Guidebook for Small Group Leaders
by Bob GrahmannThis Guidebook has been prepared especially for Small Group Leaders.
It contains much of what you need to prepare for and carry out your ministry of leading a "Communal Discovery" Bible study and a prayer/sharing group. Here you will find resources, explicit instructions and suggestions for leading your prayer group, and step by step instructions for preparing and leading the Bible studies, including a special "Teaching Notes" section.As a Small Group Leader, the Lord has called you to be a shepherd, to care for your small group.
But of course, it is the Lord who is the chief shepherd. It is He who loves and cares for His sheep, carries them in His arms, and will never let them go (Psalm 23, John 10:1-30, Isaiah 40:11). Jesus is the shepherd of your group. You don't need to be overwhelmed or overburdened with responsibility. He is in control. Let Him work through you to minister His care and His power in the lives of your group.
The most important resource you have is the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, Counselor, and source of power for you. You need to be in constant contact with Him, even in the busyness and intensity of everyday life. Make sure you take time for personal moments in the Word and prayer to meet with Him and hear from Him. In this way you can process in your own heart what God is saying to you, bring your own needs and the needs of your group members before Him, and drink deeply of the presence and power of the Spirit. God bless you as you minister His grace and truth!
The files below are in Acrobat PDF format and Microsoft Word format. (Get the free Acrobat Reader if you need it.) To save these files to your own computer, right-click (Mac: option-click or click-and-hold) on a link and choose "save link as" or "save target as", then choose your local destination folder to save the file.
Table of Contents:
Your Responsibilities
1. Leading Your Bible Study
2. Leading the Prayer and Share Time
3. Ministry to Individual Members of your
Group
Resources
Daily Passion for the Word
by Bob Grahmann
How to meditate on the Bible in your quiet time or Bible study preparation.
Writing Good Questions for Communal Discovery Bible Study
PDF - Word
Enhancements to Inductive Bible Study
PDF - Word
InterVarsity/USA Bible Study Task Force
Why I love God's Word
PDF - Word
By Bob Grahmann
The Power of the Word
PDF - Word
By Lindsay Olesberg
"Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce
a crop -- thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times what was sown." -- Mark4:20
Exploring D.C.
PDF - Word
Studying the Bible is a lot like taking a trip or exploring a city. What can
you learn about exploration of the Bible from this travel account?
Some texts for study
(consider studying these texts in sequential order)
Mark 4:35-41 PDF - Word
Luke 19:1-10 PDF - Word
Mark 6:6-13 PDF - Word
Luke 24:36-53 PDF - Word
Teaching notes
(consider studying these texts in sequential order)
Mark 4:35-41 PDF - Word
Luke 19:1-10 PDF - Word
Mark 6:6-13 PDF - Word
Luke 24: 36-53 PDF - Word
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"Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Hebrews 4:12
©2000 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, adapted from Guidebooks for Small Group Leaders, Bob Grahmann, Rachel Holmstedt, Lindsay Olesberg, Urbana 2000.
Unless otherwise noted, all materials on the urbana.org web site are Copyright InterVarsity Christian Fellowship / USA. All rights reserved.
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