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2Small Group Life
A Small Group Bible Study Experience Small Group
Life is a low cost, easy-to-use small group Bible
study experience requiring minimal preparation
and commitment yet delivering the quality Bible
study your small-group members need and deserve.
3The Small Group Life Promise
- Participants will
- Be guided into a formational discipleship
experience - Be challenged to engage in ministry and service
projects - Be invited into an environment where community
can be found - Small Group Life will also provide spiritually
enriching ideas and Bible studies for kids
4The Small Group Life Method
- A study guide book for each small-group member
- There is no separate leader guide (Leader Notes
are embedded in the study for quick, easy
facilitation while a Leaders Guide in the back
provides helpful hints for the group facilitator) - Each small-group experience has been streamlined
to be completed in 50 minutes - Small Group Life is a non-linear and
discovery-based Bible study experience - Downloadable ideas for kids K-6th have been
written easy enough for your teenager to lead - Small-group experiences referred to as Scenes
- Leaders can be prepared in as little as five
minutes
5Low Cost
- A Small Group Life subscription can cost as
little as 14 per person for the entire year. - Small Group Life Subscriptions 3.50 ea.
(128-page study guide that includes12 small-group
experiences, biblical commentary, service
challenges, Leader Guide, and On-The-Go family
devotional ideas) - Retail or Newsstand issues 5.95 per member
study guide - Customizeable downloads 30.00 per group,
unlimited use
6Experiential Template for Each SGL Scene
Introduction Connect (10 minutes) Grow (30
minutes) Serve/Go (10 minutes)
7Introduction
- Short description of the content
- Compelling image that engages visual learners
8Introduction
- Introduction is not integral, but may be
- Read in advance by each member
- Utilized in a teaser email to group members
- Used as a reference or jumping off point by
facilitator - Incorporated as a primer a week in advance
9- Ice-breaker to get group members open, talking,
and accustomed to hearing their voices - Relevant quote to move from ice-breaker to
deeper conversation - Bridge question to re-direct and bridge
Connect and Grow
10- The heart of the Small Group Life experience
- Relevant Scripture
- 5-6 provocative questions
- Insightful Leader Notes
- Guided prayer opportunity
11- Ministry and service project suggestions
- Suggestions range from individual actions that
can be taken within the routine of a normal day
to group projects
12- Each Small Group Life Episode includes 6 topics
- Each topic has two scenes, or small-group
Connect-Grow-Serve/Go experiences - The Second Take is a second look at any given
topiceach Scene includes a Second Take
13Leader Development
Embedded Leader Notes address small-group dynamic
issues and content in a way that helps develop
leaders within the group
14Flexibility
- Small Group Life can be obtained through
- Subscription
- Retail
- Customizeable downloads
15Flexibility
- Small Group Life can be used by groups meeting
every week, every other week, or those using the
2-1-1 rotation - Each issue, or Episode, has anywhere from 6-12
Scenes
16Incremental Discipleship
Every Connect-Grow-Serve/Go scene implements an
incremental discipleship model
1. Spiritual Disciplines
2. Christ Character Traits
4. Leader- Ministry Development
5. Balanced Life
3. Basic Theology
17Small Group Life
- 3-year-continuity plan
- 12 Episodes
- 72 Topics
- 192 Scenes
- A biblically relevant and organic small-group
experience