The small group leader is not the only teacher, and the small group is not a traditional class sitting in rows of chairs listening to a lecture. Learning comes through interaction, discovery, modeling of leaders, problem solving, and the study and application of the Scriptures.
Month: October 2010
Part 3: Small Group Topics
Discussion About Miscellaneous Topics
Part 4: Small Group Resources
Small Group Leader Evaluation + Your Year In Review (Name of Leader) Looking back on this year, what would you say were three high points and three low points for your group? Briefly describe your goals and objectives for this past year. How do you feel your group did in light of your goals and...
Part 5: Small Group Resources
Worshipping in Your Small Group
by Lynn Mather Breitenbach
Worship in a small group setting can be very different than in the large group setting, especially if you have folks who are insecure about their own worshiping. The first thing to do is to put people at ease by letting them know that we are all beginners in worship. Then help them by having a structure prepared to help them worship. Then model what you want your small group to do. This may mean that you have to step out of your own comfort zone. Use this as a challenge to grow deeper in worship.
Part 1: Small Group Beginnings
Once you have decided to begin a Christian small group, how do you get it started and keep it going? Understanding some of the basic issues in group life can help you build healthy small groups and avoid some of the more common mistakes. These issues include:
Titus 2 Men
In the modern church seeking to minister to the culture which surrounds it, one of the greatest obstacles to salvation and growth is a lack of spiritual—or even moral—role modeling. Lest you think this is an irrelevant issue, consider the following: Case Study #1: Wife was raised in a non-Christian home. Her father left when...
Titus 2 Women Part 3
What Is the Goal of This Teaching?
The goal of all this teaching is the honor of God and His Word. "...so that no one will malign the word of God." When our lives fail to line up with what we teach, the world brands our entire basis of belief as invalid. Therefore, the outcome of not following this teaching in Titus 2 is that the Word of God will be dishonored. What does that look like? Time magazine printed this letter from a woman in November 1996: "I'm tired of hearing about what God said in the Bible. Who can prove that God has ever said anything? The Bible is simply a storybook written by scribes. Too many bloody wars, genocides, crusades, missionary atrocities, and persecutions have taken place because of 'God's word.'" (Time, 11/18/96)Titus 2 Women Part 2
What are mature women to do with the teaching of Titus 2:2-5? This leads us to the next section in this chapter. What are they to do with this teaching? They are to use it to train. Notice the qualities and training desired for the younger women—v. 6. A Profile for Younger Women Before we...
Titus 2 Women Part 1
Introduction
It can be an unnerving experience to stumble down a path you know should be leading you home, on a dark night. Not only are you afraid of danger with every step, but you are not altogether sure you will end up where you want to be. This culture is a far darker place for women today than a dark path on the most moonless of nights, and they need someone with a flashlight up ahead, someone who knows the path. They need a mentor.
Caregivers Seminar:
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young man in the Marine Corps uniform standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair so he could sit alongside the bed.