4 Impactful Ways to Celebrate Easter With Your Group and Others
Grow as a leader, strengthen your team & accelerate the health & growth of your small group ministry by attending “Accelerate!” Easter is an important time for us to not only reflect on God’s great love, but to share His love with those around us. Easter often brings familiar things, such as gathering around with […]
Big Groups A Problem? 4 Practical Ways to Subgroup
Grow as a leader, strengthen your team & learn the essentials of small group ministry by attending Align Nashville! Are you struggling with how to handle big groups in this ongoing season of COVID-19? Or, maybe big groups have always been an issue for your small group ministry? We all know bigger isn’t always better, especially when […]
Clearing Spiritual Blockages Together as a Small Group
Grow as a leader, strengthen your team & learn the essentials of small group ministry by attending Align Nashville! As small group leaders, we are always thinking of ways to nurture deeper connections between our group members and God. Yet at times, the events within the world and within our individual lives sometimes can create […]
Small Group Evaluation Questions
Grow as a leader, strengthen your team & accelerate the health & growth of your small group ministry by attending “Accelerate!” On the Small Group Network Facebook group, I recently asked for suggestions for questions group leaders could use to evaluate their group. Boy, did I get some great ideas! I have in mind that […]
4 Creative Ways to Pray with Your Small Group this Spring
Lobby Gathering 2021, one of the nation’s premier small group training & networking events, is now going to be a live virtual event from 9am-12pm PST Feb 23-24. Get 30% off now by using code SAVECASH Prayer is a vital part of every Small Group gathering. It is also a part that can sometimes become […]
Exponential Small Group Growth in a Post-Covid World
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Church small group growth can be exponential… even at your church! Find out from some of the experts on how to grow your small groups in a big way! Part 1: Exponential Thinking by Rick Warren Part 2: Exponential Growth from the SGN Virtual Lobby Gathering [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”thinking”][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Rick Warren There are many […]
3 Proven Models for Small Group Outreach
Lobby Gathering 2021, one of the nation’s premier small group training & networking events, is now going to be a live virtual event from 9am-12pm PST Feb 23-24. See the session line-up or register HERE An ideal small group is a micro-church—a church in miniature. As such, it fulfills the five purposes of the church: Worship […]
Don’t Miss Doing THIS for the New Year!
As we approach a New Year, thoughts turn toward the future and what’s next. If you’re having an end-of-the-year connect with your group members in-person or online, ask them: What does God want to do in and through our group this next year / season? Once you get a sense of what this looks like, […]
S.P.A.C.E. P.E.T.S.
Lobby Gathering 2021, one of the nation’s premier small group training & networking events, is now going to be a live virtual event from 9am-12pm PST Feb 23-24. See the session line-up or register HERE I wrote an article this summer on 10 Questions Every Small Group Leader Should Keep in Their Bible. Based on […]
10 Ways to Unleash Creative Small Group Worship
Although everyone would agree worship is an essential part of our spiritual life, many leaders wrestle with how to incorporate it into their group time without it feeling forced or awkward. One of the ways you can “break the ice” is to help your small group members expand their understanding of what worship can look […]