The Shallow Small Group

February 3, 2011 / Ben Reed / 7 Comments

My good friends at Blue Fish TV put this video together. It’s awesome.

Enjoy!

Have you ever been a part of a shallow small group?

What are you doing to avoid your small group being shallow?

Jason Vana

This made me laugh…only because I’ve been in groups like this who say they are about community and growth, but aren’t.

As far as what we do to keep from being shallow…the college ministry I oversee is based on discussion – so most of the topic we talk about each week is formed by the members sharing their lives. We also have a time where we break into smaller groups to pray for each other. It’s been pretty powerful. Seen a lot of students grow closer to God and each other, and share things they never would have shared before.
- Ben Reed
  
  That’s awesome, Jason. Sounds like you guys are creating a healthy culture of honesty and openness. I’d be in that small group!
  - Jason Vana
    
    I love it. Sometimes I wrestle with the fact that I’m 30, and the majority of the people in the group are like 18-22, but I haven’t found anything else like it, so I keep going.
Noah Lomax

Wow, incredibly funny! Every small group leader should watch this! Thanks for the great video!!!
- Ben Reed
  
  You bet, Noah! Are you a small group leader yourself?
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Dustin

Now that was funny. I think I may need to share that for a good laugh… 🙂

I think one of the key ways to avoid being shallow in a group is to you yourself be transparent and vulnerable. As a leader, sometimes I felt like I had to just “put myself out there”… and then others would follow the lead.

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