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Nine Facets of the Effective Small-Group Leader --Videos  
The Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership, Book by Carl George
1 Connect: Relating to Church Leadership
2 Recruit Training someone to replace you
3 Invite: Cultivating Your Network of Relationships
4 Pre pare: Determining the Agenda and Content
5 Meet: Keeping the Group on Target
6 Worship: Staying Connected through Worship Services
7 Serve: Meeting Needs In and Beyond the Group
8 Win: Reaching People with the Gospel
9 Secrets: Connecting with God

Luke 12: ²⁹Don't keep worrying about having something to eat or drink. ³⁰Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father knows what you need. ³¹But put God's work first, and these things will be yours as well.     ³²My little group of disciples, don't be afraid! Your Father wants to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves moneybags that never wear out. Make sure your treasure is safe in heaven, where thieves cannot steal it and moths cannot destroy it. ³⁴Your heart will always be where your treasure is.
    ³⁵Be ready and keep your lamps burning ³⁶just like those servants who wait up for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he comes and knocks, they open the door for him. ³⁷Servants are fortunate if their master finds them awake and ready when he comes! I promise you that he will get ready and have his servants sit down so he can serve them. ³⁸Those servants are really fortunate if their master finds them ready, even though he comes late at night or early in the morning. ³⁹You would surely not let a thief break into your home, if you knew when the thief was coming. ⁴⁰So always be ready! You don't know when the Son of Man will come.
    ⁴¹Peter asked Jesus, "Did you say this just for us or for everyone?" ⁴²The Lord answered: Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time? ⁴³Servants are fortunate if their master comes and finds them doing their job. ⁴⁴A servant who is always faithful will surely be put in charge of everything the master owns.
    ⁴⁵But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late. Suppose that servant starts beating all the other servants and eats and drinks and gets drunk. ⁴⁶If that happens, the master will come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him. That servant will then be punished and thrown out with the servants who cannot be trusted. ⁴⁷If servants are not ready or willing to do what their master wants them to do, they will be beaten hard. ⁴⁸But servants who don't know what their master wants them to do will not be beaten so hard for doing wrong. If God has been generous with you, he will expect you to serve him well. But if he has been more than generous, he will expect you to serve him even better.
1. Describe which of the above nine keys have helped you the most. How and why?
 
2. How can we discover ways to improve on what we have been learning?
 
3. What helps us to make bringing others into a small group a lifelong desire?
 
4. Tell how applying the Bible teachings to our daily lives can be the key to small group life.
 
5. Why does it give us much joy and rewards to help others grow and use their gifts?
 
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                            Applications
 
 

Philippians 4: ⁶Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. (CEV)

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