To encourage your congregants to join small groups, print a list of all new groups and include it in the weekly handout. Denote which offer on-site child care, and ask a teen who works in your church’s children’s Sunday school to babysit for a small fee. (Parents with kids in your small group can chip in.) At the sign-up table, provide a list of reputable babysitters, so no one can claim lack of child care if their small group doesn’t provide a babysitter.
