In our increasingly postmodern world, discipling students requires connecting not only with their intellect, but with their whole being. The Equipped Series: Loving and Serving Jesus for a Lifetime provides a small group experience to take you deeper in loving and serving Jesus.
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Some common questions about our Equipped Series:
Equipped studies have been designed to:
engage both the head and the heart
help develop a holistic understanding of each topic
support confidence in theological understanding
provide opportunities to think critically
promote confidence in sharing one’s faith and story
Each book is broken into 4 lessons, which take about an hour to an hour and a half to work through. A weekly campus group could reasonably do two books per semester and still have a few free weeks for other activities.
Every lesson includes an introductory activity, as well as opportunities for introspection and outward action. The books cover foundational aspects of faith that are core learning objectives for students involved in Power to Change. These books can stand alone or be studied in any order.
In addition to the booklets, there are leader’s guides with instructions on leading the group.
We recognize that students will be coming from different contexts. The Equipped series provides a consistent theology in a systematic way with a series of lessons that brings all students to the same theological baseline, while still challenging more knowledgeable students to think about the topic in new ways.
Let Pat and Suz explain the vision for these resources:
Explore each study:
1. Foundation
On any building project, starting with a properly laid foundation is critical for success in achieving a structurally sound building. This four-week study looks at the essential aspects upon which a gospel-centred life is built: application of the gospel to your life, assurance of your relationship with God, dealing with sin through confession, and the authority of Scripture.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
2. My Story
My Story is a small group training series that will invigorate your evangelism through the powerful intersection of social media, your personal story and the gospel. This video training series will walk you from start to finish, launching you to reach your world. Lessons include:
Gospel – The gospel is both the content of our story and our motivation for sharing it.
Crave – Everybody, no matter who they are, craves the same things in life: intimacy, destiny, meaning. These can steer us off course in life if we look to satisfy them in wrong places, but ultimately they are meant to point us to God.
Idolatry – All of our stories reflect this truth: looking to anything other than Jesus for ultimate meaning leaves us unsatisfied and empty.
Story I – Every single Christian comes pre-equipped with the best tool you could ever have to help someone discover Jesus: your story.
Story II – Using his story, Paul builds rapport with his audience and demonstrates life change.
Launch – With the joy that is in our lives because Jesus has saved us, we can share our stories with confidence.
Now What – Evangelism isn’t simply an event, it’s a process. An evangelist must be patient, take initiative, and pray.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
For access to the video series that accompanies each lesson find it HERE.
3. Intersection
What does it mean to live out the gospel message? This four-week study looks at what it means to share God’s heart for the world, how our perspective affects the way we live, our calling to make Jesus known, and what it means to take initiative with our faith.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
4. Journey
Journey is a four week study on the Holy Spirit. These four lessons help you understand who the Holy Spirit is, how it can be good news to have him and not Jesus, and what difference the Holy Spirit makes in our lives. As we unpack these topics, we seek to help you experience walking with the Holy Spirit in a deeper way.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
5. Approach
Approach is a four-week study on prayer. These four lessons will help you move past barriers to prayer by allowing you to explore helpful structures of prayer, teaching you different expressions of prayer, and casting greater vision for you as you approach God in prayer.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
6. Together
Together is a four-week study on discipleship. In these four lessons, we’ll look at Jesus’ pattern for discipleship and why it’s still so effective today. We’ll explore what good discipleship looks like, and how to carry out discipleship in this crazy busy time of life. Together, we can make disciples.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
7. Contextualize
Nothing on this planet is untouched by culture, including how we view Jesus and the gospel. How you interpret, understand, and explain the gospel might be very different than how someone from a different culture does. In this four-week study, we will look into the book of Acts for examples of how to effectively contextualize the gospel for others. We will also learn how to better recognize our own cultural context as we seek to more effectively contextualize the gospel for ourselves.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.
8. Rooted
It is tempting to search for silver-bullet solutions or formulas that will help us really feel transformed. However, this change doesn’t come from new methods or formulas or five-step plans. It happens when the truths of the gospel penetrate the deepest recesses of our souls. This four-week study is designed to help you root yourself deeper in the gospel.
Explore the leader's guide: You’ll find an explanation of the different components of each lesson, suggestions for you as a leader to be aware of, as well as leader’s notes for each specific lesson.