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Facilitators Resources

Curriculum for your small group is available from the Resource Center. A complete listing of the small group study resources is available from the Resource Center or online as a pdf file. Click here to download the Curriculum Guide Warning – this is a large file and may take some time to download.

Highlighted this month are:

§ Just Walk Across the Room In Just Walk Across The Room, Bill Hybels brings personal evangelism into the twenty-first century with a natural and empowering approach modeled after Jesus himself. When Christ “walked” clear across the cosmos more than 2,000 years ago, he had no forced formulas and no memorized script; rather, he came armed only with an offer of redemption for people like us, many of whom were neck-deep in pain of their own making. This dynamic four-week experience is designed to equip and inspire your entire church to participate in that same pattern of grace-giving by taking simple walks across rooms – leaving your circles of comfort and extending hands of care, compassion, and inclusiveness to people who might need a touch of God’s love today. Just Walk Across the Room consists of a small group DVD and participant’s guide to enable people to work through the material in small, connected circles of community. The book, Just Walk Across the Room allows participants to think through the concepts individually.
§ Faith Under Fire Does the Christian faith stand up to scrutiny – tough scrutiny? How credible is the Bible and how seriously should you take it? Can you entrust your eternity to its message? Based on Lee Strobel’s provocative national TV program of the same name, Faith Under Fire features fascinating debates and riveting interviews with Christians, atheists, Muslims, and proponents of other faiths as they tackle today’s hottest spiritual topics. Interviewer and facilitator Lee Strobel concludes each session by offering his own perspective. Faith Under Fire 1: Faith & Jesus - Four sessions on Jesus, the resurrection, universalism, and the supernatural, Faith Under Fire 2: Faith & Facts - Four sessions on the Bible, heaven, hell, and science, Faith Under Fire 3: Tough Faith Questions - Four sessions on forgiveness, pain and suffering, the Trinity, and Islam, and Faith Under Fire 4: A New Kind of Faith - Four sessions on the relevance of Christianity.
§ Intersect Culture Take your group to a place…where they can see people’s needs in a new way, where they can understand their calling, and where they will learn how their faith can shape culture. This six-session DVD and corresponding curriculum helps your group envision how followers of Christ can be a counterculture for the common good. Together you’ll experience stories of believers, how their journeys unfolded, their challenges, and their breakthroughs. Also included on the DVD are insights from trusted pastors and Christian leaders such as Tim Keller, Lauren Winner, James Meeks, Brenda Salter McNeil, and Ken Fong.

 

Articles for Facilitators

How to Pray for Your Small Group
Ten tips to increase the frequency and effectiveness of your supplications.
Leadership Issues in the Small Group
“Christian leadership starts with vision from God. A leader sees it first, farther, and clearer. He or she takes that vision and influences and develops others to pursue God's priorities for their lives.”
Getting Into the Word
The basics of Bible study and discussion in small groups.
Embracing Conflict in Small Groups
If you lead a small group, sooner or later you will most likely have to deal with conflict in it. How do you deal with it?

Books Available in The Loft

Leading Life-Changing Small Groups
by Bill Donahue
This book gives you the comprehensive guidance you need to cultivate life-changing small groups and growing, fruitful followers of Christ.

Seeker Small Groups
by Garry Poole
…the missing evangelism tool churches and individuals need to fill the gap between evangelism training and real-life opportunities for engaging seekers in life-changing spiritual discussions. This book presents a detailed, step-by-step process for launching seeker small groups in a wide variety of settings.

Walking the Small Group Tightrope
by Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson
Learn to manage the tensions that exist in group life when a variety of good objectives compete for a group’s attention in this time-tested resource.

Making Small Groups Work
by Henry Cloud & JohnTownsend
Learn how to lead the kind of group that realizes their full, life-changing potential. Learn the skills and biblical processes that can help your people grow together.



Online Message Studies

Online message studies are available to help you lead your group in discussing the recent weekend messages. It is our hope that these studies will help your group members connect to one another and grow in their faith as they discuss the weekend message together.

Download message studies.