So what will you study in your small groups? These collected comments from other leaders may help:
- The Bible
- One of the four Gospels, typically 1 chapter/week.
- Different books based on year in school:
- Freshmen: book of John
- Seniors: Romans and/or systematic theology
- Sophomores/Juniors: Acts (because it gives a great picture of community)
- Our first semester is focused on growing a cohesive group (sharing their personal stories) and responding to the club message. We spend the second semester going through a book of the Bible and response to club.
- Book Studies (suggested by other College YL leaders):
- Greg Boyd’s “Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now.” It seems that our students are stressed, overwhelmed and see their 'quiet time' as an extra thing to fail at instead of a place to retreat.
- Loving the Way Jesus Loves
- Explicit Gospel
- Crazy Love
- Love Does -- It seems to give a good jumping off point for deeper conversation
- She Reads Truth or He Reads Truth
- Discovery from Discipleship Focus
- Other Elements of Small Group:
- Encouragement for one another
- Share time
- Lots of structured questions (Here are over 100 questions you can use)
- Prayer for each other
- Talk and planning trips
- Share life stories during the first semester
- We all do a journaling format called Lectio Devina.
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