Summarize Arnold (chs. 4–5) and Earley and Dempsey (chs. 22–28), and utilize the lecture notes (5 W’s PowerPoint) to address the following:
• Explain the beginning steps for creating a group and a possible group outline.
• Explain the importance and elements of a group covenant.
• Summarize the different types of small groups. What type of group(s) do you have or will you start?
Arnold, Jeffrey. The Big Book on Small Groups. Downers Grove: IVP Press, 2004.
Earley, Dave, and Rod Dempsey. Leading Healthy, Growing, Multiplying Small Groups. Lynchburg: Liberty Press, 2015.