Where Will You Take Your Small Group Ministry in 2015?
Where will you take your small group ministry in 2015? Have you thought about it? Made any New Year’s resolutions? Set any goals? You may be one who makes New Year’s resolutions every year. Lose weight. Pay off credit cards. Read through your Bible. You may be one who always likes the idea of resolutions…
Read MoreReview: Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like Jesus Does
Had the opportunity to preview a new study from Jon Weece and Thomas Nelson. Weece is the Lead Follower at Southland Christian Church–a community of fourteen thousand Jesus followers in Central Kentucky. Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like Jesus Does is a powerful study that might have slipped under your radar.…
Read MoreTop 10 Small Group Curriculum Reviews of 2014
Looking for great studies to add to your approved list? Here are my top 10 small group curriculum reviews from 2014: Transformed: How God Changes Us by Rick Warren Children of the Day: 1st & 2nd Thessalonians by Beth Moore [7] Seven Questions that Rattle in the Minds of Most Men from John Woodall and North…
Read MoreTop 14 Posts of 2014
You can learn a lot by looking at a top 10 list (or in this case a top 14!). I noticed a couple things right away as I compiled this list of the top posts of 2014. First, I noticed how many of them are how-to posts and skill-training posts. That tells me I should…
Read More6 Questions We Should All Be Asking
I love a great question. In fact, I collect them! And I try to remember to ask them all the time and especially when I’m seeking to break free from the status quo and business-as-usual. NOTE: Our tendency (even me) is to read the question and then promptly forget it, never to think about it…
Read More10 Simple Things You Can Start Doing to Build a Thriving Small Group Ministry
While there is definitely a list of complicated things you can start doing to build a thriving small group ministry, there is a list of simple things you can start doing. It’s important to remember that simple doesn’t necessarily mean easy. Easy is the opposite of hard or challenging. Simple things are uncomplicated. They can…
Read MoreDon’t Miss Philip Yancey’s New Study: Vanishing Grace: Whatever Happened to the Good News?
Had some time this week to take a look at Vanishing Grace: Whatever Happened to the Good News, a new study from Philip Yancey. You probably recognize that name. With over 14 million books sold and as the author of two ECPA Christian books of the year (The Jesus I Never Knew and What’s So Amazing…
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Howells
WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST. MAY GOD BLESS YOU THIS CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS. Mark and Debbie Howell
Read More5 Things to Think about as 2014 Comes to a Close
The end of the year is the time to think about, to evaluate, how your strategy worked; how close you got to where you were aiming. 5 things you ought to be looking at: Did you establish “wins” for the strategies you used this year? If so, how did you do? Did your plans succeed…
Read More8 Secrets for Discovering an Unlimited Number of Small Group Leaders
Help! I can’t find enough small group leaders! One of the most common challenges for small group pastors is finding enough small group leaders. To top it off, just when you think you’re getting a little bit of traction you learn that some of your best leaders are moving away or taking a break. Can…
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