
As you break out after Jan Term class (or as a keeper idea for later in the year), get your group sharing their week by passing around a box of colored pencils or crayons, and ask everyone to pick one that best describes his/her mood that day or week. Then give everyone an opportunity to [...]
If you missed (or want a reminder of) Pastor Dave’s talk at the November Leadership Briefing on his tips for leading a deeper Bible study, you can now listen to it via this link:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=12173&cmd=tc
Listen to this podcast to glean some wellness tips for 2008 that, if implemented, can energize you as a leader:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=69109&cmd=tc
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