Leader Resources

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The Leader’s Toolbox is a compilation of resources, tips and tools to equip you to lead through the various stages of the life cycle.
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GETTING STARTED

• Starting Well: A Cheat Sheet to the First 3 Months    PDF
• Five Mistakes that Ruin Small Groups
• Group Icebreakers    PDF
• 75 Ice Breaker Questions for Small Groups
• Ice Breakers that Get Below the Surface
• 100 Getting to Know You Questions
• Creative Childcare Solutions    PDF
• Sharing Your Story
  • Your Story – 2-part Group Study
  • The Power of Story to Build Community
  • Five Ways to Share Your Story in Group
  • Transparent Leadership: The Power of Sharing Stories    Pt. 1    Pt. 2
  • What You Should NOT Share with Your Group
• Group Agreement
  • Sample Group Agreement  PDF    DOC   (from Community starter study)
  • Three Must-haves for Small Group Covenants (video)

FACILITATING THE GROUP

• Facilitating & Group Dynamics
  • How to Lead Great Small Group Discussions
  • How to Ask Excellent Bible Study Discussion Questions
  • Three Essentials for Group Discussions
  • Four-Step Discussion Method
  • Tips for Facilitating – Practical advice for working toward life-change, not spectacular meetings
  • The Art of the Follow-up Question
  • Three Tips for Dealing With Awkward Silence in a Group
  • Practice Gracious Listening: 3 Skills Every Christian Should Learn from a Good Interviewer
  • Five Myths about Introverts in Groups
  • Saying the Hard Word
  • What You Should Not Share with your Group
  • How to Support Sharing in Your Group
  • How to Quell a Dominating Personality in Your Group
• Prayer and Communion
  • Teach Your Group to be Comfortable with Group Prayer
  • How to Pray for One Another
  • Four Suggestions to Deepen Your Small Group Prayer
  • Adding Structure and Variety to Group Prayer
  • Creative Expressions of Prayer   PDF
  • Prayer and Communion in Your Community Group    PDF
  • Four Barriers to Great Group Prayer
  • Seven Things That Kill the Authenticity and Depth of a Group’s Prayers
• Group Studies and Curriculum
  • Going Deeper (What is “deep” study, really?)
  • Choosing & Using Group Curriculum Overview    PDF
  • Six Steps to Understanding and Interpreting Scripture   PDF
  • Five Steps to Understanding Any Biblical Passage

PROVIDING CARE

• 6 Costs of Real Friendship
• What Not to Say to Someone in Crisis
• Assumptions Make it Hard to Love Group Members: How to stop your inner judgments and really care for people
• Five Tips for Helping Group Members Who Struggle with Doubt

GROUP LIFE CYCLE & MULTIPLICATION

• CG Life Cycle Overview    PDF
• CG Life Cycle with Curriculum Integration
• Intentional Apprenticing Overview    PDF

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Severe Weather Instructions for on-campus adult CGs  (large file, be patient for download)