One in the Bond of Love – Bonding Quotient

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One in the Bond of Love – Bonding Quotient

Track Description:

…ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. (Acts 2:46b-47a)

The church community birthed by the Spirit had a genuine bond in Christ. In our busy and utilitarian society, koinonia, or the fellowship of believers can be easily missed or taken for granted, and church can sometimes become one of our many tasks and agendas. This track seeks to help small groups intentionally grow deep connections in spiritual community.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Be exposed to a framework for understanding connection
  • Learn 5-steps to intentionally grow connection
  • Personalize strategies for deepening connection in the group


Course Commitment: Video Teaching and Live Coaching & project


Suitable For: Core Teams


Suitable Group Size: Core Teams of 2-5, variable number of groups



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.

Shepherding Beyond Limits

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Shepherding Beyond Limits

Track Description:

The “shepherd” is the strongest picture of what it means to lead and to impact people for Jesus. It is a picture that describes caring.

As shepherd-leaders, we do not just lead in tasks, but are also called to care holistically for our members.

We may face seasons where we meet in-person or constrained to meeting online whether through work overseas or even Pandemic. Amidst these, how do we care for our members and teams in times of struggles in their lives?

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand God’s heart for caring
  • Learn to listen to members stories and to care for them through connection and visitation
  • Pick up ideas & dynamics for caring
  • Praying pastorally for people and God’s word over them with authority

Whether part of a Small Group or a Ministry, this module seeks to train leaders & core-teams in having effective pastoral conversations with members to encourage, build up & shepherd them, thereby sustain ministry momentum despite challenges.

…let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24-5)



Course Commitment: Video Teaching and Live Coaching & project


Suitable For: Core Teams


Suitable Group Size: Core Teams of 2-5, variable number of groups



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.

Community’s Critical Importance

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Community’s Critical Importance

Track Description:

Fun, food and… fellowship? Online or onsite?  How do we place emphasis on attending and putting resources into small groups especially during the challenging and difficult times?

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together … (Heb 10:24-25a)

Join us to rediscover the biblical function of a small group community and discern what God has in store for your group.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Discover the Bible’s description of the small group function as central to discipleship
  • Learn what the small group is and what it is not
  • Discern & diagnose God’s intended growth for your small group
  • Understand how the small group builds the balanced Christian life


Course Commitment: Video Teaching and Live Coaching & project


Suitable For: Core Teams


Suitable Group Size: Core Teams of 2-5, variable number of groups



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.

Growing Spiritually from Good to Great

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Growing Spiritually from Good to Great

Track Description:

From sprout to seedling, to a plant, with flowers and fruit -just as a plant requires effort and tending to in order to grow healthily and produce fruit, so do our spiritual lives as we try to become more like Jesus. This track seeks to help you identify the phase you are presently in and how to best tend to your spiritual growth.



Learning Outcomes: 

  • Discover key aspects of spiritual growth
  • Identify the phase you are currently in
  • Discern what God is saying to you and learn how to tend to your spiritual growth

Course Commitment: 3-month coaching journey that includes classroom-learning (video-teachings & coaching sessions of approx 2 x 1.5h), projects and follow ups


Suitable For: Core Team Members


Suitable Group Size: Flexible with involvement of Leaders / Mentors / Facilitators



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.

Raising a Core

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Raising a Core

Track Description:

Description: Having strong core muscles make it easier to do most physical activities, and improve your balance and stability. Likewise, having a core team strengthens a small group or ministry, and nurtures peer leaders who can support the leader. From making the call to mentoring within the core, find out what it takes to raise a strong core team.



Learning Outcomes: 

  • Learn a framework to guide prayer & selection of core team
  • Find out how to lead and mentor a strong core team

Course Commitment: 3-month coaching journey that includes classroom-learning (video-teachings & coaching sessions of approx 2 x 1.5h), projects and follow ups


Suitable For: CG Leaders / Ministry or Department Leaders / Interns or Assistants


Suitable Group Size: Flexible with involvement of Mentors / Facilitators / Zone Leaders



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.

Engaging through Hospitality and Outreach

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Engaging through Hospitality and Outreach

Track Description:

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me … as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:35,40b)

What does Christian hospitality look like in this hostile world? Come and learn to reach out and touch lives through hospitality.



Learning Outcomes: 

  • Understand how we can show Christian hospitality
  • Develop your own outreach style
  • Discover how the cell can be mobilized for an outreach event
  • Learn how to strategically leverage on church events to reach out


Course Commitment: 3-month coaching journey that includes classroom-learning (video-teachings & coaching sessions of approx 2 x 1.5h), projects and follow ups


Suitable For: All Members / Core Members


Suitable Group Size: Core teams of 2-5



For more information, please contact admin@churchlife-resources.org.