• Limited Budget• Limited Volunteers• Strong (or No) Traditions• Just a few kids• Big Age Span• “Extra Chair Sunday”

• Define the right “win”– Your mission is to make disciples (not an

amusement park)– You are called to be faithful (not

“successful”)– You are not in charge (God is).– Get started. Keep going.

• Create the Infrastructure before it is needed.– Child Protection Policy• Resources• Your Policy = Your Practice

– Procedures• Registration• Incident Reports• Discipline

• Thriving in a One Room Schoolhouse– Inspiring while Accommodating– Be Serious, if not Complex– Group Memorization

• Thriving without Resources– Teaching without Curriculum– Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing– Activate your Creativity

• Build Your Team– Recruit Face to Face– Trust God– Celebrate– Be a Good Leader– Empower your Volunteers (for real)

• Spread the Word– Brand Internally First– Embrace Reality– Find Your Method – Define your Discipleship Process

• Get Started– Experience is an Excellent Teacher– You can only go Up from here. – Starting is always hard and scary.– Set a date and stick to it.

• Keep going– Give it a chance.

• Don’t stop– “Maybe we should just cancel tonight . . .no one

is coming anyway”– “Let’s change the name/logo” – “This isn’t what we expected. Lets start over.”