In Making Your Small Group Work, a four-session, video-based study, Cloud, Donahue, and Townsend provide four 60-minute sessions to train leaders and group members in the foundational values and practices of becoming a life-changing community. Designed to create healthy group dynamics and an atmosphere that fosters personal growth, this innovative approach equips groups with essential skills and values for creating truly life-changing small groups.
20 sessions
Duration: 4:24:58
Duration: 21:23
In Session 1, "Getting Connected—God's Purpose for Small Groups," you will learn the benefits of being in a small group and how you can grow spiritually together.
Duration: 23:12
In Session 2, "The Five Habits of Life-Changing Groups," you will learn how you can build into your group the essential qualities of care, safety, authenticity, growth, and help.
Duration: 18:48
In Session 3, "Setting Ground Rules," as a group, you will write your ground rules and make sure everyone agrees on them.
Duration: 32:04
In Session 4, "Determining Your Group's Purpose," you will decide your group's purpose by answering three questions and nail down an agenda of what your meetings will look like.
Duration: 25:39
In Extended Training 1, "Confrontation," you will learn how to confront issues that come up in your group to promote a sense of wholeness.
Duration: 26:04
In Extended Training 2, "Conflict Resolution," you will learn two types of conflict and how to deal with each of them.
Duration: 22:12
In Extended Training 3, "Dealing with People in Crisis," you will learn how to react appropriately when someone in your group experiences life-changing crises.
Duration: 6:53
Active Listening
Duration: 5:29
Being Attentive
Duration: 14:08
Telling Your Story (Without Going On and On)
Duration: 4:29
Group Check-in #1
Duration: 6:17
Asking Good Questions
Duration: 4:50
Calling Out the Best in Others
Duration: 10:48
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Duration: 7:01
Duration: 6:42
Responding to Someone Who is Hurting
Duration: 9:49
Helping Others Take "Growth Risks"
Duration: 4:26
Prayer
Duration: 5:03
Group Check-in #2
Duration: 9:41
Confessing Your Faults