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SMALL
GROUP
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
CREATING A LEAD SMALL CULTURE
Every kid needs to be known by someone and to belong somewhere.
Most leaders agree—and that’s one reason for a shift in the way many churches are discipling their kids. Think of it this way:
connecting kids to a consistent leader who believes in God and believes in them is something the church can do that nothing
else in culture does.
Creating a Lead Small Culture, by Reggie Joiner, Kristen Ivy, and Elle Campbell, is for every leader of small group leaders.
Strategy, best practices, training tips, and real-life stories from over 20 ministry leaders across the US and Canada—this book
has what you need to create an effective small group culture in your church.
Purchase “Creating A Lead Small Culture” in our online store (orangestore.org) or at amazon.com.
LEAD SMALL APP
Tired of printing reams of pages that end up the floor of your small group leaders’ cars or in their recycling bins?
With the Lead Small App, you can provide them with every tool they need in pixels! The app provides training resources,
a way to keep a digital roster of a leader’s “few,” encouragement, and curriculum—right in their pockets.
Even better: YOU now have access to edit the curriculum portion of the app!
The Lead Small App already provides great content from the 252 Basics Curriculum, but now you can edit, switch, or start
from scratch. Lead Small Weekly gives you a Channel ID in the Lead Small App, so your small group leaders can subscribe to
your customized “This Week” content.
Think of Weekly as your new personal assistant. You’ll still need to get your own coffee, though.
The “Lead Small App” is available for any iPhone, iPad or Android device.
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LEAD SMALL GREETING CARDS
So all your small group leaders have a free afternoon every week to shop for encouraging cards to send their “few,” right?
No?
Then these colorful Lead Small Greeting Cards are for your team. Each one includes a variety of themes from “birthday”
to “thank you,” “just because,” “hey!” and “hope you remember to change your socks this week.” (Okay, not really on that
last one.)
Plus, they’re postcards—so you can go easy on the postage budget!
Purchase “Lead Small Greeting Cards” in our online store (orangestore.org).
LEAD SMALL BLOG
If you’re a small group leader...
Or lead small group leaders...
Or think you might want to be one...
This blog is for you.
If you’re passionate enough to take on the early Sunday mornings and the late Friday nights...
If you’re wading through the sugar highs and emotional lows...
If you field sticky hugs and difficult phone calls, all for the purpose of influencing the next generation one small group
at a time...
This blog is for you.
From pampers to pimples, every age group comes with unique joys and challenges. That’s why we’ve split the Lead Small
Blog into three separate age group communities so you can better access the information most suited for you and the few
you are influencing. You’ll find the collective wisdom of a diverse team of family ministry staff, veteran small group leaders
and dedicated volunteers with years of experience doing just what you do.
So join the conversation! Tell us your funny stories. Ask us your toughest questions. Share your moments of powerful lifechange. Together, we can create a community of individuals dedicated to making a BIG difference in the next generation by
leading SMALL.
Visit us at leadsmall.org.
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LEAD SMALL
If you’re a small group leader, you believe in the power of community. But what exactly do you do? What exactly is your job…
aside from managing a kindergarten meltdown or refereeing the fifth-grade boy burping contest?
You may feel lost at times, like your role falls somewhere between a parent and a friend, a coach and a teacher. Truth is,
you aren’t supposed to be any of those things. But you are a little of all of those things.
Lead Small clarifies the responsibility of the small group leader for those who work with children and teenagers. It establishes
five common threads so that those who choose to lead in any size church can work off the same blueprint.
Purchase “Lead Small” in our online store (orangestore.org) or at amazon.com.
LEAD SMALL WEEKLY
No one in your ministry can be more present for a kid than your small group leaders. So how do you leverage the influence
of small group leaders to make a more lasting impact?
You need a well-thought-out strategy that goes beyond gluten-peanut-dairy-free snacks. And we’d like to do the work for
you, so you can spend time doing what only you can do—investing relationally.
Lead Small Weekly is an online subscription that helps you help leaders do group better by breaking down a yearly plan
into a weekly checklist. You’ll also get tons of additional resources including marketing tools, graphics, conversation guides,
welcome kits, and more!
For more information, check out goweekly.com.
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DO FOR A FEW: A TRAINING EVENT ON HOW TO LEAD SMALL
Discipling the next generation is a BIG challenge with a SMALL solution. That’s why you organized your ministry relationally.
You understood that multiple leaders committed to “do for a few” would have more potential than what you could ever do
for many.
But Sundays keep coming, which makes it hard to train your leaders. We’re here to help!
“Do for a Few” Lead Small training is designed to give you everything you need to train and invest in your small group
leaders. Lead Small clarifies the responsibility of the small group leader for those who work with children and teenagers.
It establishes five common characteristics of Leading Small. You can use all the videos at once to create a one-day event,
or show them weekly to inspire, train, and encourage your leaders to keep doing what they do for a few.
Each training kit includes:
• Lead Small book
• Event guide
• Six videos by Reggie Joiner (DVD and Quicktime files)
• Video outlines
• Discussion questions
• “Do for a Few” Prezi
• “Do for a Few” slides
• “Do for a Few” graphics to help promote your event
Purchase the ‘Do For A Few Training Event’ in our online store (orangestore.org).
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