Get the facilitation skills that will take you from being willing to truly capable to lead safe and effective small groups. While Small Groups are incredibly effective in theory, oftentimes, ineffective leadership can cause these groups to falter. Author Mark Lutz has over twenty-two years of experience in successfully leading, supervising, and coaching thriving Small Groups. With a focus on skill acquisition, Mark will help bring out the qualities that make a successful leader, including active listening, asking good questions, and setting reasonable boundaries, among many others. Unleashing the Power of Small Groups: Essential Group Facilitation is the ultimate guide to creating and maintaining a positive Small Group experience. Mark Lutz prepared for the ministry at Cincinnati Christian University and studied counseling at Xavier University in Ohio. He has served for more than twenty years as the pastor of growth & healing at Vineyard Cincinnati Church. In that time he has overseen the recruitment, equipping, and supervision of a volunteer staff that provides nearly seventy support and recovery groups and countless hours of pastoral care to individuals annually.