Trying to follow Christ's direction by incorporating the Great Commission and Great Commandment purposes in your small group is a lot easier if other members of your group help. Remember, the key is to have a balanced group, ensuring that your group is doing something in each of the five purposes. Rather than you trying to juggle and direct all of the group's activities so that over time your group is balanced, how could you divide up the responsibilities? One way is to use "Don't Lead Alone." Remember when you went to LT-1 they gave you a couple free gifts? Don't Lead Alone was one of them.

Don't Lead Alone is a 6 CD set that includes one CD for the group Host to listen to and five for the Host to give to members of the group. There's one CD for each of the purposes. All you have to do is think about the members of your group and imagine what each person might be shaped to do.

One person may be expressive and creative. That might be your worship person. Give them the worship CD.

Another likes the Bible - they're your discipleship person. Give them the discipleship CD.

You simply privately give each person the CD that is best for them. Ask them to listen to the CD and pray about the opportunity. God will take care of the rest. If some of them decline the opportunity, that just means that God has someone else for that; maybe someone who hasn't even joined your group yet.

As each purpose gets a "champion," that person will take the responsibility for that purpose in your group.

If you haven't gone to LT-1 yet, you're missing out on great information like this! And, if you're not the Host of your group, you can still attend LT-1 so you can understand where your group is heading.