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Small Group Leadership

  1. Lesson One
    Introduction
    7 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Stop Speeding Up and Start Slowing Down
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Stop Talking and Start Listening
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Stop Trying to Impress Others and Start Impacting Others
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Stop Looking for Similarities and Start Appreciating Differences
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Stop Being Study-Led and Start Being Purpose-Led
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Stop Providing Answers and Start Inviting Conversation/Stop Expecting Trust and Start Earning Trust
    6 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Stop Telling What and Start Asking Now What?
    6 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Lesson Nine
    Stop Gathering and Start Connecting
    6 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  10. Lesson Ten
    Stop Frustrating and Start Facilitating
    6 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  11. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    2 Activities

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Small Group Leadership Introduction Scripture Meditation
Lesson 1, Activity 4

Scripture Meditation

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Spend some time carefully reading the Scripture passage below, utilizing the simple three-step method of Receive, Reflect, and Respond. Download the Course Workbook (PDF) to your device to complete these activities digitally. You may also choose to write your responses in your own journal.

This activity supports learning objectives 2 and 3.

Read Philippians 2:1–2. Then read it again. 

Receive | Retell in your own words what is happening in this text. 
What is being described? Who are the characters and what are they saying or doing? Does the text tell us why they are doing or saying these things? 

Read the passage again. 

Reflect | Consider how this text contributes to your understanding of small group ministry. 
What can we learn about leadership from this text? Does this text bring to mind other passages of Scripture? 

Read the passage one last time. 

Respond | Connect this text to your own experience. 
What does this verse teach you about the purpose of a small group?