Let's Teach!

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Let's Teach!

• Session 1

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What is the Purpose of Small Group Bible Studies?
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Purpose of Small Group Bible Studies

• At your tables brainstorm ideas of what the goal
  or purpose of Bible Study/Sunday School should be

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Purpose of Small Group Bible Studies

• List your answers here

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Our Stated Purpose for Small Group Bible Studies
To _____ and develop maturing followers of
_______through involvement in a small group
_____ ________.
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Our Stated Purpose for Small Group Bible Studies

• Know the Bible and how it __________ our daily
  lives
• Learn to know one another
• Build ______________________
• __________________ growth
• Encourage ministry to one another

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Our Stated Purpose for Small Group Bible Studies

• Reach out to people who need God's love
• Win the lost to Christ
• Motivate learners to grow
• In a ____________________ with Jesus Christ
• Have a daily ____________________

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Parts of a Bible Study Lesson
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Parts of a Bible Study Lesson

• The "Hook"
• Gain learners' ____________
• Motivate them to begin _____________ of the
  issues in the week's passage
• The "Book"
• What does the passage _____________
• What _____________ can be found

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Parts of a Bible Study Lesson

• The "Look"
• What does the passage __________?
• What are the ___________ of the passage?
• The "Took"
• What changes will I make in my life
• What must I specifically ___________ the meaning
  of the passage

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Parts of a Bible Study Lesson

• Handouts at your tables have some case studies of
  short lesson plans
• Discuss among yourselves, which of the four parts
  is missing in the lesson
• Write a question or discussion topic for the
  missing lesson element
• List some reasons as to why the missing part is
  important

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Importance of "The Hook"

• Learners need assistance to begin
  ____________________
• It is also part of a "_____________________"
  activity
• It motivates a desire to learn more

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Importance of "The Book"

• One of our purposes was to know the Bible
• We want learners to be ___________ Christians
• Scripture is our primary source of
  ________________

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Importance of "The Look"

• Knowledge of __________________ is not sufficient
• Truth from God's Word has _______________ to all
  our lives
• All ages
• All cultures
• All levels of spiritual maturity

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Importance of "The Took"

• James said, "Anyone who listens to the word but
  does not do what it says is like a man who looks
  at his face in a mirror" James 123 (NIV)
• Learners need specific ways in which their
  ______________________ as a result of Truth that
  has been communicated

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Group Activities
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Group Activities

• Consider the well know Bible story of "Daniel in
  the Lion's Den" in Daniel 6
• Your table will be assigned to write a discussion
  question or activity for one of
• The Hook
• The Book
• The Look
• The Took

Which would be used for teaching that lesson
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Possible "Hook" Ideas

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Possible "Book" Ideas

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Possible "Look" ideas

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Possible "Took" ideas

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Apply what We Have Learned
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In the Coming Weeks

• Teaching assistants
• Prepare and be responsible for one of the Hook
  sessions in your class
• For another Sunday, brainstorm with your
  mentoring teacher good questions for "The Look"
  applications of your lesson

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In the Coming Weeks

• Mentoring Teachers
• Meet with your assistant teacher at Wednesday
  evening Ministry Connection
• Evaluate the parts of a recent week's lesson
• Did it fulfill the stated purposes?
• Rate the effectiveness of the different parts of
  the lesson?