December 7th, 2011 
alandanielson I recently had the privilege of speaking at the Right Now Conference in Dallas. This is one of my favorite conferences every year because the thrust of the conference is all about mission and small groups. In one session I got to participate in a panel with Steve Gladen (Saddleback Church), Steve Yarrow (Northridge Church, [...]
November 2nd, 2011 alandanielson Originally Posted 10-19-2010. Reposted 11-02-2011. —————————————————– Yes, I’m a ridiculously fanatical Star Wars lover. I’ve collected Star Wars memorabilia since 1977 and I still enjoy collecting today. Two friends suggested that I write some kind of post about Star Wars and small groups, so here goes. All small groups have a few stereotypical people in them. Today we’ll [...]
November 1st, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 09-15-2010. Reposted 11-15-2011. —————————————————————– I’m going to say something that might make some of you angry today, but I just have to say it: Some pastors drive me nuts! In my line of work as a pastor and consultant I meet tons of pastors. All are wonderful people, some just don’t quite get [...]
October 12th, 2011 alandanielson Originally Posted 09-01-2010. Reposted 10-12-2011. ——————————————————————- It’s important for people in a small group to “click” but it’s destructive if they “clique”. Here’s what I mean: one of Satan’s sneakiest strategies is to take God’s beautiful creations and pervert them. Relationships are no exception. Satan wishes to distort them, make them ugly and divisive. Relationships [...]
September 15th, 2011 alandanielson My friend Margaret Feinberg, is an amazing author, teacher and speaker. She just came out with TWO new small group curriculums in a new series that you should all know about. These first two titles are Pursuing God’s Beauty: Stories from the Gospel of John and Pursuing God’s Love: Stories from the Book of Genesis. [...]
September 13th, 2011 alandanielson In 2005 when I started as the LifeGroups pastor on LifeChurch.tv’s biggest campus we were running about 5500 people and had 181 LifeGroups. 22 months later we were running about 6000 people and had 544 LifeGroups. After that I became the Executive Director of LifeGroups and was responsible for all group ministries on all 13 [...]
August 31st, 2011 alandanielson Yes, I used strong language in the title of this post. No, I don’t hate missional small groups. What I hate are small group mission projects. Why? Because they’re PROJECTS. What’s a project? It’s a short-term activity designed to accomplish a goal. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with a small group mission project, after all they serve people [...]
August 15th, 2011 alandanielson While I was at LifeChurch.tv I got to experience 8 church-wide small group campaigns…it was awesome and we learned a TON!! Because so many people return to churches all over the world in September and January, many churches run their small group campaigns during those months. If your church is one of those, below are [...]
July 22nd, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 04-14-2009. Reposted 07-22-2011. ———————————– Almost every small group has “that person”. You know, the one who talks too much, interrupts other people, never brings snacks, eats all the snacks, causes drama, has all the answers to your problems but none for theirs, and generally raises everyone else’s blood pressure. ”That person” makes others [...]
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3 Comments » July 20th, 2011 alandanielson Groupon and Living Social are two super-hot websites that allow consumers to get great deals on products and services. Similarly, Only144 is a new site that offers incredible deals to churches. I’m writing about them today because they are having an amazing sale on some great small group curriculum. Mark Driscoll, Tommy Nelson, and Matt [...]
