In 1980 Larry
Osborne was joined by 128 adults and children for his
first Sunday as pastor of North Coast Church. Twenty
three years later, attendance had grown to over 5,700
meeting in a converted warehouse with over 80 percent
involved in weekly home fellowships.
What makes this growth remarkable is that it all happened
without any marketing or special outreach programs.
While many factors contributed to the growth and health
of North Coast Church, one thing stands out among the
rest. It's the simple concept of SERMON-BASED SMALL
GROUPS; a lecture/lab small group model that takes the
weekend message and digs deeper into its main points
and application.
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According to Pastor Osborne, "Our sermon-based small
groups are the hub of North Coast's ministry. They're the
catalyst for individual spiritual growth and the Velcro that
keeps thousands of new and long-time Christians connected
to the Lord, the church and the weekend message."
In response to overwhelming demand for training and materials
we are happy to announce that the second edition of
our Starter Kit for SERMON-BASED SMALL GROUPS are now
available at a cost of $115 per site license.
Each Starter Kit contains everything you'll need to get sermon-based
small groups off the ground (or to take your existing groups
to new heights). Included with each kit is a site license
that grants your church unlimited permission to alter, duplicate
or use the materials (including the cassette tapes and CDs).
The only restriction is that the materials cannot be sold
or used in another church unless that church has also purchased
a site license.
Each Starter Kit contains:
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a notebook filled with information, guiding principles,
FAQ's, samples of group covenants, recruitment letters
and a template for writing sermon-based homework questions. |
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examples of leadership training materials, suggested
training topics, checklists for leaders and hosts and
much more. |
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digital copies of the small group materials found in
the notebook (in a Microsoft® WORD format). This CD will
save you and your assistant countless hours of word processing
and makes adapting and editing the materials a snap. |
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a sample weekend sermon (in both CD and cassette tape
format). |
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a copy of that weekend's leader's training tape (in
both CD and cassette tape format). |
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a copy of that weekend's homework and study questions
(in both CD and cassette tape format). |
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two powerful teaching messages by Dr. Larry Osborne.
The first examines the powerful advantages of small groups
while the second explains the even more powerful advantages
of sermon-based small groups (in both CD and cassette
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Again, these tapes and CDs are yours to copy and use in any
way that benefits your ministry. You may want to copy them
for your leadership team, small group leaders or even the
entire church. You may want to digest the material, rework
it and present it yourself. In either case, these tapes and
CDs will help you explain (and, if need be, sell) small groups
-- and sermon-based groups -- to your people.
Finally, a unique aspect of our site license is that it grants
you the right to use any of the materials as is or tweak them
beyond recognition. There is also no need to give attribution
or credit. The materials are yours to use in any way you see
fit.
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