Mistakes We Make When Choosing Content
By Annie Grandell It has been said that “content is king.” At YDisciple, we believe that “context is king.” Content will only go as far if the teens in your group are comfortable and have …
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4 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Your Teens Grow in Faith
By Annie Grandell You’ll hear it said all the time: “Discipleship is not a program; it’s an apprenticeship in the Christian life.” So how do you apprentice the teenagers in your group? The thought can …
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20 NON-VIDEO Ideas for Small Groups
For the love of God (literally!), don’t show them videos week after week, year after year! I know that sounds crazy coming from people who produce videos for small groups.
Setting Expectations for Your Small Group
Start your small groups strong by setting clear expectations and boundaries at your first meeting.Has your first meeting come and gone? It’s not too late. Boundaries are powerful tools for making everyone’s small group experience …
Small Talk
You have your space set up, video queued, snacks ready, and then the first teenager walks in and it’s time for the thing that many people dread: Small talk. But this skill is critical to …
Discipline & Correction, Part 2
We’ve discussed what to do when you have an unruly small group member. But what do you do when your entire group is off the wall?! Check out the leader training video:
Discipline & Correction, Part 1
What do you do when someone in your group is disruptive or disrespectful? How do we correct that behavior while still respecting them? Check out the leader training video:
Going Deeper: Sharing Lifelines
You know that the purpose of a discipleship group is to go beyond superficial answers and to really share life together, but often we find our groups stuck on the surface. How do we get …
How to Walk With a Skeptic
With the fastest-growing religious group in America being ‘Nones’ (no religious affiliation), it is probable that you will have a young person in your small group with some level of disbelief. How can we effectively …
Tips to Get Them Talking
Every small group leader, even the most seasoned, has experienced it: that dreaded sound of…nothing. You have great content, well-crafted questions and then no one says anything. So how do we get teenagers to actually …