Small Group Leader Resources

Resource: True Faced

Entered: November 08

Available Church Office: $15 combined cost- workbook/book

Format: Book with workbook- DVD set

This study draws a clear distinction between two very different underlying motives: my determination to please God or to trust Him.  One results in a striving that never feels it has done enough to please Him. The other results in a trust that experiences His full pleasure.  Our motives as followers of Christ will either keep us in unresolved sin and immaturity or free us into God’s astonishing dream for our life.  This resource is also use by our FMO groups at Grace.

Resource: Inductive Study Series

Entered November 08

Available: Precept Ministries

Format: Workbook to be used as companion to Bible- 15 minutes daily

This Bible study series surveys entire books of the Bible. Your people can study by themselves or study with small groups. Either way, you will want this life-changing Bible study in your hands or the hands of your group. There are 20 books that survey Old Testament and New Testament books of the Bible. The New Inductive Study Series has some video and audio lectures to go along with the study. The material is available in other languages as well.

Resource:  40 Minute Bible Studies

Entered: November 08

Available: Precepts Ministries

Format:  Book with scripture- 6 week lessons

These studies deal with important issues in brief, easy to grasp lessons you can use personally or as a part of a small group. Each book in the series includs six 40-minute studies designed to draw you into God’s Word through basic inductive Bible Study.  Topics include, Building a Marriage that Works, Discovering What The Future Holds, Essentials of Effective Prayer, Forgiveness- Breaking The Power of the Past and How Can a Man Control His Thoughts.

 

Resource: Training Groups To be Groups

Entered: August 08

Available:Church Office

Format: DVD w/ workbook, 13 week timeframe

Whether your group is well-established or just getting started, the ReGroup small group DVD curriculum will guide all of you- leader and group together- into a new closeness and effectiveness. Designed to create healthy group dynamics and an atmosphere that fosters personal growth, this innovative approach equips both group leaders and members with essential skills and values for creating and sustaining truly life changing small groups.

Topics Covered: Active Listening, Helping Those Hurting, Prayer, Conflict Resolution

Resource: Grand Parenthood

Entered: August 08

Format: DVD guide with workbook

Grandparenthood is far more that rocking chairs. It is a second chance to do all of the “ought-tos” and “should-haves” that the busyness and demands of daily parenthood kept you from doing. This curriculum will help you to play a key role in writing the history of a generation that you will some day leave in charge.

Topics Included: Giving Blessing, Leaving A Legacy, Sticky Situations

 

Resource: Hope And Action

Entered: September 08

Available: DVD in church office/Workbooks through Willow Church Resources

Format: DVD w/ workbook, two one hour sessions

The statistics are staggering.  In twenty five years, 30 million people have died of AIDS, and 14 million children have been orphaned.  What can possibly be done in the face of such devastation? This study will help you and your group leaders think through this world crisis and brainstorm ways that you can get involved.

Topics Covered: Reality Check as Bill and Lynn Hybels report from sub-Saharan Africa, meet individuals who took small steps of action