A collection of resources that can improve your listening skills and help you apply them in small-group situations
"Small Groups in Depth" collections are assembled by the editors of SmallGroups.com as a method of continuing education for people participating in small-groups ministry. Each collection offers step-by-step training on a specific ministry skill or practice. Individuals may read through each resource on their own as a method of self improvement, or may customize the articles, discussion questions, ...
The Sower is a documentary that follows a year in the life of Joe Jack Dement—an 80-year-old wheat farmer from LasCassas, Tennessee. In addition to being a character in his own right, Joe Jack brings a new level of understanding to Jesus' Parable of the Soils.
This is a bundle of two movies, a PDF discussion guide, and an announcement poster.
Download all six of the Modern Parables video Bible studies at a discounted rate.
The Modern Parables video Bible studies are contemporary re-tellings of Jesus' most famous parables, including the Parable of the Hidden Treasure, the Good Samaritan, the Shrewd Manager, the Wido and the Judge, the Parable of the Soils, and the Prodigal Son. Each parable includes two movies, a PDF Discussion Guide, and a PDF announcement poster. By purchasing all of the parable studies as a bundle, ...
Engage and challenge young children to get more from their movie-watching experience.
This 13-session course contains discussion guides on a variety of popular fantasy movies. This resource will help you think about these movies from a Christian perspective, and how they do—or do not—illustrate biblical principles. This quarterly pack can be used for a Sunday school class or small group, or to host a film festival.
Session 1
Big FishBig Fish takes us into the vivid imagination ...
Discover Biblical insight on how we can use all of our resources - time, talents, gifts and finances - for the glory of God.
This six-session course looks at Jesus' interaction with a group of first-century Jewish religious leaders called Pharisees. As revealed in the four Gospels, these Pharisees received the brunt of Jesus' criticism. The ability to see sin in others and ignore it in your own heart is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a Pharisee. Unfortunately, this tendency is as common today as it was in ...
This download features practical skills and advice that will help you improve as a listener. It also includes helpful ways to administer those skills in a small-group setting.
by Joel Comiskey, Doug Self, Pat J. Sikora, and others
If you lead a small group, you want to be effective in helping your members grow closer to each other and closer to God. If you coach small-group leaders, you want to be effective in supporting and equipping them for the task. But all of that can be short-circuited if you neglect the critical step of listening. ...
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