Step 1: Assignment - The text for this week is Philippians 2:1-11. We won’t have a sermon this Sunday (May 4th), because it’s Serve Sunday. Serve Sunday aligns with SLCC’s core value of Others, and so we recommend you discuss the Philippians passage and its connection to serving Others. Also, chat about where your group will be serving together on Sunday.
Before your group meets, text this passage to them and ask them to read it at least once.
Step 2: Read Through - When your group meets, read the text in at least two different translations.
Step 3: Retell - Ask one or two people in your group to restate the passage in their own words, as if they were telling the story to a friend. Make sure you choose different people each week!
Step 4: Reflect: Go around the group and ask each person to answer these two things.
What does this passage teach us about God?
What does this passage teach us about human beings?
Step 5: Respond - Go around the group and ask each person to complete this statement, “Because of this passage, I will _____this week”
Two Additional Steps
Followup: when you start group in future weeks, check in with your people about their previous “I will” statement. Start group time, before you read, with this question: “How did your ‘I will’ go this week?”
Secondly, it’s important that we are sharing God’s truth with those around us. Your second question before the readt hrough should be, “Who were you able to share with this week?”