Group topic ideas

Group Ministry leaders from other churches attending the last Getting a Grip on Groups workshop requested this post. They asked for a list of conversation topics for groups. I hope it's helpful to other church leaders and to our own people looking for stuff to talk about in their groups.

Please know my favorite topic for conversation is our lives. Weaving it through the teachings from weekend services can be really helpful to internalize the teaching. When we've conquered all those topics, it'll be time for sainthood!

Notes: 1) All the items listed are found in our GCC bookstore. 2) The list of great resources is really endless - this list isn't intended as all-inclusive. 3) I only included links where I felt like it - you can all perform a search.

Nooma DVD's - Rob Bell is the featured speaker - about 10 - 12 minutes long. We buy these as they are released and check them out to our groups.

Media Resource Sites - Bluefishtv.com, Liquid Method, Renovare, Soulcare

Books - There are so many! The first few with an * are the ones I connected to strongly (which is not meant at all to minimize the quality of the others). After those, they are in alphabetical order. Nearly all have discussion questions or websites listed in them for additional resources.

• The Shack**, Young
• Messy Spirituality**, Yaconelli
• Sex God**, Bell
• Velvet Elvis**, Bell
• Choosing to Cheat, Stanley
• Confessions of a Pastor, Groeschel
• Going All the Way, Groeschel
• ...for Everyone (one for most books of the New Testament), Wright
• I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy t-shirt, Antonucci
• Life You've Always Wanted, Ortberg
• Lost Women of the Bible, James
• Organic God, Feinberg
• Purpose Driven Life, Warren
• The Essential Bible Guide (100 short readings), Kuniholm
• The Essential Jesus (100 short readings), Kuniholm
• Too Busy Not to Pray, Hybels

Comments

[Jennifer]

I love Margaret Feinberg. I really enjoyed her book the Organic God. We've recently been doing her Video Bible Study from www.bluefishtv.com. It's really good, too.

Thanks for the great list.

[Rindy Walton]

Great resources! Thanks for passing these on!

[Micah Davis]

Kathy...great post with a stellar list of resources! Regarding your point about topics of conversations...I've discovered that a lot of people's "lives" can be broken down into their experiences and passions. Those are the meaningful objects of which a lot of people enjoy forming discussion around. Not that they have to be limited by those...just thought I'd toss those out if you were wondering about any more "specifics" or not. Cheers!