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Best Small Group Food Ideas: Fried Cabbage

Best Small Group Food Ideas: Fried Cabbage

When one of my small group members was raving about this dish, I was skeptical. Cabbage usually gets a mixed reaction from people, at best.

I was wrong. He made a huge quantity of fried cabbage and sausage and brought it to one of our small group gatherings. The group devoured it! Even those who said they didn’t like cabbage.

I am now a fan and it is on my best small group food ideas list.

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7 Ways to Develop Humility in Your Life

7 Ways to Develop Humility in Your Life

Is humility on your list of leadership traits you want to develop?

Humility is recognized as an important quality for leaders to possess. In the book Good to Great, Jim Collins identified it as one of only two leadership traits attributed to the success of the top Fortune 500 companies.

If the humility of a leader can have a significant impact on the success of a company, don’t you think it…

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5 Ways to Get Comfortable With Silence Using silence is one of the most difficult but valuable skills a small group leader can learn and use. Here are 5 ways leaders can get comfortable with silence.

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5 Ways to Get Comfortable With Silence

5 Ways to Get Comfortable With Silence

What is one of the most difficult skills for new small group leaders to learn and do? It’s allowing silence to remain in the middle of a discussion.

Why is this?

Silence Is Awkward

Silence during a conversation becomes awkward in a matter of seconds. The number of seconds varies by culture, but the awkwardness kicks in at about 4 seconds or less in the United States.

We are social and…

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How to Create a Small Group Conversation that Changes Lives

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Dont Miss Divine Appointments in Your Small Group

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Is a Thank You Note Effective?

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3 Reasons Humility is Critical for Small Group Leaders

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3 Reasons Humility is Critical for Small Group Leaders

3 Reasons Humility is Critical for Small Group Leaders

Humility can be one of the most difficult traits to develop and maintain as a leader. It is also one of the most critical traits required for a leader to be effective.

I struggle in this area and I know other leaders do as well.

What Is Humility?

To understand humility, we need to first understand what pride is.

Arrogance or delusions of greatness on account of one’s achievements,…

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Is a Thank You Note Effective?

Is a Thank You Note Effective?

How long has it been since you wrote a thank you note to someone?

Handwriting a thank you note used to be a common practice. That was before the age of emails and text messages. It doesn’t appear that thank you notes are appreciated and effective anymore.

If you believe this, you will be interested in a recent study.

How Effective Are Thank You Notes?

The New York Timesreported on…

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Divine Appointments in Small Group

Divine Appointments in Small Group

Philip was having significant success as a pastor in Samaria. But an angel of the Lord told him in a dream to go on a trip through the desert. He did, even though it meant leaving a growing ministry and without knowing why God asked him to follow the strange request of taking a desert road.

On the trip, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was in charge of all the treasures of the Ethiopian…

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Benefits of Adding a Greeter to Your Small Group

Benefits of Adding a Greeter to Your Small Group

For as long as I can remember, the churches I went to had greeters at the entrance to lend a helping hand and a smile.

A simple “hello” along with a handshake, high-five, or fist bump gave me a personal and physical  connection right from the start. If I had a question, the greeter had the answer or knew where to get it. If I was visiting for the first time, the greeter let me know where I…

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Want to Accelerate! Your Small Group Ministry?

Want to Accelerate! Your Small Group Ministry?

Have you been dealing with a significant challenge in your small group ministry or want to take your small group program to the next level?

Be sure to check out the time-sensitive offer at the end of this article. (expires 9/5/2018)

Seek Counsel

If so, seeking out counsel can be a tremendous help when in these situations.

…and it’s biblical.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but…

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Participate In a Small Group Connection Event

Participate In a Small Group Connection Event

Where do you find new people to attend your small group?

There are many ways to identify potential members and grow your group. One of those ways is to take advantage of any small group connection event your church schedules.

What Is a Small Group Connection Event?

A small group connection event is simply a recruiting event that is conducted for the purpose of matching people interested in…

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7 Reasons to Greet Your Group Members with a Smile

7 Reasons to Greet Your Group Members with a Smile

Do you like using the drive-thru lanes at fast food restaurants, pharmacies, and banks?

Not me. I avoid drive-thru lanes.

But my wife uses them whenever possible. She loves the convenience and speed.

I seem to be willing to risk marital conflict all the time by pretending the drive-through doesn’t exist.

I don’t avoid them because of the frustration that bubbles up when I try to place an order…

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The Importance of Confidentiality

The Importance of Confidentiality

Get Smart was a comedy television series in the sixties about secret agents. It was one of my favorite shows to watch when I was a kid.

The good spies worked for an agency called CONTROL and the evil spies worked for KAOS. Of course, there were times when CONTROL agents needed to discuss extremely sensitive information that needed protection. How did they do this? They used the Cone of Silence!

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Why Is Food Important In Your Small Group?

Why Is Food Important In Your Small Group?

Think of a time when you were hungry. How did you feel? What was your state of mind during that time?

Why are we told it is a bad idea to go grocery shopping when we are hungry?

Hunger can affect how we feel, what we do, and even the decisions we make.

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Isaac and Rebekah had twins, Esau and Jacob. Esau was a mighty hunter. He loved being in the outdoors. His twin brother was the…

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