Growing Leaders Thriving Groups

In today's episode, we are closing out a three-part series called Next. We’ve been exploring how to proactively and purposefully invest in the leaders around us to maximize their potential and multiply impact within our groups, churches, and communities. In this final conversation of the series, we’re thrilled to welcome Adam Erlichman of Build Groups to the pod. Adam is going to give us his persp...

In today's episode, we are in Part Two of a three-part series called "Next" and we’re going to take another step by talking about what to do practically with those people we identify- specifically, how to create a pathway toward meaningful responsibility that equips others without either underselling or overwhelming them. 

In today's episode, we are diving into a brand new series called "Next." Over the next three weeks, we are going to dive into one of the most important, but often challenging, aspects of small group leadership: identifying and developing other leaders around us. We’re going to start the conversation today by talking about how to identify quality candidates for leadership, or as we’re going to call...

In this episode, we are in the fourth and final episode of a series called "Living the Joy-Filled Life." As we conclude today, our focus in Philippians 4 will be primarily on the life of our minds—what we think about, how we think about it, and more.

In today's episode, we are in part three of our series "Living the Joy-filled Life" and we're going to talk about goals, and specifically how the specific goals we strive after in life can either enhance or frustrate our experience of joy.

In today's episode, we are continuing in part two of a four-part series called Living the Joy-Filled Life. Over these four episodes, we are walking chapter by chapter through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. As we introduced on our last episode, the overarching theme of this letter is joy and specifically, joy in Jesus, even when we find ourselves in very difficult circumstances. We’re going to t...

In today's episode, we are kicking off a brand new, four-part series called "Living the Joy-Filled Life." Over our next four episodes, we’ll be walking chapter by chapter through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. As the title of this series indicates, the overarching theme of this letter is joy- and specifically, joy in Jesus, even amid less-than-ideal circumstances. This is a powerful little lett...

In today's episode, we conclude our series “In the Company of Jesus” by looking one final time at Jesus’ life and asking perhaps the most important question we must all answer: What shall I do with Jesus?

In today's episode, we continue our series, “In the Company of Jesus,” by examining Jesus’ life, specifically focusing on how his death and resurrection changed everything for us, as it proves that He was the Son of God.

In today's episode, we continue our “In the Company of Jesus” series as we prepare to celebrate Easter! Easter does not just happen once a year; Easter is celebrated every time we gather together and proclaim the resurrection of Jesus. Today, we will look at an aspect of Jesus that we may not have considered before, but I promise you that if we pay attention, we can apply what we learn about Jesus...

In today's episode, we continue to prepare our hearts for Easter while taking another look at Jesus. The series we are in is called “In the Company of Jesus,” and today, we will examine how Jesus embraces us with his love.

In today's episode, we are preparing our hearts and minds for Easter by kicking off a new series called “In the Company of Jesus.” In this series, we will look at Jesus in ways that you may not have explored before, or perhaps you have related to Jesus in this way previously, but it has been a minute. Our goal throughout this series is to have a new and fresh encounter with Jesus because when we d...

In today's episode, we are wrapping up a series on mental health called “State of Mind.” During this series we have tried to address head-on the rise in instances of mental health challenges that we are all facing and how we can deal with them in healthy and biblical informed ways, so we have invited someone to come and have a conversation with us about three of the most prominent issues we often...

In today's episode, we are continuing our series on Mental Health called “State of Mind." In our last episode, we talked about the stigma that often comes from admitting that you are struggling with your mental health as a believer and what we can do to begin to admit that it is “OK to be not OK." Today we want to turn our attention to the topic of trauma as events that we experience in our life a...

Today, we are celebrating our 100th podcast episode by kicking off a new 3-part series on Mental Health. The series is called “State of Mind” and it’s based on our Spring Campaign Sermon Series at Parkway Fellowship of the same name. Recent studies have determined that 1 in 4 people will experience or come into contact with someone who is experiencing a mental health challenge in their life. When...

Today, we are wrapping up our first series of the new year, one that we are calling "Leader Check-In." Up to this point, we’ve explored our spiritual health and evaluated our emotional health, and today, we’re diving into another crucial component of our lives, and it won’t surprise you to hear us that effective leadership is simply impossible apart from healthy relationships, so what should we be...

In this short episode, we give you an update on the delay in getting our content uploaded as well as a preview of some new things to come.

Today, we are continuing with the second episode in our first series of the new year, a three-part series called "Leader Check-ins." Our goal for this series is to help you evaluate and invest intentionally in several aspects of your health as a leader so that you can lead others and, as we’ll discuss today, how to lead yourself too for the long haul.

Today, we are kicking off a brand new year and series called Leader Check-ins. It's the beginning of the year, and for many of us, our health is at the top of our minds. But this focus shouldn’t be limited to our physical health alone; we also need to evaluate and invest intentionally in our health as leaders to lead others well for the long haul, beginning with our Spiritual Health

In today's episode, we are wrapping up the year with one more conversation around the theme of "The Leader's Toolbox." This is part three of the series, and today, we are discussing something that we all know we need to get better at, but it is especially the case when it comes to leading a small group. It's the topic of communication, and today, we are going to be walking through how to create a...

In today's episode, we are in the second episode of our series, "The Leader's Toolbox." We have done this series for the last several years, where we get very practical and tactical on issues that every leader must address and master in due time. Today's episode is one that was suggested to me by my team and it's an issue that we all have dealt with at one time or another as leaders. It's the issu...

In today's episode, we are kicking off a new series that has been a repeat for us for the last couple of years. It's called "The Leader's Toolbox," and we are once again going to get really practical and tactical by diving into three topics that every group leader needs to gain proficiency around, starting with our first topic of responding to care needs.

In this episode, we are wrapping up our series "The Right Stuff—3 Qualities of an Engaged Small Group Leader" with a conversation about transparency. We do a disservice to the people we love and lead when we try to pretend that everything is OK when we know that it is not. This is going to be our topic today. 

In this episode, we continue our series "The Right Stuff—3 Qualities of Engaged Small Group Leaders" by looking at the second characteristic of engaged small group leaders: the ability to be welcoming. As the saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression," which is why it is so important to develop into a welcoming leader from the start.

In this episode, we are kicking off a new series we are calling "The Right Stuff—3 Qualities of an Engaged Small Group Leader." Over the next several episodes, we will discuss qualities that are vital to success as a small group leader, starting with our first quality: being a curious listener.