How to Lead Small Groups (LifeChange) - Softcover

Melody Carlson is the best-selling author of more than one hundred books, including young adult favorites Dark Blue, Deep Green, Torch Red, Pitch Black, Burnt Orange, Fool's Gold, and Bitter Rose, the first seven books in the TRUECOLORS series. She has two grown sons and enjoys an active lifestyle of hiking, skiing, and biking. Melody lives in the beautiful Oregon Cascade Mountains with her husband and Labrador retriever.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BECOME A FIRST-RATE SMALL GROUP LEADER. Whether you're new, a veteran, or just thinking about it, How to Lead Small Groups will make you a more effective small group leader-of a more successful small group! How to Lead Small Groups covers leadership skills for all kinds of small groups-Bible study, fellowship, task, and support groups. And it's designed to help you hit the ground running, by giving you all the tools and information you need-without making you wade through complicated or time-consuming background information, theory, or rationales. With 20 years of small group experience, Neal McBride knows what makes or breaks a small group-and what can make or break you as a leader! So he's filled How to Lead Small Groups with step-by-step guidance and practical exercises to help you grasp the critical aspects of small-group leadership and dynamics including: defining your group's purpose; covenanting; understanding group stages; evaluating your group; handling conflict; asking good discussion questions; and stimulating healthy fellowship, sharing, and prayer. So whether you've never led a small group before, or have led hundreds, you'll want to keep How to Lead Small Groups close at hand. You and the groups you lead will benefit from these clear, concise leadership essentials over and over again.