Helping Marriages in Community Groups and Beyond
We've been married for 44 years and mentoring couples for the past 18, including leading the Art of Marriage courses at Northridge. We know from experience that marriage is hard and we've walked alongside many struggling couples in group. Not sure where to start in helping the marriages in your group? We'll explore that in our breakout.
How To Find and Keep New People
How do you find new people for your group? How do you get them to attend? If they do attend, how do you get them to stick? We'll attempt to answer those questions in this breakout.
How To Multiply Your Group Without Killing It
Is your group considering multiplication, but not sure you are ready? Are you ready, but are not sure how? Have you been through a bad group multiplication? In this breakout we'll discuss what we've learned from 150+ group multiplications and consider best practices to prepare your current group, and your next group to thrive after multiplication
Unearthing Potential
Maybe you feel like you have been leading alone for a while? Or maybe you would like to multiply someday but never seem to have enough leaders to pull it off? This breakout provides practical information on how to find the next great leaders for your community group! Most leaders try to develop the best strategy while the best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.
From Checklist To Intimacy With Christ
In this breakout I want to share with you my own journey of pursuing Christ. After serving in vocational ministry for years, I thought my walk with God was good. Then one day God got my attention and not only renewed my desire to pursue Christ, but changed my whole life in the process. We want to share that story with you and spend some time together figuring out how we can all make sure that we have our first domino in place as we pursue Christ together.
Overcoming Spiritual Apathy
How do we get out of a place of spiritual emptiness when we struggle with the motivation to pursue Christ? In this breakout we'll examine what to do when your love for Christ has grown cold and your heart is weary, frustrated, or empty.
Lessons From Leading A Group Through A Rough Season
The last 2 years have been rough. There have been so many ups and downs, with more downs than ups. Everyone has experienced loss to some degree or another. How do we lead ourselves during these times let alone a whole group of people looking to us for help?
Leading Group Discussions That Develop Disciples
In this breakout we'll share how to lead discussions that are engaging, authentic, and lead toward spiritual growth through the application of His Word. We'll also include some curriculum recommendations for your group this fall, whether you'd like to discuss a book, a book of the Bible, or Sunday's sermon.
How Our Relationships Point Us To Christ
We all want to grow spiritually and yet for many of us, conflict in our relationships seems to make that harder instead of easier. In this breakout we'd like to explore how God can use your relationships, inside and outside of group, to help you grow.
Coming Alongside Others When Life Is Hard
How do we help our group members, whether they want our help or not. This breakout is designed to relieve the pressure you may feel for caring for your group members, while giving you confidence in how to help when you don't know what to do or say.
New Leader Training
If you are a new leader, considering leadership, or you've never attended at Group Leader Training at Northridge, this breakout is for you. We'll go over the responsibilities and requirements of leading as well as the practical nitty gritty of leading your group each week.
New Leader Breakout
If you are a new leader, considering leadership, or you've never attended at Group Leader Training at Northridge, this breakout is for you. We'll go over the responsibilities and requirements of leading as well as the practical nitty gritty of leading your group each week.
Side By Side
Whether or not you have any formal training, education, or experience in counseling, this breakout will help you build a framework that anyone can use to provide Biblical care and counsel as we aim to lovingly walk side by side with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Those Needy People
How do you care for the people in your group who's needs go beyond what anyone seems capable of providing?
Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are not just common struggles of our group members, they are an epidemic. In fact, you may put yourself in this category. Whether or not you've experienced this yourself, how do you help those in your group who are going through a season of darkness?
Caring For The Spiritually Immature
Have you ever experienced group members who are not only spiritually immature, but who also have very little desire to grow spiritually? How do you lead your group members from spiritual infancy to a growing faith?
How To Address Unhealthy Dating Relationships
What do you do when someone in your group makes a bad relationship decision? Whether it is dating an unbeliever, living with their boyfriend, sleeping with their girlfriend, or dating while in the process of getting a divorce. This breakout will give you a Biblical framework for how to think about these issues and practical steps on how to carefully address them with the members of your group.
