Small Group Idea Book

by Cindy Bunch

Publisher:

IVP

, 1996

Overview

Hundreds of field-tested activities will help you in the four components of healthy small group life, as well as in evaluating your small group. You'll find ideas for worship and prayer that will help you stretch the boundaries of group members and learn from one another.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The commons game by Dave Suryk, Ill. Go around the circle and take five minutes to see how many somewhat interesting things everyone has in common (all are left-handed, no one ever wore braces, and so on). Things like ‘we have feet’ don’t count.” (source)

“Affirmation exercise by Ann Beyerlein, Ill. Write each person’s name on the top of a sheet of paper. Pass the pages around the group and write words of affirmation and encouragement on each person’s page. Use these pages to thank God for each other.” (source)

“There are four sections which represent the four key components of a small group: community, worship and prayer, nurture, and outreach.” (source)

“More than a word by Tom Sirinides. Each person answers the question ‘When, if ever, did God become more than a word to you?’” (source)

“E-mail encouragement by Amy Brooke, Ind. Break the group up into partners who will e-mail each other regularly to challenge one another to keep up with quiet times and Bible study. Talk about what God is teaching you between small groups or as you reflect on the small group meeting.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Small Group Idea Book
• Author: Cindy Bunch
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church group work; Small groups
• ISBNs: 9780830866267, 0830866264
• Resource ID: LLS:40.40.26
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-16T19:00:55Z

About Cindy Bunch

As an editorial director with InterVarsity Press, Cindy Bunch acquires and develops Bible studies, small group books and a wide variety of general-interest books. She has been leading small groups for the past twenty years and has written numerous Bible study guides, including several in IVP's LifeGuide Bible Studies series.