Equipping and Encouraging Busy Church Small Group Leaders
How often have you gone to a small group meeting – as either a leader or a member – loaded with the cares and stresses of your day and left, two hours later, still carrying your burdens?
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It seems that the moment we step into leadership, we are setting ourselves us up to be disappointed, hurt and annoyed by the very people we are attempting to… well, love.
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…Had I just understood something of God through a cheap rug? Was that even allowed?
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I was born chatty, and my prayer life has naturally flowed out of this tendency…Until about ten years ago, I shut up. And quite unexpectedly, everything changed.
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“Some might say I spoiled my kids…” If the Prodigal Son’s father gave parenting advice.
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Sticking Your Head Above The Parapet – The risks of leadership If you are a small group leader, you are, by definition, courageous. You may not feel like it, but it takes real guts to say yes when asked, or
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For Small Group Leaders (with apologies to Mother Theresa) Small Group members are frequently entirely unaware and unappreciative of the effort you put in to make small group happen. Love them anyway. If you step up to lead a small
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I’ve had to stop bringing in the washing from the line to come in and write this: I’ve had a moment of revelation. As I was pairing up socks, which had been put out into the watery sunshine of a
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If you’re a small group leader, I’ll just bet you do a million other things, too. Small group leaders are people who get involved in life, they’re people who care for people, and they’re people who, through their habit of
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What does your choice of biscuit say to your group about how you’re feeling towards them? 1. The Chocolate Hob Nob King of biscuits, height of dunking luxe: give these to your small group and they’ll know for sure that
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