We are in what I consider STORM conditions. These are exponentially changing times with institutions, culture, technology, and climate shifting constantly. Offer your congregation's members, friends, and newcomers LIFE BOATS -- that means small groups! Deploy small groups and small group process as often as possible and in as many contexts as you can. Use them online and onsite. Add them to group conversations to events and experiences that don't presently have them.

CONTENTS
(0:00) Welcome
(0:40) Training Preview
(1:00) Digital is here to stay
(2:30) Hour-long online worship is not a viable first step
(5:00) Prioritize lifeboats = small groups!
(6:26) Expect group less people to drift away
(7:20) Designing a viable congregation
(8:30) Different types of groups
(10:20) Connecting worship and group life
(12:25) If you have declining membership
(13:18) Use video to communicate and connect
(14:20) Engaging with video now essential skill
(15:00) Digital is a primary context of congregational life
(16:00) Recap
(16:17) Use groups to grow and rebuild
(18:16) Focus, simplify, group up, and thrive!
(19:00) Be clear, this is how we're organizing
(19:15) Some will always want to opt-out
(19:50) Groups not your thang?
(20:30) Video Message Academy
(21:25) I know video is hard
(21:40) Small group growth training
(22:20) Share your questions
(22:25) Closing. Thinking of you!

😃 PETER BOWDEN
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