Leadership:

Thank you for your ongoing passion and desire to love and encourage people to seek and savor Christ in their lives. This page is devoted to giving you the resources and helps needed for you to be an effective leader of a Northshore small group. This is a dynamic web page, we will update information and resources frequently– so be sure to revisit on a regular basis.

We would love to hear any additional suggestions that would either help you or that you use that would help others that we can add to this leader resource page. Thanks again for your heart to serve as a Small Group Leader.

Ministry Position Descriptions:

• Apprentice
• Small Group Leader
• Leader Coach
• Leader Application
• Group Covenant

Study & Prep Resources:

Bible Gateway.com 
Blue Letter Bible

Web Resources:

SmallGroups.com
SmallGroupMinistry.com
Group Communication

Newsletter Archive:

November 2009
December 2009
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010

Spiritual Growth Tool

Guidelines for Discussing Personal Reports

Helps in Leading an Effective Meeting:

1. Essentials for effective bible studies
2. How to conduct your first meeting
3. Ideas for prayer in your small group
4. Getting to know you activities
5. Tips for leading effective discussions
6. Working with difficult people in your group
7. They haven’t come to Small Group in a couple weeks
8. How to deal with conflict in your group
9. Staying connected through the summer
10. What do you do when...
11. Relationship building ideas
12. Learning to listen
13. Keeping from going down the “Rabbit Trails”
14. Stretch Your Faith through Service
15. Five Types Of Questions
16. Leadership Honesty Breeds Group Honesty
17. Keeping Your Small Group Engaged
18. Friendship Questions or Icebreakers

Life Stage Groups

• Adult Small Groups
  • Small Group Questions
  • Leaders Page
  • 2 Minute Tips
• Adults
• Students
• Children
• Sunday Classes