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    Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group
    Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group
    Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group
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    Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group

    By Andy Stanley and Dan Mancini

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    Community. It's a word we often hear, but what does it really mean? And why is it so important to your spiritual life? Because you can’t grow spiritually unless you’re connected relationally. God designed us that way. He wants to use other people to grow us and he wants to use us to grow other people.

    In this 8-session video-based study (DVD/digital video sold separately), specifically designed for launching new small groups well, you’ll explore how building deep relationships with the people in your small group and serving in the larger community around you will grow your faith. You’ll learn why your unique story matters… to God and to the people you do life with.

    Community is a great way for small groups to grow together and for churches to connect new people in their congregation. This conversation guide is a necessary tool walking you through each session with group starters, leader’s notes, discussion questions, and weekly reading.

    Sessions include:

    1. Show Up
    2. Pursue God
    3. Join In
    4. Be Real Part 1
    5. Be Real Part 2
    6. Be Real Part 3
    7. Be the Church
    8. Be Together

    Designed for use with Community Video Study (sold separately).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateDec 23, 2013
    ISBN9780310816294
    Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group
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    Andy Stanley

    Communicator, author, and pastor Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries (NPM) in 1995. Today, NPM consists of eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe that collectively serve over 200,000 people weekly. As host of Your Move with Andy Stanley, which delivers over 10.5 million messages each month through television, digital platforms, and podcasts, and author of more than 20 books, including Irresistible; Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets; and Deep & Wide, Andy is considered one of the most influential pastors in America.

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      Community Conversation Guide

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      ePub Edition January 2014: ISBN 978-0-310-81629-4

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      WELCOME

      HOW TO USE THIS STUDY

      A TYPICAL GROUP MEETING

      AND LEADER RESOURCES

      SESSION 1

      Show Up

      SESSION 2

      Pursue God

      SESSION 3

      Join In

      SESSIONS 4-6

      Be Real

      SESSION 7

      Be the Church

      SESSION 8

      Be Together

      WELCOME

      Whether you’ve been in a small group before or this is your first time, we hope the next eight weeks will be different than anything you’ve experienced. You may have joined this group because you wanted to study the Bible, or you may just want the opportunity to meet some new

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