Small Group Network

Two Cornell researchers, Tom Gilovich and Vicki Medvec, spent years studying what people actually regret. Their finding: in the short term we regret the things we did. But ask people at 70 to name the biggest regrets of their lives, and the proportions flip. About three out of four are about things they didn't do.

The job they didn't take. The conversation they didn't have. The trip they never made. The risk they talked themselves out of.

If you're a small group pastor reading this, you've watched some version of this in your own leaders. The volunteer who almost stepped up. The couple who almost joined a group. Those stories tend to be quieter than the dramatic action regrets, but they're the ones that stay.

The quality of your groups will never outrun the quality of your coaching.
You can have the best curriculum, the slickest sign-up system, the most intuitive group finder on your website. If your leaders aren't coached, none of it matters.

Good news is coaching isn't a personality thing. It's three conversations most of us were never taught to have.
We put them in a free toolkit:
"How are you, actually?"
"What's the hardest part of leading right now?"
"What would make next week better than this week?"

Those three questions have changed more of my leader conversations than any training I've ever attended.

Grab the full free setting the table toolkit: https://smallgroupnetwork.com/table

You’ve spent all week preparing the way for others to encounter the cross. Now it is time to pause and reflect.

The work is finished. Thank you, Jesus!