http://www.juniorhighministry.com/2009/04/09/small-groups-on-my-mind/ Junior High Rocks! Mon, 14 May 2012 17:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.juniorhighministry.com/2009/04/09/small-groups-on-my-mind/#comment-16896 Markeades Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:59:09 +0000 http://www.simplykurt.com/?p=766#comment-16896 A book that I want to read but haven't yet that seems to speak to this idea of how to structure groups is "The Search to Belong," by Joseph Myers - I wonder if some of his ideas wouldn't help with this discussion. If anything give us a language that we can use to understand this issue better. A book that I want to read but haven’t yet that seems to speak to this idea of how to structure groups is “The Search to Belong,” by Joseph Myers – I wonder if some of his ideas wouldn’t help with this discussion. If anything give us a language that we can use to understand this issue better.

]]> http://www.juniorhighministry.com/2009/04/09/small-groups-on-my-mind/#comment-16895 David Malouf Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:40:21 +0000 http://www.simplykurt.com/?p=766#comment-16895 At the risk of proving my outsiderness: what do you want Small Groups to do, install, accomplish, create, instill, begin, ______? At the risk of proving my outsiderness: what do you want Small Groups to do, install, accomplish, create, instill, begin, ______?

]]> http://www.juniorhighministry.com/2009/04/09/small-groups-on-my-mind/#comment-16894 Kurt Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:13:43 +0000 http://www.simplykurt.com/?p=766#comment-16894 Mike, I think we are like you when it comes to curriculum....we give our leaders a "menu" of stuff to choose from and pretty much let them decides what fits their groups best. So in that way I guess we do have it "both ways" somewhat. Mike, I think we are like you when it comes to curriculum….we give our leaders a “menu” of stuff to choose from and pretty much let them decides what fits their groups best. So in that way I guess we do have it “both ways” somewhat.

]]> http://www.juniorhighministry.com/2009/04/09/small-groups-on-my-mind/#comment-16893 Mike Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:58:26 +0000 http://www.simplykurt.com/?p=766#comment-16893 Wondering about Small group Structure: Can we have it both ways? We like to mix structured unified curriculum with almost-affinity times where the small group leaders and students get to dictate the direction of the group. We've found that the leaders feel refreshed and excited as the students buy into the group more, which really helps when we use a curriculum. We probably use curriculum 70 percent of the time and let the leaders and students lead 30 percent of the time. (Now, 30 percent of the time I have to be on top of things a lot more to make sure everyone's actually heading in a direction, and not just playing dodgeball every week for an hour.) Wondering about Small group Structure:
Can we have it both ways? We like to mix structured unified curriculum with almost-affinity times where the small group leaders and students get to dictate the direction of the group. We’ve found that the leaders feel refreshed and excited as the students buy into the group more, which really helps when we use a curriculum. We probably use curriculum 70 percent of the time and let the leaders and students lead 30 percent of the time. (Now, 30 percent of the time I have to be on top of things a lot more to make sure everyone’s actually heading in a direction, and not just playing dodgeball every week for an hour.)

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