Meet students where they are.With Small Group Strategies, you can effectively guide students in your small group toward the most important relationship they will ever have---a lifelong relationship with Christ. Respected authors Laurie Polich and Charley Scandlyn offer 30-plus years of collective youth ministry experience to these proven ideas, which offer:*a strategic approach to small group ministry*hundreds of ideas to reach students at every level*practical applications that foster spiritual growthMeet your students where they are in life. You have the heart. You have the vision. Here are the ideas you need to make it happen.
Small Group Ideas and Activities lays out a strategic approach to small group meetings, so your students can be ministered to personally and effectively. It shows you how to nurture your students toward spiritual growth by giving direction to every idea and activity you use. Finally, it provides you with ideas to help students encounter Jesus and live out their faith at every level of spiritual growth.
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'...the perfect single volume resource for adult and youth volunteers -- easy to read, practical, and full of great ideas.' * YouthWorker Journal *
TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER ONE---A Few Important Words about Small Groups 05CHAPTER TWO--- Small Group Meetings 13CHAPTER THREE---Small Group Ministry 23CHAPTER FOUR---Community 33CHAPTER FIVE---Worship 47CHAPTER SIX---Discipleship 69CHAPTER SEVEN---Service 87CHAPTER EIGHT---Outreach 103CHAPTER NINE---Stories of Small Groups 119BIBLIOGRAPHY 125
With 15 years of youth ministry experience, Laurie Polich serves as pastor of small groups and discipleship at Ocean Hills Covenant Church, in Santa Barbara. She¹s the author of several books including Help! I'm a Small-Group Leader training curriculum and book, Studies on the Go: John, and Small Group Qs, and she speaks frequently to students and youth workers across the country. Charley is currently the Executive Director of the Ravenswood Education Foundation, providing volunteer and financial resources to 3700 preschool to 8th grade students at 9 schools in East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park. Charley also runs a Leadership Dojo for Youth Workers in the Bay area and speaks on leadership and ministry principals for church and professional staffs. He lives in Menlo Park and has 4 wild at heart boys, Ryan, Jordan, Adam and Luke!