Small Group Resources

Resources on Prayer, Communion, and Ministry

• Small Group Communion Suggestions PDF
• Tips for Ministry Time PDF or Word Document
• Five Step Healing Model PDF
• Insights on Prayer from Jim’s blog
  
  • Fasting and Feasting
  • Ask and You Will Receive
  • How to Do a Ministry Night
  • Stop! (And Get Refreshed)

Resources on Reaching Out

• Blessing List PDF or Word Document
• Gathering People PDF or Word Document
• Sharing Jesus in Your Everyday Life – 1
• Sharing Jesus in Your Everyday Life – 2
• Insights on Outreach from the Jim’s blog
  • Pray Weekly, Eat Monthly
  • Pray, Invite, Eat, Repeat
  • Slow Growth and Fast Growth
  • Serving Others as a Small Group
  • Food and Small Group Growth

Resources on Caring Relationships

• Hospital Visitation PDF
• Great Small Group Icebreakers Blog
• Insights on Growing Caring Relationships from Jim’s blog
  • The Best Icebreaker Question
  • Caring—The Heart of Leading
  • The Worst Icebreaker Question Ever

Resources on Empowering Others

• How to Launch and Grow a Small Group PDF or Word Document
• Small Group Involvement Sign-Up Sheet PDF or Word Document
• Multiplication Readiness Worksheet PDF or Word Document
• Insights on Empowering Others from the Jim’s blog
  • Starting a New Year as a Small Group
  • Planning with Your Core
  • Retuning My Leadership

Resources on Discipleship

• Discipleship Through Mini-Groups
• Disciple Making Movements Conference Report
• Discovery Group Meeting Format
• Simple Reproducible Small Groups Presentation (Given at 10-2016, Vineyard Colorado Springs Mission Leaders Meeting)
• • Simple Reproducible Small Groups Handouts
  • Simple Reproducible Small Groups Powerpoint
  • Simple Reproducible Small Groups Keynote (Mac file)

Resources on Leading Great Group Meetings

• Help! My Small Group has Problems PDF
• Solving Common Small Group Problems PDF or Word Document
• Responding to God through Bible Discussion PDF
• Responding to God through Small Group Worship PDF or Word Document
• Insights on Leading Great Meetings from Jim’s blog
  • The First Small Group Meeting
  • Preparing for Small Group
  • Timing My Small Group Meeting
  • One Change that Might Revolutionize Your Small Group
  • How Long Should Your Small Group Meeting Be?
• Insights on Children in Small Group from Jim’s blog
  • Too Many Children?
  • Communion, Kids, and Small Group
  • Kids in Small Group

Resources for Discouraged or Struggling Small Group Leaders

• 3 Keys to Turn Around a Struggling Small Group
• 4 Surprising Discoveries About Small Group Growth

Resources for Pastors, Small Group Point Leaders, and Coaches

• What Makes Small Groups and Small Group Systems Grow? PDF
• What Makes American Small Groups Grow? (Updated Research as Reported in the Spring 2014 issue of the Christian Education Journal) SmallGroupGrowthFactors (PDF)
• Insights on Supporting Thriving Groups from Jim’s blog
  • Encouraged and Supported
  • Why Your Small Group Ministry is Struggling (and What You Can Do About It)
  • Make Disciples Who Make Disciples
• Focus on the 2 Things that Bring Results in Your Group System
• Small_Group_Leadership_Covenant (Here’s the covenant or commitment that group leaders at our church commit to.)
• Coach Visit Report
• Coaches Personal Meeting Report
• Coach Monthly Report

Spanish Resources

Encounter God Retreat

These Encounter God Retreat materials were translated by a group working in Cuba. For a detailed instructors guide and other material in English visit: www.cellgrouppeople.com.

Encounter God Powerpoints

• ENTENDIENDO LA GUERRA ESPIRITUA 1
• DE LAS TINIEBLAS A LA LUZ 2
• DE LA ESCLAVITUD A LA LIBERTAD 3
• DE LO IMPURO A LO PURO 4
• DEL QUEBRANTAMIENTO A LA PLENITUD 5
• DE LA REBELIÓN A LA SUMISIÓN 6
• DE LA MALDICIÓN A LA BENDICIÓN 7
• VIVIENDO EN VICTORIA 8

Encounter God Spiritual freedom inventory

• Cuestionario

 Other Resources

• Small Groups Big Impact Presentation, June 2012