How the right approach to your sessions can make your meetings more meaningful.
by Life Together
Being an effective leader demands a planning and a prayerful heart.
When you go to prepare for each small group meeting, review the session and the leader's notes, and write down your responses to each question. Pay special attention to exercises that ask group members to do something other than engage in discussion. These exercises will help your group live what the Bible teaches, not just talk about ...
This five-session course looks at all the aspects involved in fully devoting your life to follow Christ.
Following Christ involves a wholehearted commitment. We cannot see a relationship with Christ as simply a ticket into heaven. When we answer the call to follow him, it's going to turn our lives in a different direction. We can't follow unless we go where he leads. This five-session course looks at centering our lives on Christ, weathering the storms of life, going where Jesus goes, caring for others, ...
As Christians, we look forward to eternal life with Christ.
Perhaps Christians don't spend enough time thinking about dying and going to heaven. The preacher of Ecclesiastes tells us "He has also set eternity in hearts of men…" This 12-session course will help you think about the many aspects of this. Use it with your Sunday school class, small group, or as a personal study to explore a topic we all should face.
God provides comfort when you need it most, and the power to persevere.
"The following 6-session course is by Marshall Shelley, written within a year after the deaths of two of his children. During Marshall and his wife's desperate turning to Scripture, they discovered how God gives strength to his people in difficult times. These six studies focus on six sections of the Bible that offered them fresh glimpses of how God works.
This six-session course helps single parents navigate the struggles and joys of parenting on their own.
Being a single parent is one of the tougher jobs a person can be given. This six-session course gives perspective on unique problems that a single parent faces, such as: tight budgets, parental visits, time for yourself, spiritual encouragement, dating again, and loving your job as a parent. Written by a single parent, this course will encourage you that although the job is tough, it's not impossible ...
This download will equip small-group leaders and coaches on the principles and practices of soul care, both individually and in community. Use it for a group training session or hand it out to leaders as a tool to help them care for others—and themselves.
Participate in an intercessory prayer activity based on Psalm 23.
Tami Rudkin
1. Have someone read Psalm 23.
2. Have these short prayers cut apart and give one to each of your group members.
3. Have each person write his/her name in the blanks.
4. Then have them pass their prayer to the person on their right.
5. Have each person pray the praise/prayer they received; they will be praying for each other.
6. Make sure everyone gets one but you do not have to ...
Read Scriptures and a responsive reading about fear.
Tami Rudkin
Leader: Begin your worship time by having several people read some of the wonderful passages of Scripture that comfort and assure. Several passages that you could use:
Psalm 23, Psalm 91, Romans 8:31-39, I John 4:16-18
After reading these passages have your whole group read responsively We Will Not Fear.
Leader: Oh Lord God you have called us from all over this country, to this city, to this year, ...
Leader: Have someone in your group read Psalm 23 out loud to the group. Then have them read responsively the following reading. (Leader read the lines printed in bold and have the group read the lines in regular font) Ask someone to pray when you are done reading.
The Lord is my shepherd.
I have everything I need! I have His love, I have His forgiveness, I have His joy. He gives to me exactly what I ...
A reading based on Psalm 23 that focuses on contentment.
Tami Rudkin
Begin your worship time asking your group to make a list of the things they have in their lives because of God, i.e. peace, joy, sense of security, etc. After you have given them a couple of minutes to do that, ask them to share one of the things they wrote down. Have someone in your group read Psalm 23 and follow that up with the, I shall not want, reading. Highlight different lines and paragraphs ...
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