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“I can’t find enough leaders to take care of the number of people who want to be in a group.” “Many of the people with the most potential to lead are just sitting in groups as members and won’t leave to start a new group.” Sound familiar?  Those are two of the most common complaints [...]

One of the most important ingredients in group life is a small group agreement or covenant.  It doesn’t have to be complicated.  It can be a pre-printed handout (or download) or you can simply offer a set of guidelines and ask each group to write their own.  I’ve found an agreement to be very helpful [...]

Q: “What is the best way to close a group meeting in prayer?” A: Great question!  There are several parts to my answer.  First, the entire meeting structure ought to vary according to the needs of the group’s members.  After all, new groups will be much less willing to share genuine needs.  Long-term groups may [...]

Great post today over at Big Ideas about Small Groups about saying the last 10%.  Whether you’re talking confrontation or leader development there is always a temptation to say a lot of what you need to and then walk away without saying the last 10%.  Take a look at what Carter has to say about [...]

How do you deliver training for your small group leaders?  The guys over at Community Christian Church  are testing an interesting idea by delivering training on key topics via YouTube.  You can see a few of their short training videos right here.  Definitely not really high tech, these are a good example of how easy [...]

Ready to think about helping your small group have a better experience in 2008? It’s that time again! Time for all good groups to get going! And get going on the right foot. There are several important keys to getting off to a great start in the new year. First, if you didn’t already set [...]

Ever play on a winning team? Participate in a group that really came together and was somehow better together than any sum of the individuals ought to have been? There’s something about that, isn’t there? The whole concept of stacking hands and agreeing that in order to be the best we’re going to have to [...]