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Open Season at The Small Group Fraternity

Looking for a way to stay up with the latest in the small group ministry world?  You might want to consider joining the Small Group Fraternity.  Regular conference calls with small group experts like Carl George and Bill Donahue combined with great interaction with other small group practitioners from pace-setting churches around the country.  After 9 months of testing the concept we're ready to open up the membership.

You can find out more about subscribing by taking our survey: Click Here to take survey.

Or, you might want to listen in to our call with Carl George for a sample.  Click Here for a sample

Join Us For A Free Taste of Coaching!

Want to launch some new small groups before summer?  You can if you move quickly.  With an early Easter (March 23) you've got time to start some new groups that will help connect an additional wave of people in your church.  But don't hesitate!  It'll be summer before you know it.

You're invited to join me for a FREE 60 minute teleconference designed to help you maximize an early Easter.  You'll learn the 4 Keys to Launching Healthy Small Groups and the Secrets of Developing an Effective Launch Timeline.

Choose from two available times:

• Wednesday, March 12th at 11:00 a.m. PST, 2:00 p.m. EST
• Tuesday, March 18th at 10:00 a.m. PST, 1:00 p.m. EST

CLICK HERE to sign up for this FREE taste of our telecoaching program.

4 Keys to Launching Healthy Small Groups

There are four essential ingredients to a preliminary discussion about launching healthy small groups off an event (like Easter).  They may sound oversimplified...but these are the keys:

• Begin with the end in mind
• Recruit a solid hundred-fold team to a 10 to 13 week commitment
• Choose a curriculum that is easy to use
• Give every new small group something to do next that is similar in kind...by week 4

If you're joining us for today's teleconference, here are the links I mention:

• Circle and Square
• Easy/Hard Continuum
• How to Build an Effective Coaching Structure
• Launching a Healthy Small Group Ministry

Join Us for a Free Taste of Coaching!

Looking for a way to jump-start your small group ministry?  With an early Easter this year (March 23) you can launch some new groups and give them almost 10 weeks before they get to summer.  That's big!  Don't miss this chance to launch groups and connect additional people!

Want some help taking this important step?  Join us for Take Advantage of Easter to Launch Groups, a FREE taste of one of our teleconference coaching modules.  This will be an action-packed hour...you won't want to miss it.  We'll be talking about the 4 Keys to Launching Healthy Small Groups and the Secrets of Developing an Effective Launch Timeline.  Want to come along?  Click Here to Sign Up for the Call!