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Small Group HELP! Guides are tightly focused “how to” training guides for small group leaders and coaches, each in a reader-friendly, fun to use, and authoritative format, designed to equip readers step by step in a specific area. HELP! Guides are written for the novice as well as the more experienced leader.
Quantity discounts for 10 or more units available. Email us for details.
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Why Didn't You Warn Me?
How to Deal with Challenging Group Members
by Pat J. Sikora
What problems do you face in your small group? Is Griselda gossiping? Is Quentin too quiet? Is Rhonda always chasing rabbits? Is Charlie too argumentative? Is Mona always talking?
Leading a small group can be both exciting and rewarding. But sometimes, it can also be frustrating. What do you do when one or two group members create problems you don’t know how to handle?
• Do you know how to gently teach members new group skills?
• Do you know how to change a member’s behavior without being overbearing?
• Must you sacrifice your group for the sake of one needy person?
Why Didn’t You Warn Me? addresses 18 common problems that well-meaning people create in small groups and it give s you step-by-step suggestions for dealing with them with grace and sensitivity.
Pat J. Sikora is a popular author and conference speaker, and founder of Mighty Oak Ministries (www.mightyoakministries.com). She lives in Redwood City, California, with her husband, Bob. Pat has been involved with small group ministry for more than 30 years and has written and taught extensively on small group challenges.
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Let’s Get Started!
How to Begin Your Small Groups Ministry
by Dan Lentz
This book will empower the Small Groups point person who is planning a new strategy or wants to grow and support an existing ministry. We’ll explore different small group models and philosophies that can be built around a set of relational ministry values.
• Small Groups—Why Bother?
• Who Really Wants to be in a Small Group?
• Who is Going to Lead these Small Groups?
• What do Small Groups Do When They Get Together?
• How to Keep All This Going?
Dan Lentz is Director of the SmallGroups.com, a network of small group leaders, churches, and resource providers that provides small group training and support. Dan has been a church planter as well as a small group pastor, coach, leader, and host. He and his family live in Zionsville, Indiana.
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Now That’s a Good Question!
How to Lead Quality Bible Discussions
by Terry Powell
If you want to zero in on the “Bible discussion” aspect of your small group leadership, you’ll find practical answers to these questions:
• How can I foster a hospitable group climate in which discussion thrives?
• How can I study a Bible passage in a way that best prepares me to lead a discussion of it?
• How can I use questions that help group members observe, interpret, and apply God’s Word?
• What characterizes questions that are biblically and educationally sound?
• How can I organize my questions and notes in a logical sequence?
• What behaviors of a discussion leader improve the quality of interaction and get more people involved?
Now That’s a Good Question doesn’t just tell you what to do . . . it shows you. It teems with ideas and examples that you can use immediately.
Terry Powell is a professor at Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina. He has written 17 books, contributed to several other books and numerous periodicals, and written numerous curriculum guides. He has a PhD in education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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I'm a Leader . . . Now What?
How to Guide an Effective Small Group
by Michael C. Mack
Want to learn from the best small group leader ever? Michael Mack discusses six attributes of Jesus as he led his small group and applies those to leading your small group.
• Seek – Jesus’ leadership began with his personal relationship with his heavenly father. So should ours.
• Surrender – Jesus yielded his heart and ministry to God. So should we.
• Shepherd – Jesus was known as the Good Shepherd and he is our Chief Shepherd. We, too, are called to shepherd, as his underlings.
• Serve – Jesus came as a servant . . . to his group and to the world. That’s our calling as leaders as well.
• Share – Jesus shared the load and built a team . . . a team that could continue after he “moved on.” What can we learn from him about sharing leadership?
• Steward – Jesus looked at his ministry as a matter of stewardship. We can learn from his viewpoint of leadership.
I'm a Leader . . . Now What? is not a book about the skills needed to facilitate a small group meeting, but rather one that deals with the internal qualities that make will help you become a leader after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14)!
Michael Mack is Minister of Small Groups at Northeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a small groups author, speaker, consultant, and founder of SmallGroups.com. He, his wife, Heidi, and their four children live in Pewee Valley, Kentucky.
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