Cell Group Leader Trainer's Guide - TOUCH U.S.A.

1 Traine r s GuideM. SCO TT BO REN and DO N TI LL MANCe ll Gr oupLeader Tra ining :Le ader shi pFoun dat ions forGro up stha tWorkCe ll Gro up Reso urc esTM,a div isio n ofTO UCH Outr each Mi nistr iesHouston, Texa s, U. S. she d by Cell Group Bo x 19888 Hous ton, Texas, 77224- 9888, .A.(281) 497-7901 Fa x (281) 497-0904Co pyright 2002 byTOUCH Outre ach Minis tri es , ri ghts reserv ed. No part of this publ ica tio n ma y be repro duce d,stored in a retrieval system, ortra nsmi tt ed, in an y form or by any means, el ectro ni c, mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,wi thout the pri or wr itt en permissionof the publ isher.

2 Printed in the United States of ver de sign by Don BleylTe xt de si gn by Ri ck ChandlerEdit ing by Blake Egl iAll Scri pture quotations,unless otherwi se ind ica ted ,are from the Holy Bible, New InternationalVersi on,Co pyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Internati ona l Bibl e Society. Used by ll Group ResourcesTMis a book publ ishing divisionofTOUCH Outre ach Mini stri es, a resourceand consultingministry for churcheswith a vision for cell-basedloca l church st ructu nd us on the Wor ld Wid eWeb athttp: //www.

3 Or oduct 1: Cel lGro up Lead er Tr ain ing ,Tr ain er sGu w to Use thi sTrai ner s Gui de ..13Se ssio n 1:Prepa ring Yo ur Hea rt for Cel l Group Lea de rshi p ..26Se ssio n 2:Ge tt ing a Meet ing Off the Gro und ..52Se ssio n 3:How to Fac ilitat e Mini stry in the Ce ll Me eting ..72Se ssio n 4:Pra cticing Tr anspa rent Communi cati on in a Meeting ..94Se ssio n 5:Life Outsi de the Cel l Gro up Mee ting ..112Se ssio n 6:Rea ching Out to Unbel iever ssio n 7:Wal king Toget her thro ug h the Sta ge s of Gr oup Li fe.

4 156Se ssio n 8:Refo rm ing Gr oups by Prod uc ing Lea ders ..186 AppendixA:What Do We Do wi th the Chi ldr en? ..210 Con tent sPart 2: Up war d, Inwa rd, Outwa rd, For war d, Traine r s Gu ide225 How to Use this Tr ainer s Guide ..226Se ssi on 1:Capt uring the Cel l Gro up Visi on ..228Se ssi on 2:Reach Upw ssi on 3:Reach Inwa rd ..255Se ssi on 4:Reach Out wa rd ..265Se ssi on 5:Mo ve For wa rd ..281Se ssi on 6:Put ti ng Yo ur Plans int oActio n ..290 AppendixA:The Four Dyna mics in the Cel l Me eting.

5 293 Part 3: Ho wtoLead anInt er view Discus sio nUsin gtheJourn ey Gui deforCe ll Gr oup Leader to Use this Inter vi ew Guide ..2984Tr ain er s Guide5I wrot e the first manua ls for equi ppi ng cel l leade rs in the earl y 1990 sinSi ngapore. Thi s ne w mate ria l is a ve ry specialrevisionof ea rl ier approachesto thetrai ni ng, and is tr uly st ate of the art! You may be surethe mate rial s ha ve sto od thetest of time. Ther e are no unt est ed ingredients in the es tabl ishingof a ment or re lat ionship be twe en the equi pperand the cell le aderinte rn is even moreim portant than the h se ssionshouldbondthe tra in er to the tr aine e.

6 Do not se e yourselfas a temporarypersonin the li ves ofthoseyou train; ins te ad, re aliz e that for monthsand perhapsye ars to com e you wi llprov ide guidance for thosecom pl eti ng the ph W. Ne ighbour, , TXForeword6Tr ain er s Guide7SE SS IONWhil e wri ti ng this tr ai ning,we re ali zed we are bui ldinguponthe shoulders ofpi onee rs. A resource like this would be impossible withoutthosewho pa ved the wayby dar in g to thi nk out si de the box . Theirbooksand training tool s ha ve la id thefoundation uponwhi ch thi s tra ini ng is this resource you will find adi st ill at ion of the best of the be st.

7 The se pi onee rs incl ude Ra lph W. Nei ghbourJr., Bi ll Be ckham, Ji m Egl i, JoelCom iske y, Kar en Hurston, and Randall are gre atl y indebted to thosewho ha ve gonebef or e spe nt two day s he lpingus wrestle throughthe trai ning sor gani zati on and cont ent .Ot herslike Da wsonMcAl ist er, Ma rk Ha yes, Dani el Ca rr, Jam es Bel l and Eric Le rewpl ay ed cruci al role s in the tra ini ng s testingand development . Wit houtthei r input ,thi s tool would not sta nd as edi tori al supportof Bla ke and Bra ndy Egli ha ve beencruc ial to thede vel opment of this tra ck Chandler, as alwa ys, de ve lope d a use r- fri endl y de sign and attra ct ive h of us owe a gre at de bt to our spouses,ShawnaBorenand Kat hy Ti llm an.

8 Whosefeedback and supporthav e bee n criticalto the project s suc Father has wa lke d us thr oughthe dev elopment of this tool . We pra y that itwi ll be a bl essi ng to His na me and adv anceHis ledgements8 Train er s Gui de9 Intro duct ionCe ll GroupLeaderTrai ningha s be en dev eloped for pa storsand churc h lea derswho do not hav e tim e to be comecell se ssi on incl udesdeta ile dinst ruc ti ons on how to te ach the mat eri al, how to facilitate the act ivi tie s.

9 And how tohe lp people proc ess wha t they ar e le havesoughtto make the processassim pl e as pos sibl hav e als o soughtto make thi s trai ningreproducible so that you ca n de vel opot her trai s ope n for thosewho havethe potential to assistyou infut ure tr ai wi ll find thr ee di ff ere nt tool s in the thre e partsof thisTrai ner sGuide. The ycan work together or se pa rat ely. Part 1: Ce llGrou pLeaderTrainingThi s tr ai ni ng has be en de signedin ei ght sessions(pl us one for chi ldren).

10 Whenus ed, it wi ll equipnew and pot enti al leaders . Part 2: Upwar d, Inward, Outwa rd, ForwardThi s tr ai ni ng has be en de signedto equi p grouple adersand thei r members in thefour dyna mi cs that ma ke a ce ll gr oup effective. Thistrainingwi ll fac ili tat e thede vel opment of a stra tegi c pla n to he lp a groupaccomplishthe purposes of the Group . Part 3: Jou rney Gu ideforCe llGroup LeadersThi sJourneyGuideha s bee n dev elope d to he lp pastorsand lea ders get to knowcurre nt and pote nti al lea de rs.