Leading Small Groups That Thrive by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2020-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Engaging Service Opportunities

Give away the coordination of service projects, meal trains, baby showers, or whatever else your group takes on. For example, a member of Jason’s current small group coordinates partnerships with a local nonprofit that connects people to serve and support the foster care community. This group member directs the entire group to serving opportunities.

Facilitating Elements of Group Gatherings

One of the most potent lies about the leadership of small groups is the expectation that the leader should do everything for the group. This lie is further exacerbated by the culture of consumption prevalent in much of North American culture. It rears its ugly head in group life when the leader or group members expect the leader to do and be everything for them. The more you delegate, the more you directly combat this culture and help create a culture of contribution.

We are not suggesting wholesale surrender of your leadership; rather, we’re suggesting you recruit a team of leaders and train them to lead. Teams of leaders are almost always better than single leaders, but only if those teams share authority and responsibility for providing leadership. Thus, small group leaders should seek to work themselves out of the sole leadership role, and toward recruiting and raising up new leaders, and leading new, multiplied groups. Make that your goal, too! (We’ll discuss this leadership development function in chapter 10.)

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