How to Create Small Group Curriculum with the Content You Already Have
By Kevin Lee / Online Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church If I have to pick a single factor for Saddleback’s small group growth, it would be the H.O.S.T. strategy. This strategy allows for a person with minimal knowledge of the Bible to lead a very purposeful small group discussion. If you don’t know about […]
5 Best Practices for Short-Term Community Over the Summer
For those of us who are headed into summer season, this post is for you. If you aren’t approaching that season yet, file this post to read at a later time! Summer can be a challenging, yet deep time for community, can’t it? I mean I live in this tension over the summer between slowing […]
3 Creative Opportunites for Launching New Small Groups
If you were to take a snapshot of my google searches over the last little while you would notice a common theme. ‘How to sew a zipper into a purse.’ I have been making some purses to give away as gifts and I wanted to know how to sew in a zipper. Interestingly, once I […]
3 Keys to Casting Small Group Vision to your Senior Pastor
“You are not the lead Small Groups person at your church, your Senior Pastor is the lead Small Groups person at your church.”- Steve Gladden This statement brings clarity to the reality that the voice that carries the biggest weight in any church is that of the Senior Pastor. And this applies in small group […]
5 Essentials in Promoting Small Groups via Media
As Small Group Point People, we are all constantly looking to engage the people around us. One commonality point people share is that we understand that we are better together. I know that I am constantly looking into how to grow our groups’ impact and how we can best help new people realize their purpose […]
4 Not-To-Miss Steps for New Small Group Point People (Video)
I was recruited to lead the groups ministry of a growing multi-site church less than two years ago. This was after being a student pastor since the year Mulan came out in the movie theater (that’s code for a long time ago). This was new territory for me. As I look back on these last […]
5 Ways to Fail after a Conference
I enjoy attending conferences and usually come home inspired and ready to take the next hill for Jesus. I recently returned from The Lobby Conference 2018 (You should be there next year, sign up here). It was an amazing time, and I learned a ton from the speakers and from individual conversations with other Small […]
4 Ways You Can Use Social Media to Grow Your Groups This Week
Social Media isn’t just a hip trend that has millenials hooked; it’s the direction that technology and society are continually developing together. Small group point people know and champion that community is an essential part of life – so it shouldn’t surprise us that media has become social! Every person in this world desires to […]
4 Reasons Your Next Mission Trip Should Start as a Small Group
This last year we hosted our traditional “Mission Trip Interest Meeting” for a trip to Israel, which was little over a year from taking off. This meeting had a little twist to what had been our norm for a few years. This endeavor, spearheaded by a church volunteer, had an increased intentionality behind it. Drew, […]
5 Ways To Recruit New Leaders
As every new small group season approaches the need for new small group leaders always seems to rise to the surface. Your church may be in a season of growth, you may have had leaders step away, or you may be in the midst of launching a church wide campaign. The fact is, as small […]
