PURPOSE OF SGLT
• Encounter Jesus and grow in Him
• Gain ministry skills
• Grow in vision and excitement for helping many come to
know, love, and follow Jesus as Savior and Lord through
Small Group ministry
SMALL GROUP
INTRODUCTIONS
Share around tables:
• Name, school, year, major, one interesting fact.
• What you have appreciated about past Small Groups that
you’ve been involved in.
• Why you are in SGLT and what you hope to get out of it.
MISSIONAL
SMALL GROUPS
Turn to page 8 in your booklets.
3 Types:
• “Closed”
• GIG
• “Open”
SMALL GROUP IN
CAMPUS COMMUNITY TARGET GROUP
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SMALL GROUP IN
CAMPUS COMMUNITY TARGET GROUP
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IMPACT AND INTIMACY
5
HELPS EVERYONE
GROW CLOSER TO
GOD & EACH OTHER
4
INTIMACY
MAKES DISCIPLES
WHO REACH THE
CAMPUS TOGETHER
(MEMBERS FEEL LOVED,
EXCITED TO GROW, &
MAKE A DIFFERENCE)
(MEMBERS TEND TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE)
3
FEELS LIKE JUST
ANOTHER MEETING TO
ATTEND
2
1
CHALLENGES
EVERYONE TO LIVE
FOR GOD
(MEMBERS AREN’T SURE
WHY THEY COME)
1
2
(MEMBERS TEND TO FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE)
3
IMPACT
4
5
TIME OF REFLECTION
AND JOURNALING
• Who will your Small Group reach out to next year and who
can you invite to join with you in this mission?
• What “take-a-ways” are there for you from what has just
been shared?
• What questions do you have?
TOWER POWER EXERCISE
MISSIONAL SMALL
GROUP LEADERSHIP
3 Primary Roles:
• Bible Study Leader
• Mission Leader
• Missional Developer
TIME OF REFLECTION
AND JOURNALING
• How are you feeling about what it might look like to be a
leader of a missional Small Group?
• What questions do you have?
• What help do you need from God? Others? SGLT staff?
CASTING VISION IN
SMALL GROUPS
SESSION 2
VISION CASTING
Turn to page 10 in your booklets.
Spark Interest:
Set the scene
The “Why” to the Problem:
State the gap or problem. Ask “What happens if nothing happens?”
Include a Story:
Aim for a shorter, concise story.
The “What” to Solve the Problem:
Offer resolution to the problem you named.
Invitation:
How can the listener be involved? What are the next steps?
PRACTICE YOUR
SMALL GROUP VISION
SHARE YOUR
SMALL GROUP VISION
INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY
SESSION 3
"WHEN YOU OR I OPEN THE BIBLE, WE ARE
BEHOLDING THE VERY WORDS OF GOD - WORDS
THAT HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER TO REDEEM,
RENEW, REFRESH, AND RESTORE OUR LIVES TO
WHAT HE CREATED THEM TO BE.”
DAVID PLATT
WHAT IS
INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY?
Turn to page 14 in your booklets.
Observation
Interpretation
Application
OBSERVATION
Turn the Pieces Over
OBSERVATION
What does the text say?
(Discover it before trying to make meaning out of it)
Context
Content
Connections
Passage before and
after
Characters
Repetition
Place within the whole
book
Relationships
Comparisons and
Contrasts (“but”)
Culture of the original
readers
Location
Images and Metaphors
(“is like”)
Old Testament
references
Action
Cause and Effect
(“so that”)
Time
Reasons
(“for” “because”)
Numbers
Conditions
(“if…then”)
QUIET TIME
IN LUKE 8:22-25
Turn to page 34 in your booklets.
SHARE OBSERVATIONS
INTERPRETATION
Identifying and Grouping
Like Pieces
INTERPRETATION
What does the text mean?
• What questions do you
have?
OBSERVATIONS
CONNECTIONS & QUESTIONS
• What are you curious
about?
• What is the significance
of the observations?
INTERPRETATION
GATHER QUESTIONS
ANSWER QUESTIONS
MAIN TRUTH
The Author’s Purpose
What does the author wants us to feel or get from the passage?
• Not the back of the DVD
summary and not
moralizing
• State the truth in the
passage in 1-2 sentences:
“The author wants us to
understand...”
DISNEY’S FROZEN
DVD synopsis:
Main Truth:
When a princess with the power
to turn things into ice
accidentally curses her home in
infinite winter, her sister, Anna,
teams up with a mountain man,
his playful reindeer, and a
snowman to change the
weather condition.
• Elsa thought running from
her fears would release her
from her problems
• Anna thought finding a
mate would solve hers
• Experiencing love actually
brings freedom
LUKE 8:22-25
Summary:
Jesus asks the disciples to sail
across the lake. A huge storm
leads to the first crisis of
“We’re gonna die!” But after
rebuking the wind and the
disciples for not trusting him,
the second crisis of the
passage is “Who then is this?”
Main Truth:
• Jesus is more than we
realize
• The author wants us to
know that as we follow
Jesus, we will experience
crises that will expose our
true understanding of him.
What questions got us here?
APPLICATION
Initiating Life-Changing
Response
INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY
FUNNEL
OBSERVATIONS
CONNECTIONS & QUESTIONS
INTERPRETATION
MAIN
TRUTH
APPLICATION
AN INVITATION
TO ACCEPT? AN ACTION TO
LIVE OUT?
A COMMAND
TO OBEY?
THE DISCIPLESHIP CYCLE
Turn to page 16 in your booklets.
LEADING AS A
BIBLE DISCSSION
Turn to page 46 in your booklets.
DISCIPLESHIP CYCLE
LUKE 6:46-48
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I
say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my
words and puts them into practice, I will show you what
they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who
dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a
flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not
shake it, because it was well built.”
CHRISTIANS AND
NOT YET CHRISTIANS
IN SMALL GROUP
Listen to An’s story from Oregon State University.
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY
PREP AND DYNAMICS
SESSION 4
SIT WITH YOUR CO-LEADER IN YOUR BIBLE
DISCUSSION PREP GROUPS
STUDENT VISION CAST
BIBLE DISCUSSION PREP GROUPS
ART OF LEADING A DISCUSSION
DEVELOPING A LOVE
FOR THE WORD
What were they experiencing?
How might we relate to that?
How were your hearts burning today as you read
scripture? Talk to the person next to you.
DEVELOPING A LOVE
FOR THE WORD
Pray around tables:
• that our hunger and understanding of all of Scripture would
grow just like Jesus explained things to these two disciples.
• that we would sense Jesus speaking to us this week and this
summer.
• that our small groups this fall would be places where students
are aware that they are hearing the words of God.
• that students in our small groups who don't know Jesus would
come to recognize him through the Word.
• that our small groups this week would be places of growth
and transformation and leaders will feel supported and
eager to lead.
QUIET TIME
IN LUKE 4:31-44
SMALL GROUP 1
LUKE 5:1-11
STUDENT VISION CAST
BASIC SG MISSION
STRATEGIES
SESSION 5
CAMPUS COMMUNITY
TARGET GROUP
Turn to page 17 in your booklets.
A group of people that the SG identifies as their “mission
field” and who they intentionally reach out to.
These groups can be geographic, demographic, relational,
or other--e.g. a certain part of campus or area of the
student union or food court, a dorm or dorm floor, arts
students, students in a major, students with a common
interest (e.g. club), athletic team, Greek house, friend
group, etc.
SPIRITUAL SPECTRUM
CHRISTIANS
1
People who
are real
Christians, and
who are
currently
following Jesus
NOT YET CHRISTIANS
SPIRITUAL SPECTRUM
CHRISTIANS
NOT YET CHRISTIANS
1
2
People who
are real
Christians, and
who are
currently
following Jesus
People who
are real
Christians, but
who aren’t
following Jesus
right now
SPIRITUAL SPECTRUM
CHRISTIANS
NOT YET CHRISTIANS
1
2
People who
are real
Christians, and
who are
currently
following Jesus
People who
are real
Christians, but
who aren’t
following Jesus
right now
3
People who
think they are
real Christians,
but aren’t, and
are not
following Jesus
SPIRITUAL SPECTRUM
CHRISTIANS
NOT YET CHRISTIANS
1
2
People who
are real
Christians, and
who are
currently
following Jesus
People who
are real
Christians, but
who aren’t
following Jesus
right now
3
People who
think they are
real Christians,
but aren’t, and
are not
following Jesus
4
People aren’t
Christians and
know it
SMALL GROUP
MISSION STRATEGIES
“Gathering” strategies
Inviting people into our SG to meet Jesus (“Come and
See”)
“Scattering” strategies
Taking Jesus to people who don’t come to our SG (“Go
and Tell”)
GATHERING STRATEGIES
• Make intentional personal contact with people in your CCTG
• Build relationships with people outside of the SG
• Talk about the SG in ways that would attract people to come
• Invite people into the SG
• Doing steps 1-4 all year!
SCATTERING STRATEGIES
• Missional prayer
• 2+ Prayer
• GIGs
TIME OF REFLECTION
AND JOURNALING
Take a moment to reflect on what was just talked about
and identify some “mission strategies”(“gathering” and
“scattering”) that you could implement in or with your Small
Group next fall.
QUIET TIME
IN LUKE 7:1-10
SMALL GROUP 2
LUKE 7:36-50
STUDENT VISION CAST
LEADING OTHERS ACROSS THE
FIVE THRESHOLDS
SESSION 6
THE FIVE THRESHOLDS
Turn to page 20 in your booklets.
THRESHOLD 2
DEBRIEF
• What did you like about that exercise?
• What did you learn about asking Spiritual Questions?
• How might this exercise be helpful in equipping your SG
members to care for their friends in Threshold 2?
• What might God be calling you to as a next step?
PRAYER SESSION
COURAGE TO LEAD IN & INVITE
OTHERS TO CROSS THRESHOLDS
LEADING ALONG THE
DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAY
SESSION 7
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
STUDENT VISION CAST
THE DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAY
Turn to page 22 in your booklets.
CAMPUS
• Everyone
• Every corner
• Not yet ”checking us out”
GUEST
• Responding to NSO event
• Responding to follow up, personal interaction
• Attending on their own
• Yet to “own” InterVarsity
MEMBER
• Attend Small Group at least 50% of the time
• Beginning to own mission – the Small Group is a key part of
their community
APPRENTICE
• Key decision to move beyond consumer
• Willing to give time to being mentored and discipled
• Starting to own InterVarsity’s mission more and more
LEADER
• Leading others in mission
• Have apprentices or are calling members to enter into
chapter apprentice programs
• Willingness to be trained
LEADER OF LEADERS
• Coaching leaders as they lead and apprentice
• Thinking campus-wide and beyond in mission
• Growing in ability to train others
HOW CAN WE AS SMALL GROUP
LEADERS HELP MOVE PEOPLE ALONG
THE PATHWAY?
FOCUS:
GUEST TO MEMBER
Key Movements
Metrics
Road Blocks
Road Block Busters
IN GROUPS
COME UP WITH:
• 5 Key Movements
• Points of invitation or development
• 1-2 Key Metrics
• Key item to measure that helps determine if we are successful or
not
• 5 Possible Roadblocks
• And ways to “bust through” them
PERSONAL REFLECTION
• In your Small Group Experience:
• How were guests invited well to become members?
• What didn’t go well?
• What is one thing you learned today about helping guests
become members that you want to implement into your
Small Group next year?
• What is one roadblock that you anticipate?
• How will you plan to move through it?
FOCUS:
MEMBER TO APPRENTICE
Key Movements
Metrics
Road Blocks
Road Block Busters
IN GROUPS
COME UP WITH:
• 5 Key Movements
• Points of invitation or development
• 1-2 Key Metrics
• Key item to measure that helps determine if we are successful or
not
• 5 Possible Roadblocks
• And ways to “bust through” them
PERSONAL REFLECTION
• In your Small Group Experience:
• How were you invited to become an apprentice or future Small
Group leader?
• What was that experience like?
• What is one thing you learned today about helping members
become apprentices that you want to implement into your
Small Group next year?
• What is one roadblock that you anticipate?
• How will you plan to move through it?
WHERE AM I?
QUIET TIME
IN LUKE 18:31-42
SMALL GROUP 3
LUKE 19:1-10
STUDENT VISION CAST
CALLS TO FAITH IN
SMALL GROUPS
SESSION 8
GROUP DISCUSSION
• What surprised you in the video? What scared you?
• Could you relate to any of the people in the video? How?
• What hope do these stories offer you for your own small
group?
• Why is it so impactful to make calls to faith in small group?
THE FOUR WORLDS
Turn to page 28 in your booklets.
REFLECTION
• What was it like to hear the gospel presented this way?
Were there new aspects to God's story that stood out to
you?
• What might be challenging for you about sharing this with
others? Spend time in prayer, asking God to meet you in
that.
MAKING INVITATIONS
IN SMALL GROUP
Turn to page 31 in your booklets.
PRACTICE SHARING THE FOUR
WORLDS AND THE CALL TO FAITH
DEBRIEF
• What did you like about practicing the 4 worlds?
• What are you learning about making invitations to faith in
SG?
• What is your next step to prepare for making Calls to Faith
in your small group?
MOVING FORWARD
CALL TO COMMITMENT
SESSION 9
RECAP OF THE WEEK
GOD’S SPIRIT AND PLANNING
CREATING A
4 WEEK PLAN
Turn to page 32 in your booklets.
PRAYING FOR YOUR
CORNER OF CAMPUS
CALL TO COMMITMENT:
COUNTING THE COST
DEBRIEF
• What stood out to you as you considered “counting the cost”?
• Were there any barriers to you saying “yes”? What is your next
step to overcome that?
• What did you commit to? What was that like for you?
• What might “counting the cost” look like on campus?
• What are your next steps in carrying out that commitment?
COMMITMENT CARDS