Can You Spot These Serious Small Group Ministry Misalignment Signals?
Does your strategic dashboard light up with flashing warning signals and even alarm bells when you run certain diagnostics? Or do you find yourself reporting that “everything is fine” even when you find yourself uneasy about what’s really happening? I’ve written about the top 1o signs your small group ministry needs a reboot and a 5…
Read MoreTop 10 Posts of February, 2014
Miss a day? Here are my top 10 posts of February, 2014. 10 Powerful Benefits of a Thriving Small Group Ministry (December, 2013) How to Launch Groups Using a Small Group Connection (May, 2008) Supercharge Your Ministry Impact with These 5 Questions (January, 2013) Can You Tell If Your Small Group Might Be a Zombie?…
Read MoreTop 10 Signs It’s Time to Abandon Your Small Group Strategy
Although you never want to give up prematurely…there are signs that it’s time to throw in the towel. Let’s just say if very many of these happen…it might be a sign: Your capital campaign reaches the hallelujah goal and you can finally build the Taj Mahal of adult education space with a lifetime supply of…
Read MoreHere’s a Front Row Seat to Saddleback’s HOST Gathering
If you read my recent interview with Steve Gladen on the power of a host gatherings you might want to see one for yourself. Well, at least for now…you can! Here’s a link to their most recent HOST gathering (Sunday, February 23, 2014). An interesting tidbit you’ll learn in watching the host gathering is that earlier…
Read MoreTop 10 Ways to Launch New Groups
There are many ways to launch new groups. If you’ve limited your attempts to one strategy…you truly do not know what you are missing. Here are my top 10 ways to launch new groups: Launch a church-wide campaign. If you want to launch a wave of groups, there is absolutely no better way. This strategy…
Read MoreNew from Chris Mavity: “Your Volunteers” Packs a Powerful Punch
I tripped across a fantastic training resource over the weekend! Your Volunteers: From Come and See to Come and Serve is a short little book that packs a big impact. Written by Chris Mavity, Executive Director of North Coast Training, Your Volunteers is a book you’re going to want to read right away and again…
Read More5 Key Ingredients that Motivate a First Step Toward Community
Here are today’s questions: What are the key ingredients that motivate unconnected people to take a first step toward community? Is there a recipe that helps motivate a toe-in-the-water? What is it? Do you need all of the ingredients? Or do you just need 3 or 4 of the key ingredients? Just like any other…
Read MoreAre Your Next Steps Premeditated?
Yesterday I asked, “How would you rate the first steps out of your auditorium?” If you’ve been around much in the last couple years you know that we’ve been working on the idea that our strategies ought to include “next steps for everyone, and first steps for their friends.” See also, Clue #2 When Designing…
Read MoreHow Would You Rate the First Steps out of Your Auditorium?
Ever stop to really examine the first steps you are offering? What if an independent first step auditor with fresh eyes and no emotional attachment showed up to look over your strategy? What would they say? Take a moment and just think about the first steps the unconnected people in your congregation (and crowd) will…
Read MoreSteve Gladen on the Power of HOST Gatherings
I had a great phone call with Steve Gladen (Saddleback’s Pastor of the Small Group Community) last week, thinking that I’d glean enough to turn around and create an overview of the host rally event. I was right…I got a ton of great ideas…but there was so much good stuff that I decided to post an…
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