Small Group Leader Training Workshop

Offer the best and most enjoyable Catholic small group training to your community!

Every parish and campus ministry wants to build a vibrant culture of faith, community, and discipleship. But the biggest bottleneck is often finding and training confident leaders.

The Small Group Training Workshop by the Evangelical Catholic (EC) solves this training challenge. Built on decades of hands-on experience training adults and college students since 1998, this turnkey kit gives you everything you need to run a fun, interactive, and practical training event.

Who Is It For? 

The workshop is for anyone interested in or currently facilitating a small group of any kind, such as:

• leaders of small group Bible studies, faith sharing groups, and book clubs
• table leaders at men’s and women’s programs
• youth leaders
• adult and young adult small group facilitators
• retreat teams
• service trip or pilgrimage teams
• parish council and committee members
• anyone who desires to gather a few people and encounter God together.

Skills Trainees Will Build

• Using the 4 Essentials: Structure your meetings using a simple session outline: Life, Growth, Mission, and Prayer.
• Leading Spirit-Filled "Group-a-logues": Foster an environment of open sharing, attentive listening, and confidentiality. 
• Navigating Group Dynamics: Gently redirect conversations and gracefully handle common challenges.
• Engaging with Scripture: Discover practical, fun tools for breaking open the Word together.
• Deepening Group Prayer: Build your confidence in leading spontaneous prayer and drawing members to participate using creative methods.

What’s Included in the Turnkey Kit?

• 13-page Facilitator Guide (download)
• 20-page Participant Packet (download)
• Video Instruction Series (online)
• Publicity Materials (download)
• Plans for two versions of the workshop: a 2.5-hour condensed workshop and a 3.5-hour expanded workshop with more time to practice skills and methods

Your workshop content will unlock automatically after purchase under the Small Group Toolbox section of your EC account. You'll also receive a PDF with additional details on how to access it. 

Please note: You must use the same email address for both your EC account and your purchase of the workshop on this EC store page.