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Easter is just around the corner (April 4th) and with it comes one of the three best opportunities to launch groups.  So that you don’t miss a trick, I’ve scheduled a free 60 minute teleconference designed to help you increase the number of groups launched as well as the number of people connected.
There are two [...]

Looking for game changing insight that will help you right now with your small group ministry?  Listen in to my interview with Alan Danielson at 11:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. CT, 8:00 a.m. PT).
How to join the call:
Telephone: 1-616-918-8000
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Today’s call features a discussion about three hot topics:

Pick and stick. Quit changing models every time [...]

Miss Henry Cloud’s Willow Creek Group Life conference call?  You missed a great conversation about “Safe People / Dangerous Groups.”  Really fantastic with some great takeaways.  You can listen in right here or you can pop over to the Group Life Facebook site to check some of the comments.  Also helpful to search twitter with [...]

Thursday, September 3rd, 12:00 to 12:45 pm CDT
Click here to register
Trying to figure out why your small group ministry isn’t really delivering the results you’re looking for?  Resigned to the fact that in your church it just doesn’t work?  I want to suggest that there are probably some underlying assumptions that are keeping you from [...]

We talk a lot about life-change in small group land.  We often say that the optimal environment for life-change is a small group.  I regularly tell people that the weekend service—even with inspiring worship and practical teaching—is closest in kind to a defibrillator.  You know that thing they use on you when you’re on the [...]

Got plans this week?  Why not join me for Take Advantage of Easter (to launch groups), a FREE introduction to our telecoaching services.  Two available times:

Tuesday, March 17th at 8:00 am (PST), 1:00 pm (EST)
Thursday, March 19th at 8:00 a.m. (PST), 1:00 pm (EST)

You will learn:

4 Keys to Launching Healthy Small Groups this Easter
Secrets of [...]

New 4 Week Telecourse:  Launching Groups That Connect with Your Community
Looking for a way to connect with your community?  Trying to figure out how to develop a "crowd-to-core" small group strategy?  Available for limited time at $49.95, our new 4 week telecourse could be just what you need.  Packed with practical ideas and a detailed [...]

Have you begun testing the waters of video conferencing yet?  Maybe you’re light years into it and have it all figured out…but if you don’t, can I steer you toward a couple things? Maybe three?
In my consulting work, I’m beginning to use video chat to make it better than a conference call.  To do that, [...]

Looking for a way to stay up on the latest small group ministry strategies?  Take advantage of the Small Group Fraternity!
What's the Small Group Fraternity about?

Exposure to the best strategies and latest ideas in small group ministry
Your whole team can participate
Interviews with people like Carl George, Bill Donahue and Joe Myers
Q&A opportunities you'll rarely get [...]

There are four essential ingredients to a preliminary discussion about launching healthy small groups off an event (like Easter).  They may sound oversimplified…but these are the keys:

Begin with the end in mind
Recruit a solid hundred-fold team to a 10 to 13 week commitment
Choose a curriculum that is easy to use
Give every new small group something [...]