About this resource

Parent & Small Group Leader Breakfast: an Annual Strategy for Children's and Youth Ministry The Grow Strategy provides seven tactics to help you recruit, train, and retain volunteers in family ministry: volunteer events, meetings, discussion groups, one-on-ones, communication, tools, and celebration. This resource gives you an annual strategy for your Parent & Small Group Leader Breakfast . An event is an in-person experience that helps connect parents or caregivers with their kid, with your church, or with both! This event is designed to help parents or guardians connect with their kids or teenagers' small group leaders-it's as simple as that. The Grow Strategy recommends scheduling this event a couple of months into your ministry year. This breakfast doesn't require a big program or a long to-do list. It just takes intentionality. You'll need to cast vision to your small group leaders and give them the tools they need to personally invite and host the parents of the kids in their group. That personal connection is what makes this event special. When parents and small group leaders sit down together for a meal, they begin building the kind of partnership that helps families feel supported all year long. If you're building your own customized Grow Strategy Calendar, we recommend putting this event on your calendar in the fall, once the beginning-of-year busyness has died down and small group leaders have had time to build relationships with their group. Hosting it on a Saturday morning allows parents to attend without the rush of a typical ministry day-and with the right prep, your leaders will leave with stronger connections and greater influence in the lives of the families they serve.