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Ending a Group Well

April 24, 2014 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

I remember the last night of the group. It was relatively the same group that had started together a year and a half before. I had led the group for a year and someone else had taken over for the following 6 months. The group had been through a lot over that year- laughing, crying, […]

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Top 10 Teams on T.V.

April 18, 2014 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

For any group to reach its potential, a leader has to understand his strengths and weaknesses. He also has to value the strengths and weaknesses of those on his team. For example, I was just playing t-ball with my sons and we lost a ball in the neighbors yard. I could figure out how a […]

Filed Under: blog, Groups, humor, Leadership, personality, Small Group Tagged With: a-team, avengers, care bears, fellowship of the ring, funny, g.i. joe, ghostbusters, humor, jla, lone survivor, navy, ninja turtles, small group, star wards, teams, the walking dead

Personality Matters in Small Group

April 11, 2014 By drairwolf 2 Comments

Who you are affects how you lead a group. The better you understand yourself- your personality, preferences, strengths, and weaknesses, the better you’ll be able to help your group thrive. I remember being on a leadership team in college with 3 others students. Two of them talked things out loud- like me. So, we would […]

Filed Under: blog, church, Groups, Leadership, Life, personality, Small Group, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: differences, lord of the rings, personality, small group

You’re not a robot: 7 ways to experience God

April 3, 2014 By drairwolf 1 Comment

You are not a robot!  Sometimes we believe the lie that there’s only one way to connect with Jesus. We’re supposed to love  being around people and music and quiet Bible study. But, the truth is, God didn’t create an army of robots- he created individuals; and not one person is like another. That means […]

Filed Under: blog, church, Groups, Leadership, Small Group, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized Tagged With: connecting with, connecting with God, Pathways, Sacred Pathways, small group, spiritual growth

Beware Chocolate Bunny Syndrome

March 9, 2014 By drairwolf 2 Comments

It’s always great around Easter to get a chocolate bunny. But, over the years, I’ve learned to temper my excitement until I better examine the bunny. Some are made of pure chocolate and I’m joyfully forced to figure out how to consume so much chocolate. But, other chocolate bunnies hold a dark secret. They may […]

Filed Under: blog, church, Groups, Leadership, Small Group, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: bunny, Chocolate, church leadership, Easter, missional, missional community, small group, spiritual growth, spiritual health

How the Grinch Stole Small Group

February 26, 2014 By drairwolf 1 Comment

In the story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch believes the true meaning of Christmas is presents. Believing this, he steals all the Christmas presents from the unsuspecting Whos in Whoville to stop Christmas from coming. But, Christmas morning he finds all the whos singining their hearts out and realizes that Christmas had nothing […]

Filed Under: blog, church, Groups, Leadership, Small Group, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Grinch, mission, missional community, small group, true meaning

Is Your Church Better Than Starbucks?

February 16, 2014 By drairwolf 2 Comments

I worked at Starbucks for almost 3 years and absolutely loved it. I worked in the drive thru and opened most mornings. I would get to the store at 4:15 in the morning and we would open at 5. Our goal at Starbucks was to give each customer a “Legendary” experience. We didn’t want to […]

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Train Your Replacement

February 13, 2014 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

There’s this great scene in the movie, “We Were Soldiers” when a group was training to land and jump out of a helicopter. As the officer is about to hop out first and lead the way, Mel Gibson’s character points to him and says, “He’s dead, what do you do?” After a few seconds of […]

Filed Under: blog, Groups, Leadership Tagged With: apprentice, assistant, replacement, We were soldiers

4 Secrets of a Legendary Host Home

February 8, 2014 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking through all the homes I’ve led a group in over the years and how thankful I am for each one. Without a good host home, a small group will never develop into a growing and loving group. Bottom line- host homes matter. In thinking about this, I began to wonder what are […]

Filed Under: blog, Leadership Tagged With: Fuel Groups, Host, Host Home, small groups

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