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A printable checklist of practical tasks needed to start a small group including preparation, what you need for your first meeting, and what to do after the first meeting.
This handout outlines how to pace your small group's Bible study, depending on how much time you have available.
These two handouts offer multiple ideas for prayer and worship activities you can do with your small group to help keep you connected with God.
This resource will help you lead a group to prepare your hearts and ask Jesus to fill you with love for welcoming students during new student outreach (NSO).
A short guide to help you engage in silence as a spiritual practice.
This resource will help you keep track of the most important aspects of small group leading so you can be ready week to week.
This guided reflection based on Psalm 23 will help you to invest in your own self-care before, during, and after serving as a small group leader.
Theology & Podcast Season 1 Discussion Guide
A list of icebreaker ideas and activities to help groups get to know one another and grow in communication and hospitality. Curated by InterVarsity staff.
Saying yes to leading a small group is a risk. But it’s also an adventure, and this course will help you take the first step! As you lead, you’ll discover a life-giving community and growing love for Scripture.
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Learn about a method of planting campus ministry that takes on a distinctly inclusive, interdependent, communal posture
Do you wonder how Jesus might speak into your unique South Asian cultural experience? This seven-week discipleship series, created by South Asian InterVarsity staff for South Asian College students, will challenge you to take bold new risks, go deep and encounter the God of your people.
How can we reach and follow up with Southeast Asian students by showing care and hospitality? This guide has five tips on how to reach and follow up with Southeast Asian students.
Build trust with Southeast Asians with five important things to know about who we are and what we value.
How can we do evangelism together as a community? Many Asian American students come to know Jesus because they become part of a community that loves them and loves Jesus. This training includes a framework that illustrates someone’s journey towards faith in Jesus.
What does it mean to be South Asian and Christian? Join hosts Caroline Lancaster and Kevin Wilson for real conversations on faith and the South Asian cultural experience.
A six-week Bible study series for Pilipino American students to explore their Pilipino identity by studying Moses' journey throughout Exodus. Each week, students will go through an anecdote related to Pilipino identity, a passage in Exodus and a related application. This is a great starter Bible study for Pilipino small groups or chapters to go through to be discipled in their ethnic identity, evangelism, lordship issues and more!
Lunch break is an open space for community building, deeper conversations, and storytelling through food. It is a fun way to casually get to know people through a meal and intentional conversation. Build trust and relationship by inviting someone new and exploring the conversation topics below. Part of the "Have You Eaten Yet?" Campaign.
Follow up is walking with people in our community through keeping in touch and checking in with people that we meet. This resource highlights tips and ideas for follow up that are both individual and communal.
Someone reached out to you and invited you to belong. Now we have the chance to be those hospitable people to new and returning students. This resource will help you grow in intentionality and hospitality and embody God’s heart of welcome to others by making invitations as a community. Part of the Communal Evangelism Toolkit.