tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791236692805683610.post3437955372223825562..comments2022-12-03T14:50:54.324-08:00Comments on The Naked Truth About Small Groups: Group Curriculum: The good, the bad, and the uglyRandall Neighbourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15682886627547670154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791236692805683610.post-43250672033477557352010-09-16T21:20:46.131-07:002010-09-16T21:20:46.131-07:00George, I have written and re-written a reply to y...George, I have written and re-written a reply to your comment three times now but I would like others to articulate a response.Randall Neighbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682886627547670154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791236692805683610.post-42978645191916114902010-09-16T17:29:39.651-07:002010-09-16T17:29:39.651-07:00I dislike the small group my pastor heads. He reh...I dislike the small group my pastor heads. He rehashs his sermom and gets disturbed if I ask questions related to Christian ethics of living in a democratic industrialized multi-cultural suburban society rather than an ancient agrargian autocratic of 3,000 years ago. I go but I get more inspiration of the Diety when I am at the Grand Canyon, or working as an RN (34 years experience), or being a husband to my wife. GeorgeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18099280508352704229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791236692805683610.post-8149654834626373252010-09-15T12:12:28.363-07:002010-09-15T12:12:28.363-07:00I have been involved with leading small groups for...I have been involved with leading small groups for over 20 years and the author hits it on the head when he notes the tendency to make a Sunday School class out of a small group. As someone has said, we need three levels of group interaction, Hearts to God (Praise and Worship), Head to Head (Bible classes), and Heart to Heart (Small groups). A half dozen well-focused questions is all a group will have time to process and apply.Brad Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3791236692805683610.post-1020820282748924152010-08-24T18:04:32.377-07:002010-08-24T18:04:32.377-07:00As a cell church planter for nine years I wrote 5 ...As a cell church planter for nine years I wrote 5 open-ended discussion questions from each sermon I preached. Next to the textual study, it was the hardest and most important work I did each week. These plus a few informational or background notes (never more than 5 sentences) became the discussion guides for our cell leaders and groups. I'm in a position of coaching other church planters in a missionary context now, and whenever I get a chance I coach them to follow this model. It is simple but not simplistic, and if the preacher is doing his/her job, it will always be relevant to the local culture. And it avoids all of the pitfalls noted in this pastor's frustrations.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192966897254663033noreply@blogger.com