LIFE GROUP LEADER TRAINING COURSE

2026 Core Group Schedule

Meeting 1 - Videos 1-4 - Before March 6

Group Discussion Questions:

1. Are there areas that you want to grow to better set the spiritual pace for your Life Group this year?

2. Are you consistently engaging in the spiritual disciplines to pursue personal holiness? Share honestly where you need prayer in this area and commit to being accountable to the group.

3. What current difficulties exist in your Life Group? Discuss with the group and plan to pray for these things in the coming months.

4. What are you most excited about in your Life Group?

5. Spend time praying together as a group based on the answers to the above questions.

Meeting 2 - Videos 5-11 - Before April 3

Group Discussion Questions:

1. How do you think your group is doing at exhibiting a genuine reliance on prayer? Is there anything you would like to do differently regarding prayer?

2. Overall, how do you think your group discussions are going? Based on video six is there anything that you are missing or would like to tighten up?

3. On a scale of 1-10, how engaged do you think your group is on a weekly basis? If you are experiencing any level of discouragement share this with the group and pray for one another.

4. Discuss any difficult group dynamics with the group and how you have walked through those.

5. Spend time praying together as a group based on the answers to the above questions.

Meeting 3 - Videos 12-17 - Before May 1

Group Discussion Questions:

1. How do you think you are doing at helping the individuals in your group pursue personal holiness? Are there any practices you would like to implement from videos 13, 14, and 15 moving forward?

2. Share with each another how The Partners Program is utilized in your group. Do you have a process to get everyone in your group through the program? If not, how can you be more proactive in this area?

3. Share about the blessings and struggles of developing future leaders. Use this time to encourage and pray for each another in this area since not every group will have the same amount of potential future leaders.

4. Discuss how you currently spend time in prayer for the individuals in your group. If this is an area that you would like to grow in share that with the group and hold each other accountable between now and the next meeting.

5. Spend time praying together as a group based on the answers to the above questions.

Meeting 4 - Videos 18-24 - Before June 5

Group Discussion Questions:

1. How do you think you are doing at communicating with your group? Share how you currently communicate with your group. Share any ways that you would like to improve communication.

2. How are you doing at providing meaningful times of fellowship outside of the weekly meetings? Share unique ideas that you’ve implemented for fellowship to foster creativity among all of the groups.

3. Is your group utilizing the Men’s & Women’s Events & Retreats well? Share how these events have been helpful. Share any ways you want to use these more effectively in the future.

4. If you have singles in your group, discuss how you have integrated them into the group. Was there anything from video 21 that you would like to implement to better care for the singles in your group in the future?

5. If you have widows or widowers in your group, discuss how you have cared for them in biblical and meaningful ways. Was there anything from video 22 that you would like to implement to better care for the widows or widowers in your group in the future?

Meeting 5 - Videos 25-29 - Before July 3

Meeting 6 - Videos 30-35 - Before August 7