Today's blog comes from Amy Pierson, one of the co-authors of the new Bible study/mentoring resource, Table for Two: Doing Life and Savoring Scripture Together. In this blog, she shares how to make the book come alive in your church.
Ok, you bought the book Table for Two and you have a group... Now what? Here are some simple tips to help make sure your mentoring/small group is a fruitful one.
1. Pray and give the group to the Lord. Fully trust His leading asking Him to be the primary leader and teacher.
2. Ask God for wisdom for specifics for everything from location to transparency from week one (not by week five.)
3. Meet as a group to see who is interested in a mentoring program. Tell them to read the first chapters before the study begins.
4. Give a start date (ie-Mondays from 5-6 pm) and then begin 3-4 weeks later. This gives everyone plenty of time to clear out their schedules, so they can come consistently. Also, it gives everyone a few weeks to read the chapters that explain mentoring.
So, with clearer calendars and a foundation for understanding mentoring and Bible study, you can all dive into the Bible study. For the ones who don’t have the first part read by the first meeting weeks later, let’s be honest…will they do weekly reading and studying? Smile and invite them back the next semester. (Be looking for my next blog, “How to lovingly kick someone out without getting fired”).
5. (For the brave) Add memorizing a verse for each week. Begin the mentoring time by having everyone quote the same verse and tell one word that stood out to them or something God showed them. It’s my fave! God shows us all something different from the same 10 words! And, the Holy Spirit is heard clearer in your time in the Word when you’ve been thinking about a verse relating to the topic and meditating on it all day. This will feel awkward, because no one has tried this since third grade in GA's, but I promise if you will be disciplined to lead your group in this, you will love it!
Overall, pray for God to move. Pray for people to want to pass down faith. Pray for Jesus to touch hearts while you are all meeting together. If you are sincerely seeking Christ, and genuinely desire to love others, your group will be great! Focus on Christ, not fear of not starting a group right, and you will have a great mentoring program.
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