TOOL 9

Using This Booklet in a Small Group

The same twelve sessions work well for groups of 4 to 12. Everyone uses the same booklet and takes the same weekly action step.

Plan for 75 minutes. Add time to Connect so everyone can share.
Use pairs and triads for the Practice and for prayer, so everyone participates.
Check the “For groups” note in each session. A few lessons (Forgiveness, Unmet Needs and Finding Freedom, Living Generously) need extra care with privacy.
Share leadership. Follow the Growing into a Leader pattern by rotating who opens in prayer, leads Connect, and leads Read.
Pair people up between meetings for a weekly check-in on the action step.
Keep confidentiality. What’s shared in the group stays in the group, unless someone is at risk of harm.
Plan to multiply. By Session 12, ask who will start a one-on-one or co-lead a new group.

Course developed by Pastor Jeff Sparks for Colonial Presbyterian Church. Some of the material and the original course concept draw on Discipleship Pathway (2024), Rev. Megan Koch and Rev. Phil Wiseman, Table Church, Des Moines. CC BY 4.0 · creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · Original: discipleship.guide. Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Website format: lesson content and L.I.G.H.T. labels follow the September 30, 2026 booklet.