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At the 2012 Preteen conference attendees were asked to write their ideas of what they do with Small Groups so we could share them with the world. Here are the small group ideas: 1.Games within your small groups. It gets the quiet kids to open up and talk more. 2. Small groups of boys with [...]

My messages rarely have a point. Well, they have a point, but I don’t use it. And to be honest, the entire ministry is better for it. I recently began to purposefully erase the main point from my messages when speaking to preteens so that our small group leaders could deliver that point. I was [...]

Time Machines From September to December I try things out and learn along the way, wishing I had a time machine so I could go back and try again with the things I’ve learned. Only here’s my secret: I do have a time machine. I call it “January.” And instead of going backwards, it takes [...]

This post was originally published at jcisonline.com. Last night at our Switch C-Groups I let my 6th grade boys know that we would be talking about some questions that they had over the next few weeks. These questions are about faith, the Bible, God, and Jesus. So it will be a good opportunity to ask and see [...]

This past week was part two of our three week long “month ‘o kick off.” (Why do it just once when you can do it all month long?!) The first week was focused on registering all our students (and riding a mechanical bull). The second week was focused on connecting every student with their small [...]

This month we added something new to our preteen ministry: a second time for small groups. Our small groups always meet after Whatever You Do (our worship segment) and Roots (our teaching segment). They would have 25 minutes in their small groups. A couple months ago I sat in a room where our small groups [...]