Tips & Tricks For Leading a Great Small Group: Part 3

Week 3

Questions From Leaders

1. How as a leader do you deal with burnout? - Josh

2. What do I do when my students don’t pay attention to the message? - James 

3. Sometimes the teaching in the messages is hard for me to wrap my head around, let alone my students. What am I supposed to do on nights like that? - Kaitlyn

4. I started the semester with 10 students, and now I’m down to 2, if they even show up… What am I doing wrong? - James

5. I’m getting ghosted by parents. How do I re-engage them? What are some of the best ways to partner with parents in helping students? - Kaitlyn

6. What process have worked/not worked for bringing additional kids to the group/church? - Josh

7. What is the thing you struggle with most as a leader? - James

8. How to pastor/encourage students with a difficult home situation (divorce etc.)? - Josh

9. What are some best strategies for pastoring immature/or unengaged students? How am I supposed to deal with the one kid who is dysregulated and derails the conversation every week? - Kaitlyn

10. How do you lead someone through a personal issue with religion and keep them coming back, as well as with the church/ someone at the church? - James

11. I have been serving in Switch for a long time, but I can’t see the fruit/any difference in these kids. Is this really the right fit for me? - Josh