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Setting the Scene
The primary goals of this small group teachers training time are:
1) To encourage you to grow in your teaching role by seeing the seriousness and privilege of the task.
2) To help you understand the essential principles of teaching and your role as a small group teacher.
3) To equip you to teach and facilitate through God’s word in a small group setting.
4) To prepare you to assess the spiritual needs of your small group
5) To provide you with some steps for preparing an effective Bible Study
6) To give you some practical application for leading a small group Bible study.
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*Starting with the Teacher:*
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*I. **Answering some Questions:*
1. What us your goal as a teacher?
Write a short paragraph describing in your own words the goal of teaching.
2.
How do you see your small teaching and instruction fitting into each aspect of Hickman Community Churches Mission Statement?
- Explain below alongside each element of HCC’s mission statement:
a. Glorifying God:
b.
Loving Submission to Jesus Christ
c.
Preaching Holy Scripture
d.
Living lives dependent on Prayer
e.
Multiplying through Evangelism
3.
What do you find most challenging in your role as a teacher?
4.
What potential personal issues do you face as a teacher and how can you overcome these?
5.
What primary group issues do you face and how do you see these being resolved?
*II.
**KNOW WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER *
God loves His people and He will work through His chosen shepherds to take care of them.
At the core of any small group is God’s heart towards people.
We need to recognize the great privilege and responsibility God has given us.
We need to take our job seriously recognizing we are dealing with souls.
This should be a joy to our hearts as we depend upon the Lord to work through us.
o *The Shepherding Heart of God*
–Psalm 23
o *Jesus is our shepherd and He is the example of the perfect shepherd.*
–John 10:11–18
o *As under–shepherds we are to follow His example, seeking to care for people as He does.*
We do not in any way replace Christ as Shepherd in people’s lives; rather in our shepherding we seek to direct people to Christ.
This is why leadership is so important in small groups!
/“The more a leader invests his life in people, the more effective that person will be in the Lord’s service.”/
–John MacArthur, /The Book on Leadership/
/“People, not programs, were on Paul’s mind as he came to the end of his life.
People are the most vital resource any leader can cultivate.”/
–John MacArthur, /The Book on Leadership/
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The Shepherd Watches Over His Sheep*
• Hebrews 13:17
–Context of overseers
–The shepherd watches over the souls of God’s people
–The shepherd will have to give an account before the Lord.
• Ezekiel 34:6,12, 13 (Note the context of this passage in Ezekiel 34)
–The shepherd knows where his sheep are.
–The shepherd knows the status of his sheep.
/“He watches that his sheep do not wander away.
He watches to make sure that they get everything they need to eat and drink.
He watches the weather in case they will need shelter.
He watches for enemies to prevent any attack.
Shepherding involves constant watchfulness.
Otherwise, the sheep get lost or hurt.”
/–Philip Ryken, /City on a Hill/
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o Practically:
–Get to know the people in your small group.
–Know how they spend their time, who they spend their time with.
–Pay attention to what is going on in their lives.
–Watch how they respond to different situations.
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o /Note: /Your job is not to become the spiritual policeman of their lives.
The goal is to learn how to best love and care for them.
Often, they will not even be aware that you are paying attention.
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The Shepherd Guides His Sheep*
• Psalms 23:2–3
–The shepherd guides them to green pastures and quiet waters.
–The shepherd makes his sheep rest.
• Ezekiel 34:12, 13, 16
–The shepherd brings the sheep back to safe land.
• Ezekiel 34:15
–The shepherd leads his sheep.
• I Corinthians 4:16; 11:1
–The shepherd is a model.
o Practically:
–Your people will learn from your example
–Have vision for your small group and for the individuals in your small group
–Take them there—don’t just tell them where to go.
For example: Show them how to study the Bible, how to pray, evangelism, service, etc.
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The Shepherd Protects His Sheep*
• Psalms 23:3–4
–The shepherd is near is sheep
–The shepherd brings comfort to his sheep
• Ezekiel 34:12
–The shepherd gets his sheep out of troubled places
o Practically:
–Know the enemies and dangers in your people’s lives: Doctrine, friends, temptations, school, work, events, money, etc.
–Protect them from wolves
–Teach them to be rooted in the truth
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The Shepherd Feeds His Sheep*
• Psalm 23:1–2
• Ezekiel 34:14
–Give them food they can eat
–Feed them with the truth of God’s Word—take them to the Lord for spiritual nourishment.
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The Shepherd Loves His Sheep*
• Psalm 23 (context of entire psalm)
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