Jairo SandovalLyndon Tomacruz

Zulmai AyobiColin Martinez

Brian Ho

Fundamentals of Small Group CommunicationMs. Navarro

Life Teen MinistriesLocated in Upland at St. Joseph churchMinistry for Teens in high schoolLife Teen ministers to teens so that they

know more about their faith. This keeps the teens involved and active within the community along with other young people so that they don’t have to rely on other people in the streets to know about there faith.

The MeetingPlan- members from the core group attend the

meeting and give ideas or other input to plan the event.

setup-A day before the event and sometimes the day of the event we dedicate about 5 hours before the event to setup, for the environment, small groups, scripture and food.

Event- we start off the night with an icebreaker to get to know the teens often times with a game, then there's praise and worship, testimonies and scripture reading, small groups then food and the conclusion of the night.

The Meeting

Theoretical ConceptsTransactional model of communication means

that when we communicate, we send and receive messages simultaneously.

Sender-The sender of the message is the person or persons who deliver’s the message that needs to be addressed.

Receiver-The receiver of the message is the person or persons who interpret the message.

More Theoretical conceptsSender: Matt Troy(Main youth Minister),

Ron Sigapong(Main youth Minister)

Receiver: The members of the Life Teen Organization

SendersMatt Troy Ron Sigapong

Verbal and NonverbalVerbal Communication

Direct communication, straight forward talking and speaking

Most of the communication that was done during the meeting was verbal. It was all straight forward talking to one another. The topics were talked about in order.

Verbal and NonverbalNonverbal Communication

-communication behavior that does not rely on written or spoken words

During the meeting, there was not really that much nonverbal communication. The only nonverbal communication was during their prayer time.

Verbal Communication

Leadership Style

Democratic LeadershipAlthough a democratic leader will make the

final decision, he or she invites other member of the team to contribute to the decision-making process.

It can be most suitable where team working is essential, and where quality is more important than speed to market or productivity

Examples of Democratic Leadership

Every member had suggestions for the upcoming events

Every member was very enthusiastic about what was being talked about.

In the end the main leader asked everyone there final thoughts, and then he made the final decision on what was going to happen.

Democratic Leadership

Cohesiveness- the way the group members act or feel toward each other, for understanding and loyalty.

Norms- standards given within the group, that is normally permitted or discouraged.

Roles- set expectations people hold for themselves to make the group productive.

Rules- regulations set by the group for boundaries.

Cohesiveness- everything and everyone was involved in the meeting, everything was planned step by step. All group members understood each other especially within the plan part of the meeting.

Norms- everyone was really laid back and comical within each other. One person spoke at a time and helped with each others ideas.

Roles- everybody with in the group had a role to play from event planner, setup, and idea planning.

Rules- everyone new the rules, everyone acted morally with each other, everyone knows the dates to attend.

Group Problem SolvingDescriptive approach

The Youth Ministers described the problem and has the Life Teen members give their opinion on how to solve the problem

Functional approachThe Life Teen members then get to vote on

how they should solve the problem and why they think it will work

Prescriptive approachThe Youth Ministers then ask the Teens if there

are any other ways they would like to try and solve problems

Group Problem Solving

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