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99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders: Tips for Rookies & Veterans on Leading Youth Ministry Small Groups
Lives are changed. Decisions are made. Jokes are shared. Lifelong friendships are formed.
If you're a small group leader, you probably ask yourself lots of questions. Am I making a difference? Am I wisely investing my time, energy, and resources? How can I maximize my impact in these kids' lives?
Find the answers you're looking for in 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders . Like other books in our 99 Thoughts series, Joshua Griffin's latest book delivers insights, tips, and veteran advice for small group leaders. When put into play, these bite-size, consumable pieces of wisdom can help leaders "knock it out of the park," setting them up to win.
If you're a small group leader, you'll come back to this book again and again for encouragement, inspiration, and direction.
And if you're a leader of leaders, you'll want to put this book into the hands of every small group leader-an investment in their lives and the lives of students in your youth ministry.
If you're a small group leader, you probably ask yourself lots of questions. Am I making a difference? Am I wisely investing my time, energy, and resources? How can I maximize my impact in these kids' lives?
Find the answers you're looking for in 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders . Like other books in our 99 Thoughts series, Joshua Griffin's latest book delivers insights, tips, and veteran advice for small group leaders. When put into play, these bite-size, consumable pieces of wisdom can help leaders "knock it out of the park," setting them up to win.
If you're a small group leader, you'll come back to this book again and again for encouragement, inspiration, and direction.
And if you're a leader of leaders, you'll want to put this book into the hands of every small group leader-an investment in their lives and the lives of students in your youth ministry.
- GenresChristian Non Fiction
156 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2010
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April 3, 2021
Full of good tips but it was for youth small groups, and I am part of an adult one, so some tips didn’t apply to me.
May 5, 2023
Definitely more than 99 thoughts in this book! The people at DYM loves their lists for sure.
A decent introduction/reference for small group leaders. It definitely assumes a certain way of doing small groups, but it can be contextualized. At it’s heart is relational ministry, and that’s it’s strength. It’s also very readable (which is helpful for those leaders who despise reading).
It’s weaknesses are it’s scattershot, loosely organized structure and it’s surface level content. Not that it addresses superficial content, but it is limited in the extent it can go into detail on important topics and questions.
A helpful resource to refresh or inspire yourself on what it means to be a leader in youth ministry, and a good resource to hand to a leadership team.
A decent introduction/reference for small group leaders. It definitely assumes a certain way of doing small groups, but it can be contextualized. At it’s heart is relational ministry, and that’s it’s strength. It’s also very readable (which is helpful for those leaders who despise reading).
It’s weaknesses are it’s scattershot, loosely organized structure and it’s surface level content. Not that it addresses superficial content, but it is limited in the extent it can go into detail on important topics and questions.
A helpful resource to refresh or inspire yourself on what it means to be a leader in youth ministry, and a good resource to hand to a leadership team.
November 9, 2023
Great book full of helpful thoughts! Small groups in my ministry setting are different than what’s assumed in this book (our small groups are part of our weekly large group gathering instead of their own program), but the tips, encouragements, and strategies can often carry over anyway. I’m considering using this as a Christmas gift to resource our middle school and high school small group leaders
August 25, 2019
I didn’t read it all but I skimmed and got good ideas for leading a youth group.
January 26, 2013
This was an enjoyable quick read and probably accomplished its purpose of encouraging and inspiring me as a youth leader of a small group. It could probably have been written a little more tightly and said everything in a lot less words, but the format was fun to read. While none of the information was really new, I think we all need to be reminded of the principles contained in this little volume, which could probably be summed up with the idea that we need to focus on "prayer and care".
September 19, 2013
A birthday gift from my friend Nancy, this has been an invaluable resource for my role as a high school youth leader!
October 3, 2014
Little bits of good advice for youth small group leaders.
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