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Small 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.

The 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

The 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 Leader’s 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

Low 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

Experiential Template for Each SGL Scene

Introduction Connect (10 minutes) Grow (30 minutes) Serve/Go (10 minutes)

Introduction

• Short description of the content • Compelling image that engages visual learners

Introduction

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

• 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

• The heart of the Small Group Life experience• Relevant Scripture• 5-6 provocative questions• Insightful Leader Notes • Guided prayer opportunity

• Ministry and service project suggestions• Suggestions range from individual actions that can be taken within the routine of a normal day to group projects

• 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 topic—each Scene includes a Second Take

Leader Development

Embedded Leader Notes address small-group dynamic issues and content in a way that helps develop leaders within the group

Flexibility

Small Group Life can be obtained through …• Subscription • Retail• Customizeable downloads

Flexibility

• 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

Incremental Discipleship

Every “Connect-Grow-Serve/Go” scene implements an incremental discipleship model

1. Spiritual Disciplines

2. Christ Character Traits

4. Leader-Ministry Development

3. Basic Theology

5. Balanced Life

Small Group Life

• 3-year-continuity plan• 12 Episodes• 72 Topics• 192 Scenes• A biblically relevant and organic small-group experience