045(d) BASIC PLAN FOR SESSIONS

BASIC PLAN FOR EACH SESSION

OBJECTIVES OF THE SERIES

Many Christians attend church week after week and hear little or nothing about Christian World Missions. Occasionally, a missionary may visit and give a report or they may be asked to contribute to a mission project. Apart from this, they know little about what goes on in the mission field.

Some Christians may feel world missions is merely one of many departments in the church, like the choir or ladies sewing circle, and don’t feel any interest or obligation to it. Others may even think their responsibility ends when the church sends funds to the missionary.

Other Christians may know something about missions and would like to know more, but don’t know where to find the information.

This course is designed to help each group. The objective is not to make anyone feel guilty or to necessarily prepare them for the mission field. We hope by the time they finish this course, they will desire to get more information, go further, or become involved in missions.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE SESSION

The specific objectives for each session are stated at the beginning of each discussion guide. Each session has discussion questions and/or quizzes. Find out how much the group knows about the subject. The questions are not designed to stump people, but to highlight how much there is to learn. You’ll probably get a large range of responses.

PRAYER 

Open in prayer and ask the Lord to reveal to each one what he has for them.


REPORT BACK (Optional)

If you assigned a volunteer at the end of the previous session to give a report on what he or she discovered in the Dig Deeper section, call on that person now.


INTRODUCTION 

Invite group members to share any insights they gained from the previous session or from the Dig Deeper material.

Each session has a suggested introduction to help group members focus on the subject at hand. Feel free to substitute your own introduction or story where appropriate.

READ SCRIPTURE 


Ask for volunteers to read the Scripture selections in their workbooks. Some participants may be embarrassed to read aloud, so don’t call on someone unless you know they are comfortable doing so.

POINTERS FOR THE DISCUSSION LEADER


This section contains answers to quizzes or a summary for the leader to give after discussion. The leader should study the longer sections so you can present them in your own words.

WATCH THE VIDEO 


Videos average six minutes each. In many sessions, your group will see other people on the video answer similar questions to the ones they discussed earlier. There is a brief outline of each video in the workbook with space for group members to take notes.

REFLECTION 


Find out what your group has learned, and what they want to do with the information.

REPORTER FOR NEXT SESSION (Optional)


If the group is open to the idea, and there is time, ask for a volunteer to give a short report next session on a Dig Deeper topic.

CLOSE IN PRAYER 


As you close the group session in prayer, remind participants about the Dig Deeper subjects available for this session.

DIG DEEPER 


Each Session ends with a segment called Dig Deeper. This is designed for those who want to find out more about a given topic. The follow-up material is found after each session. There probably won’t be time in the class for most of these. Encourage participants to check this additional material at home.

There are many links to other websites in the Dig Deeper segments. Participants who have access to the internet will find it quicker to use the on-line discussion guides so they can go to the target website with one click.
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SECTION 2. INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION GUIDES
NOTEIf you cannot get online during your group discussion, you need to use the Around Your World handbooks available from Amazon in paperback or Kindle.
      SESSION #1   - CLICK/TAP HERE

      SESSION #2   CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #3   CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #4   CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #5   CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #6   CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #7   - CLICK/TAP HERE


      SESSION #8   CLICK/TAP HERE

      SESSION #9   CLICK/TAP HERE

     SESSION #10 CLICK/TAP HERE

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