Small Group Leaders for Faith Church Women's Ministry must be:

• Nominated by Faith Church Women’s Key Leadership Team
• Approved by Faith Church pastoral team
• A member of Faith Church who has served faithfully under a Key Leader for at least one year with a recommendation of the Key Leader in their current area of service
• Able to secure a written recommendation from a current Key Leader in a ministry where she has been serving for at least a year
• A mature believer who has demonstrated consistent growth and is not a novice in the faith
• Committed to the sufficiency and authority of Scripture and the application of Biblical Counseling philosophy
• Willing / able to lead a small group of women weekly / bi-weekly
• Willing to give and provide accountability for simple weekly group assignments
• Able to demonstrate humility under authority
• Able to lead a group with humility and propriety
• Able to solve or diffuse conflict within the group in a way that leads to greater effectiveness and stability
• Able to agree with and sign Faith Church “Leadership Standards” document
• Able to agree to abide by the Faith Church Women’s Ministry Policies and Procedures

Please read through the following documents to learn how Women's Small Groups work at Faith Church:

• 2018 Small Group Policy and Procedure
• 2016 Approved Book List
• Leadership Standards
• Submit the Small Group Leadership Form

Each Small Group Leader should have completed the following assignments before beginning to lead a group:

• Read one or both of the following books:
  1. Becoming a Titus 2 Woman by Martha Peace
  2. Spiritual Mothering: The Titus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women by Susan Hunt
• Watch each class in the Women's Foundation Series FCI classes:
  1. A Woman's Relationship with God
  2. A Woman's Priorities
  3. The Beauty of Biblical Womanhood
  4. The Fruit-Filled Life
  5. Managing Emotions Biblically

Additional training topics that you will benefit from include:

• Jocelyn Wallace 2018 Annual Summer Training (Meeting Agenda)
• Handout regarding Gossip
• Brent Aucoin's training on Heart of Change 1, Heart of Change 2, Heart of Change 3
• Vanessa Ellen's Session on Counseling Different Generations
• Candace Dunston's class Women Discipling Women:
  • Class 1
  • Class 2
  • Class 3
  • Class 4
• Janet Aucoin's Leadership Seminars:
  • 2017 Discernment Training
    • Session 1
    • Session 2
    • Session 3
  • 2018 Leadership Training
    • Role and Work of the Holy Spirit
    • Sharing the Gospel Effectively
    • Guidance and Decision Making

If you're ready to get your group going, register here!

Starting out strong is essential with each new group. As you receive registrations (via email) from the Small Group Coordinator please respond within 2-3 days to each new member with the following three pieces of information:

• First of all, members need to know where and when their group is officially meeting. The address of each small group is never shared online for the safety and security of everyone involved.
• Secondly, they need to have instructions about what resources they'll need to buy before their group starts and where they are most likely to be able to find them.
• Thirdly, they need to know you are excited to connect with them and are looking forward to helping them feel comfortable as they join your group.

Fall 2019 Small Groups:

• Spring Small Groups begin the week of August 25, 2019.
• Spring Small Groups end the week of November 16, 2019.

Spring 2020 Small Groups

• Leaders may register Spring Small Groups October 1, 2019.
• Advertising for Spring Small Groups begins Feb 2, 2020.
• Spring Small Groups begin the week of February 23, 2020.
• Spring Small Groups end the week of May 16, 2020.

Summer Leaders Small Group:

• Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8 pm during the months of June and July.
• We'll be studying how to help ladies increase in Biblical Literacy by studying Ephesians together.