http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/trouble-getting-consistent-small-group-leaders Orange Leaders Forum en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:54:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/search.php http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/trouble-getting-consistent-small-group-leaders#post-173 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:35:05 +0000 ChristinaBergevin 173@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Well...you have some significant hurdles there! All the more amazing to see where God takes you! </p> <p>We started in a similar rectangular carpeted room. The following purchases made the environment soooo much better... We created a "stage" with a brightly colored rug &amp; put a portable screen behind it. I ran all the media through my laptop with a portable projector &amp; small speakers. Using portable rolling walls, we create 5 small "pods" around the perimeter of the room for small group space. Using each corner of the room, as well as the back wall, these small circular spaces felt like little small group "forts"! Each space had a small rug as a focal point to lay out materials and gather around (sitting on the floor). We also put a funky Ikea lamp in each one so we could lower the lights during small group times. The kids love the "club house" feel &amp; the lowered lights &amp; group separation helped our small group leaders keep focus &amp; create some group dynamics. We used the center of the rooms for any larger games.</p> <p>As far as services for adults go...when we cannot find a regular small group leader,our strategy is to pair leaders and had them trade one month on - one month off. Leadership stays consistent through each vitue, and over time many of those paired sg leaders build "team teaching" relationships and communicated regularly with each other regarding thier small group. On the month they serve,our media team makes a DVD of the adult service available to them. DVD's were ready to go home with them by the time pack everything up. Not everyone takes advantage of the DVD's, but for those who are truly hung up about missing service, it is appreciated. </p> http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/trouble-getting-consistent-small-group-leaders#post-172 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:51 +0000 juanchoguti72 172@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ <p>Our church has been meeting in a hotel for the past 4 years. Our kids meet in one of the hotel's smaller conference rooms which we divide in half. One half is for toddlers and pre-school and the other half is for elementary. We get about 45-50 kids each week. </p> <p>One of the challenges we face in having consistent small group leaders is that since we only have one service per week, our leaders need to rotate in order to experience the adult worship service. </p> <p>The other issue is that our environment is brutal on our kids, but especially on our volunteers. All they have is an overcrowded, square, plain, hotel meeting room with no audio or video, and it just gets so hard to engage kids in that environment. The result is that volunteers don't want to be "stuck" in there every week. Any ideas? </p>