Session 1: A Very Good Life

In this series, we’ll be exploring the question: “What does it mean to live the very good life?” through videos, scripture, theological reflection and (fun and easy) homework. 

Questions:

1) FIll in the blank with a one-word answer: The very good life is a life of…

2) The question is: What is one thing on your bucket list that you hope to accomplish some day?

• Maintain Confidentiality: This means that what is shared in the group, stays in the group.

• Be Respectful: It’s okay to disagree, it’s never okay to diss.

• Listen Well: This means that we shouldn’t talk over one another, and we are genuinely doing our best to stay engaged in the conversation. 

• Purpose: The purpose of Very Good Soil is not about amassing knowledge so that we can get an A+ from God.  Very Good Soil is designed to help you grow. 
  

• How are we growing?In Very Good Soil, we are growing by:

  • Building relationships

  • Practicing paying attention and theological reflection

  • Learning the basics of discipleship

  • Growing in the ways we engage scripture

  • Weaving what we’re learning here into our real lives
    

• Question: What was your most formative life experience?
  

• Session Format

  • Connect: Through sharing and praying.

  • Reflect: On  the homework activities from the previous week: what we felt, what we noticed, and how we saw God at work. 

  • Show the discipleship video and have a short discussion.

  • Sow what we have learned into the word of God by discussing a passage of scripture related to the discipleship topic.

  • Grow by presenting the two homework options for the week ahead.    

(Video Above)

• Video Fill in the Blank

• Discussion Questions:

  • Have you experienced a form of Christianity that acted like following God was a formula (a matter of doing the right things)?

  • Have you been baptized? If so, when and how do you feel about it? If not, what is holding you back? (Leader may want to assure that there is no judgment for those whose answer is no or their reasons)

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