Ideas for Impact |
What kinds of churches can we become?
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There are so many conferences, workshops, seminars, books and other training opportunities and they give so much information! Lots of great ideas! The challenge to me is ... can I condense the things I heard over several hours or days into a few things I can begin to do differently. In 2016 and 2017 our Association interns had the opportunity to lead a youth group Bible study for Middle and High School students at a local church for several months. We were interested - would the new ways of teaching the interns were learning be accepted and would it be more effective (as far as we could tell)?
1. Sit in a circle so we can see each other? - yes, interaction increased 2. Break the large group of 25 students into 4 smaller groups - yes, better participation 3. After the lecture part, have 6 or 8 discussion questions - yes, students liked it 4. Give every student the chance to share prayer requests and be prayed for - yes 5. Were new leaders attracted to come help? - yes 6. Did every student get a chance to read the scripture and make comments? - yes 7. Did students ask questions they were wondering about from the Bible? - yes 8. Did we get several people involved in creating discussion questions each week? yes 9. Were students stretched in their thinking, did they search to find answers? - yes 10. Did students and teachers say they liked discussion better than lecture? - yes 11. Did we involve more leaders and give them leadership training? - yes Comments are closed.
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AuthorGarry Goodin is the Executive Director of the Mid-State Baptist Association Archives
April 2024
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