Ready for What’s Next? Join My Fall 2014 Coaching Network
Looking for an opportunity to grow in your ability to connect beyond usual suspects? I want to invite you to join my Fall 2014 Small Group Ministry Coaching Network; an experience designed to give you the tools and strategies you need in order to build a small group ministry that works in the 21st century. The…
Read MoreDilbert on Authentic Leadership
Sometimes you just need to laugh…and sometimes it hurts to laugh.
Read More5 Things Every New Small Group Pastor Needs to Know on Day 1
New to the role or new to the church, there are a few basic things that a new small group pastor needs to know from day one. How will a new small group pastor know them? Some senior pastors will need to clearly communicate them during the interview phase. Some savvy small group pastors will…
Read MoreNew from Bill Hybels: Wiser Together Is a Very Good Addition
Worked my way through a new study from Bill Hybels. Wiser Together: Learning to Live the Right Way “challenges you and your small group to make doing life together a priority, exploring from the book of Proverbs the inseparable connection between experiencing community and growing in wisdom.” DVD-driven, Wiser Together is a short study, just 5…
Read More5 Things To Do in July to Maximize Small Group Ministry This Fall
Last month I gave you a list of 5 things to do in June to maximize small group ministry this fall. Assuming you’re on target with last month’s five…here’s what’s next: (Miss the June List? Click here to see what you missed) 5 things to do in July to maximize small group ministry this fall:…
Read MoreAndy Stanley: Random Thoughts on Leadership
One of the highlights of Drive ’08 was Andy Stanley’s talk, Random Thoughts On Leadership. I’ve referenced it before and it is a great talk. Really one of those talks that the audio hangs in the consciousness for years. The basic gist was that Andy took 5 memorable quotes that had affected his thinking and riffed on how they…
Read More5 Essential Ingredients of Groups that Make Disciples
Yesterday I asked the question, “What have you designed your groups to make?” Answering my own question, I said, “Our small groups are designed to make followers of Jesus.” And I must admit that my answer begs the question, “What kind of group will make followers of Jesus or disciples?” See also, What Have You…
Read MoreWhat Have You Designed Your Groups to Make?
What have you designed your small groups to make? This is an ongoing discussion right now…at least in my world. It’s framed differently from one conversation to another and the frame itself manufactures slightly different answers…most of them a little vague. What have you designed your groups to make? Acquaintances? Friends? Fully devoted followers? Disciples?…
Read MoreSoul Keeping: A Important New Study from John Ortberg
Had a chance to preview John Ortberg’s newest DVD-driven study this week. Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You is based on Ortberg’s book by the same title and is an exploration of the soul from “the perspective of someone who has struggled to understand and care for his own soul.” A very…
Read MoreMarketing to Millennials: If You Want to Connect Millennials…a Must Read
Figured out how to connect Millennials yet? If you’re like me, you have way more questions than answers. Determined to begin assembling a better understanding of the Millennial generation I picked up a copy of Marketing to Millennials: Reach the Largest and Most Influential Generation of Consumers Ever, a highly rated 2011 marketing book by Jeff…
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