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Small-Group Four PacksFour Pack: Maximizing the Summer Months
Help your group maintain momentum with this bundled pack of resources.
Topics: | Breaks, Community, Fun, Holidays, Planning |
Filters: | Coach, Group Leader, Host, Train |
Purpose: | Ministry |
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Date Added: | May 02, 2011 |
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When it comes to the intersection of small groups and summer, the usual question on everyone's mind is, "To break, or not to break?" But that is often a secondary matter. The larger issue is: "Whether we continue regular meetings or not, can we sustain momentum from the spring and carry it into the fall?"
Fortunately, SmallGroups.com has gathered an impressive collection of resources that will help your group do just that. And, best of all, you can access all five of these resources (yes, five) at a discounted price.
"Four Pack: Maximizing the Summer Months" is a bundled pack containing the following SmallGroups.com resources:
Staying Connected Through the Summer
In many ways, summer is a special season for churches—Vacation Bible School, parking lot BBQs, short-term missions trips, and so on. But summer can be a real downer for small groups. Too often the spiritual and numerical growth of spring comes to screeching halt in June. But they don't have to.
This download provides practical ideas and resources to help your group maintain momentum and stay connected throughout the summer.
Planning a Short-Term Missions Trip as a Group
What we have come to know as typical, American small groups are a good thing. They emphasize relationships, Bible study, worship, prayer, and many other important elements of community and the Christian life. But they need to go farther.
Specifically, small groups need to take the plunge to serve together. That should happen locally within the physical community of the group and church. But it can also happen through short-term missions trips. And that's the topic of the articles and resources within this download.
Plan a One-Day Retreat for Your Small Group
This downloadable resource has been designed to accomplish two things: 1) to help followers of God understand why rest is so important in our helter-skelter society, and 2) to outline how small groups of people can get a taste of that rest through a one-day retreat.
All of the content in this resource has been produced by Brenda Jank, who is a passionate advocate for Christians understanding and experiencing rhythms of rest. Brenda is a Director of Christian Education who coordinates personal retreat ministries at Camp Lutherhaven in Albion, Indiana.
As Christians, we all know that evangelism should be a priority in our everyday lives. But turning that knowledge into action can be a difficult proposition, especially when we enjoy the comfort and intimacy of a small group.
This download can provide your small group with the tools needed to effectively reach out as a community of believers, including practical advice from Bill Hybels, Jeff Arnold, Alan Danielson, and others. As a Training Theme, this download also includes devotionals, case studies, assessments, and activities to help your church train and support group leaders on the principles and methods of small-group evangelism.
Turbo groups are an effective way to train several new small-group leaders and co-leaders at once. They are also an excellent method for exposing potential leaders to the routines and requirements of a small group in order to gauge their willingness and capability for the role. This download, produced from material provided by Reid Smith, contains everything that is needed to launch and run an effective turbo group: easy-to-digest articles on the basics of small-group leadership, forms for updates and record-keeping, and an extensive five-week curriculum designed to mold potential leaders into effective leaders.
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