What you most often need is wisdom not strength. Last Thursday when I started my five-mile bike to work it was 2° Fahrenheit (-17° Celsius). This is a new record for me. But it wasn’t hard to do. I did not get cold. It made me think that so often in life what we need […]
Archive | December, 2013
How Long Should Your Small Group Meeting Be? (I think you will be surprised by the research results on this one!)
By Jim Egli on December 7, 2013 in Care, Children in Groups, Eating Together, Small Group Meetings, Small Groups
Over the years I’ve surveyed over 4000 small group leaders to uncover the key elements that produce vital, growing groups. I’ve consistently asked the leaders how long their meetings are. But I’ve been too busy looking at other things and actually never analyzed how the length of small group meetings impacts their growth. I finally […]