Resources for Small Group Leaders

PREPARATION

Study Aides and Recommended Reading

FACILITATING DISCUSSION

Customizing Questions for Maximum Impact

Asking Effective Questions (MP3)

FUN MEETINGS

Making Your Small Group Fun

SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THE LEADER

The Shepherd Leader and Strategic Prayer

Spiritual Fitness

COMMUNION

Sharing Communion in Your Small Group

OUTREACH

Sharing Your Story – Dale Fisher Rich Kehoe Ken Pierce (MP3)

PERSONAL FINANCES

Bill and Eve Clayton on Managing Finances (MP3)

MISSIONS

3 Ways to Involve Your Group in Short-term Missions

Maximizing Short Term Mission Trips

MINISTERING TO THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR GRIEVING

Visiting the Sick

Caring for Those Who Grieve

How Not to Minister to the Hurting

Handling Tragedy in Your Small Group

Ten Principles for Ministry to Those Who Experience Tragedy and Grief