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In August of 2019, Grace Church (gracechurchsc.org) Student Leadership created content to give to each campus for their monthly small group leader huddles. A team of experienced staff worked together to develop a suggested time frame, video training, discussion questions, and implementation strategy. Campuses were able to take this material and personalize it to their campus with their own applicable experiences. This strategy helped by taking pressure off new staff at Grace Church and giving them a model to follow.  It also served to keep the student team on the same page and maintain consistency with their leaders. Overall, the training and resources have proven helpful and beneficial.  In this interview, Chris Rivers speak with Daniel Black (dblack@gracechurchsc.org) and Audrey Williams(awilliams@gracechurchsc.org), two of the staff members who helped develop this program. SUGGESTED TRAINING IDEAS Share the interview with your student leaders and staff. Ask your team to take a week to listen to the content and come up with 1 or 2 ideas that could help advance the growth and success of your student ministry. Meet together as a team and brainstorm the following questions: What did you like best about episode 11? Where is the current status of our student leaders? (new leaders vs. seasoned leaders, are there evident gaps or needs for equipping around certain topics?) What content from the huddle and equipping section of the podcast might be most helpful for our leaders? How should we adapt and roll out this content in our context? (I.e. huddles or a big training?) Access all of the Student Leader Huddle resources by visiting our EQUIP Hub (bit.ly/equiphub) and look for this resource in the Student Ministry section. If you have questions, need help with implementation, or just want us to discuss a topic on the podcast, please email us at equip@gracechurchsc.org.