Posts Tagged ‘small groups ministry’
Alignment
The concept of an alignment, or a church-wide campaign, (the combination of a weekend message series and a small group curriculum) is probably the most important spiritual growth development in the last hundred years. Preaching in series allows an idea to be fully developed. Adding the element of a small group study that complements the…
Read MoreThe Titanic, Your Lobby and Lifeboat 14
Storytelling is one of the most important aspects of building a dynamic small group culture. Telling the right stories, choosing the right metaphors, makes all the difference in communication. Buy-in is almost always a direct result of the spot-on selection of the stories you tell. One of the stories I tell all the time when…
Read MoreGroup Life 2008
I’m excited! This year (after attending for years) I get to be part of Willow’s Group Life 2008 conference! That is very exciting for me. I’ll be doing my workshop Getting to There: Building a Dynamic Small Group Ministry. Lots of fun to do it. Always fun to see everybody. Sidenote: My breakout is on…
Read MoreIf I Was Starting Today: Part 6
(This is part 6 of a 7 part series. You can read part 1 right here) If I knew then what I know now…I’d work harder to make heroes out of the right people. That is, I’d carefully select the stories I’d make a big deal out of…and I’d make a big deal out of…
Read MoreIf I Was Starting Today: Part 5
(This is part 5 of a 7 part series. You can read part 1 right here) If I knew then what I know now, I’d work smarter to get the right people in the right seats…on the bus. What do I mean? One of the most important principles from Jim Collins’ Good to Great is…
Read MoreIf I Was Starting Today: Part 4
(This is part 4 of a 7 part series. You can read part 1 right here) If I knew then what I know now…I’d work harder to develop a sequence of spiritual next steps and I’d narrow our focus to only include the most important elements to growth. “Narrowing the focus” and “thinking steps, not…
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