Small group leaders, pastors, and more discussing strategies for growth and community in church groups. The Small Group Network is an international ministry that equips churches to engage in deeper discipleship and community.
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In each episode you will discover effective ways to recruit more leaders, form better groups, and make more disciples. Guests to this monthly podcast will include small group and discipleship experts like Carl George, Dr. Warren Bird, Steve Gladen, Mark Howell, Dr. Bill Donahue, Bill Willits, Chris Surratt, as well as some pastors you've never heard of who are doing some amazing things with small groups and discipleship.
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The God's Design series is a 6 week series for small groups, families, and churches. Each season explores what the Bible has to say about God's design for you individually and as a community. This popular series goes through: 1. God's Design For Your Life 2. God's Design For Great Relationships 3. God's Design For Growing Spiritually 4. God's Design For Greatness 5. God's Design For Changing The World 6. God's Design For Authentic Worship Each episode includes free access to study guides and ...
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The 4 "K"s of Small Group Ministry Spring Cleaning
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20:58Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Spring Cleaning for Small Group Ministry: The 5 Ks with Steve Gladen In this episode of FG Squared, Steve Gladen, the global pastor of small groups from Saddleback Church, shares ins…
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5 Emotional Refreshments for You & Your Groups (Replay)
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34:27Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Equipping Small Group Leaders: Insights from Saddleback Church In this episode of SG Squared, Steve Gladen, the global pastor of small groups at Saddleback Church, shares his extensi…
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Special Episode from the Group Answers Podcast with Chris Surratt and Steve Gladen
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48:01Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! This episode is a very special cross post from the Group Answers podcast. We are sharing in honor of the passing of Chris Surratt, a friend and brother in Christ who has impacted tho…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing an…
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TOP SMALL GROUP MAIL BAG QUESTIONS (Part 3)
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25:40Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing an…
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TOP SMALL GROUP MAIL BAG QUESTIONS (Part 2)
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35:47Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing an…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing an…
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🎂EPISODE 250🎂 - 20 Ways To Honor Your Groups Leaders
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31:57Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 20+ years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Would you like to know about ten unique ways that your small group can evangelize together? Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of sm…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Would you like to know about ten unique ways that your small group can worship together? Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus years of small…
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BONUS New Series: Making Time - Chapter 1
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12:04Introducing a new series: Making Time! DIGITAL GROUP GUIDE How are you at making time? Do you feel like you have enough time in the day? Do you know if you have enough time in the day? Is there a difference between how you feel about time and what you think about your time? This is the first of a 6 part series on Making Time. Everyone has the same …
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Would you like to know about ten unique ways that your small group can serve your church and community? Steve Gladen, Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 plus…
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BONUS EPISODE: Friend of God series from Simple Faith With Rusty George
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4:58Check out the Simple Faith podcast with Rusty George, the lead pastor at Crossroads Christian Church. Rusty and the Simple Faith podcast are doing a brand new limited experience in the month of June called, "Friend of God" This is a sneak peek at the first of the 40 episode series, for the full series, look for "Simple Faith With Rusty George" on y…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Would you like to know the basics of starting a small group ministry? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 25 years of small group ministry e…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Do you need more small group leaders? How would you like to see an exponential increase of volunteers stepping up to serve in your church? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! This month's episode features a panel conversation between Steve Gladen, Dave Enns from North Coast, Rick Howerton from Lakepointe Church, and moderation by Carolyn Taketa. Join us a…
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Think critically: Accomplish More with Less
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Creating an Environment for Spiritual Growth with Dr. Bill Donahue
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1:20:32Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Today's episode comes from a small group conference at Saddleback Church. The session speaker is Dr. Bill Donahue as he shares about how to create an environment for spiritual growth…
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Interviewing Nicky Gumbel - Vicar, Holy Trinity Brompton, and Pioneer of the Alpha Course
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38:54Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, pastor of small groups at Saddleback Church visits London to interview Nicky Gumbel, Vicar, Holy Trinity Brompton, and Pioneer of the Alpha Course. Nicky and his wife P…
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How To Move From Making Friends To Reaching Friends
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58:07Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! The episode features Steve Gladen who, leveraging his extensive experience of over 25 years, offers insights on leading small group ministry in churches. He addresses the common misc…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Do you need more small group leaders? How would you like to see an exponential increase of volunteers stepping up to serve in your church? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at…
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Leading Up or Sucking up? How to lead up & lead out
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58:45Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Do you need more small group leaders? How would you like to see an exponential increase of volunteers stepping up to serve in your church? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at…
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Is Sermon-Based Curriculum Hazardous to your Small Group’s Health?
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Jesus said, “ You will be my witnesses” . . . He wants you to share your story with others . . . There is no other story just like yours, so only you can share it. If you don’t share it, it will be lost forever.” The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren p. 288 Designed to Share Your Story “[The Lord] reached down from on high and took hold of me…
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Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege, and being known and loved is God’s greatest pleasure. God says, if any want to boast that they know and understand me. . . . These are the things that please me. The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren p. 89 Designed to Connect with God David’s connection with God enabled him to live out God’s d…
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Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege, and being known and loved is God’s greatest pleasure. God says, if any want to boast that they know and understand me. . . . These are the things that please me. The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren p. 89 Designed to Connect with God David’s connection with God enabled him to live out God’s d…
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Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege, and being known and loved is God’s greatest pleasure. God says, if any want to boast that they know and understand me. . . . These are the things that please me. The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren p. 89 Designed to Connect with God David’s connection with God enabled him to live out God’s d…
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Like stained glass, our different personalities reflect God’s light in many colors and patterns. This blesses the family of God with depth and variety. It also blesses us personally. It feels good to do what God made you to do. The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren p. 243–244 Designed to Serve Others Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do yo…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Do you need more small group leaders? How would you like to see an exponential increase of volunteers stepping up to serve in your church? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at…
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What We Can Learn From The 5 Words That Changed Amazon
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How To Disciple People, Not Just Lead Groups
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57:14Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! You can download your planner HERE and the church planner HERE and the full workbook from the conference HERE Check out the videos referenced in the podcast HERE Welcome to SG square…
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Session 2: Designed to Grow Spiritually “Spiritual maturity is becoming like Jesus in the way we think, feel, and act. The more you develop Christlike character, the more you will bring glory to God. The Bible says, ‘As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.’” The Purpose Driven Lif…
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Download the study guide and other resources for free at https://lumivoz.com/gods-design-series/ Session 1: Designed for Relationships “Community requires commitment. Only the Holy Spirit can create real fellowship between believers, but he cultivates it with the choices and commitments we make. Paul points out this dual responsibility when he says…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 20+ years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! 1. How do you handle unclear or wrong communication? 2. How do you handle worry? 3. How do you figure out who's after you? 4. How do you handle failure? 7 Lessons Learned from Face P…
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How To Connect To Everyone In Your Church!
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1:07:08Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! You can download your planner HERE and the church planner HERE Check out the videos referenced in the podcast HERE Everyone's got excuses... and here are 5 of the most common. But if…
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7 Ways CRM Can Improve Discipleship!
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3 Areas for Your Groups to Shine in Today’s Culture
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43:53Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Listen is as we go back to February 2021 and the 3 Areas for Your Groups to Shine in Today’s Culture. We still find that this will be relevant in your group's setting today! 7 Civili…
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Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren (Part 2)
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22:34By Steve Gladen | Lumivoz
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Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren (Part 1)
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32:55Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Listen in as Pastor Rick Warren talks about the coming trends in small group ministries. This was from our Lobby 2019 Gathering and is still relevant today! Part 2 next week! ★ Suppo…
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10 Strategic Tips for Follow Up with Small Group Leaders
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49:14Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Goal: To know how to set and be comfortable having coffee/follow ups with Small Group leaders. Why: We want you to be totally comfortable contacting and meeting with small group lead…
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! In this episode, Steve Gladen breaks down 5 areas where ministry leaders can re-imagine how they do coaching for their groups ministry. The following is what will specifically be cov…
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4 Vital Trainings, Which Are You Missing?
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Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren
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33:01Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! From the Lobby Gathering in 2019, Pastor Rick Warren shares his heart on Small Groups and what is to come. ★ Support this podcast ★By Steve Gladen | Lumivoz
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Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, pulls from his 20+ years of small group ministry experience to encourage and equip listeners to lead healthier, growing…
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5th Wednesday: Crawl, Walk, Or Run Into The Future Of Small Groups
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53:59Sign up for the Lobby Gathering: Small Group Conference May 13-15th in Southern California at https://smallgroupnetwork.com/conferences/ Food and lodging are included! Steve Gladen and James Browning look at the history of the small group network and what things that are currently happening that could make a big difference for you or your ministry.…
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