It’s easy to overcomplicate things. In an effort to lead well, I often over-think, over-plan, and over-prepare. But sometimes simple methods are the most effective. Although many strategies are useful for leading a Small Group in discussion, in my experience I have seen how three simple questions can create a helpful walk-through for how to understand and apply God’s Word together.

A great way to study the Word together is using the “C.O.M.A.” method (taken from David Helm’s One to One Bible Reading).

As a leader, you have the ability to create a culture for those in your group. What are the basic commitments that you want to characterize yourself and your group members? We adopted five commitments for our group members to strive for as we began to live life together:

There is nothing quite like feeling that you are welcome. And that’s exactly what you want a new person to experience. Here are eleven action steps that you can take to help make sure this happens.

Coaching others doesn’t mean you need to have the answer to every question. In fact, you should be asking most of the questions and having the person you are coaching answer them! The G.R.O.W. model* is a question-based conversation framework for helping you coach others so that they can set their own goals and move toward achieving them.

Just because we have a goal doesn’t mean that we will achieve it. Many goals are never achieved simply because they are sloppy. How can we clean up our goals and help others to do the same? By making what is commonly known as S.M.A.R.T. goals.

Any Christian who calls College Park Church their church family should become a member of our church. If you have people in your group who are not members of the church, how do you encourage them to join?