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Mike Shepherd
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 Mike is a 17-year veteran of the church who serves as a consultant to churches in the area of small groups, Sunday school, leadership development, team building, and the principles of authentic community. Mike is a published author.
He has a Bachelor’s and Masters in Christian Education and will be completing a PhD in Christian Education soon. The churches he served were in Tennessee, Texas, and Florida. His most recent pastorate was at Flamingo Road Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. He is currently co-leading a new church plant in Southwest Metro Denver.
For two years he led Serendipity Publishers as the National Director of Small Group Development. This involved developing effective resources and providing small group training for the local church. He was the Creator, Senior Editor, and Project Manager for the series Small Group Plus, a curriculum designed to help adult Sunday school groups transition to a relational small group approach.
He and his wife, Deborah have 3 children and reside in Littleton, CO. He enjoys reading, golfing, camping, skiing and spending time with his wife and children.
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Articles by this Author
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Leading Old (Long-Term) Groups to Change
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"Young man, I was here when you came and I will be here when you are gone!" Those were the actual words a long time church member shared with me in the first church I served as a small group pastor.
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Teaching for Life Change
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"Daddy, I dreamed last night that when I grow up, I would be just like you!" These were the words whispered in my ear a couple of years ago by our 7-year-old son.
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Developing Small Group Accountability
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Toward the end of the movie "Simon Birch," the driver of a school bus full of children (on their way home from a winter church camp) tries to avoid a deer in the road. In doing so he finds himself careening down a lake embankment and crashing into the frigid winter waters.
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Training That Works
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"Dad, did you go to fifth grade?" My son asked as I helped him with his math homework. "Yes, Why do you ask?" I said. "Because you do not know this math any better than I do."
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Strategic Group Meetings
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Have you ever participated in a group meeting that was poorly run? It can drive you nuts. I got stuck in one of those meetings recently when I was asked to evaluate a particular church’s group ministry.
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Bible Bytes
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Preparation Steps to Lead a Small Group Bible Study
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A Small Group Coaching Strategy That Is Working
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Evergreen Community Church in Burnsville, Minnesota has grown from 120 worshiping in one location to 3,400 worshiping in five locations in the last 13 ½ years.
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Bible Bytes
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One of the challenges of leading a Bible study is determining what needs to be taught from the passage of Scripture that has been chosen. Many pastor’s sermons involve the use of two to three verses. Bible study leaders are often expected to teach on 18-20 verses in relatively the same amount of time. How do we do it? I have found this simple formula to be helpful to me in my own preparation.
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Assessment and Adjustment of the Small Group Ministry
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Ok, how many of you complete those evaluation forms that restaurants or hotels ask you to complete from time to time?
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