Welcome to the page of additional options/resources for Phase 4 of Growing Disciples – ‘Growing as a Listening Community’.
Just click on each option, have a look through, and choose the one most appropriate to help challenge and encourage your church in its discipleship. Here is a brief description of all the options in this Phase -
Session 9, Listening to each other
Option A (Method: Resource) … in the booklet … a session about caring for people in their voluntary roles at church, with a series of suggestions about how to make church a community of gratitude
Option B (Method: Creative together) … downloadable here … activities to help the church value its diversity, in particular to ‘pay attention’ to people as they are, as members of the Body of Christ
- Click here: Session 9. Option B
Option C (Method: Discussing together) … downloadable here … an exercise to help people listen carefully to each other, without cutting across one another, in the context of a Bible passage
- Click here: Session 9. Option C
Session 10, Listening to God through each other
Option A (Method: Resource) … in the booklet … questions and activities to help the church rejuvenate Church Meeting so that it lives up to its potential
- Click here: Session 10. Option A for the ‘role play‘ scenarios, part of Option A
- Click here: Session 10. Option A for ‘extra‘ notes on church meetings and administration
Option B (Method: Resource) … downloadable here … discussions and case studies to help the church ‘build consensus’ in Church Meeting
- Click here: Session 10. Option B
Option C (Method: Resource) … downloadable here … resources for Congregational Sunday worship, or any time when you want to affirm our Dissenting and participative tradition
- Click here: Session 10. Option C
Session 11, Listening to God in the world
Option A (Method: Discussing together) … in the booklet … a Bible Study to help the church ‘practise the art of mercy’ as a way of exploring ethical issues and questions with each other
Option B (Method: Creative together) … downloadable here … creative ways of exploring the relationship between faith and God’s natural world, and our responsibility to care for creation
- Click here: Session 11. Option B
Option C (Method: Resource) … downloadable here … activities to help the church create an act of worship on the theme of Peace
- Click here: Session 11. Option C
