Resources for Small Group Ministry
From:
Lectio
Divina: Renewing the ancient practice of praying the scriptures
by M. Basil Pennington
Featured Books
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Good
to Great is the best business book that I have ever read. That
is saying a lot given that I'm 50 years old and have read voraciously
since the third grade! The concepts in Good to Great are definitely
applicable to ministry. I was so excited to discover that Jim Collins
had written a
Monograph
for the Social Sectors (above middle) that I ordered it on the spot.
When it arrived I read it through immediately and began to share it
with my partners in ministry. I cannot recommend it enough.
-CM
The
Volunteer Revolution : Unleashing the Power of Everybody by Bill Hybels
There is unprecedented spiritual openness in todays society, and at
the same time, increasing economic pressure on the resources of local churches.
The solution lies squarely on the able shoulders of God-gifted volunteers.
And they are ready for the challenge!
Leading
Life-Changing Small Groups by Bill Donahue from Willow Creek
Association
Workbook for Small group leaders & good source of ideas for group meetings
and activities
Building
a Church of Small Groups: A Place Where Nobody Stands Alone, by Bill
Donahue - Willow Creek Association.
Good source book for church leaders at all levels
Nine
Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership: How Lay Leaders Can Establish Dynamic
and Healthy Cells, Classes, or Teams, by Carl F. George
Shepherds
Guidebook, by Ralph Neighbour
Good ideas for leaders with selection of useful forms for tracking group
progress.
Spiritual and Practical Foundations for Cell Group leaders
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Community Life Cell Agenda Series
http://www.touchusa.org Curriculum Workbooks - free samples available
on the web page.
Looking Upward
Connecting Inward
Reaching Outward
Moving Forward
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Tears Again There is a mystery about tears sometimes, when they appear as a gift divine descending like a torrent or a flood that nothing can deter, stop, dam. They come unbidden, swift. Their flow is free, and yet they are a weight that prostrates a soul to earth and seems to push it into dirt until it is one with it. There is a mystery about tears sometimes, as if they were not human but divine. . . as if the heart of God could not contain its pain and in his love has found one to share his tears. There is a mystery about tears sometimes, when one knows without knowing that his soul must cry. For tears like that alone, can pierce a stony heart that does not want to love. -from Lubov the Heart of the Beloved..., by Catherine Doherty |
When
God Weeps: |
Blessed Among Women: Encounters With Mary and Her Message... |