How to lead
A Home Bible Study
How to Plan, Host, and Lead an Awesome Bible Study
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hey it's Kristin and Bethany mare with
girl defined ministries and in today's
vlog we're gonna be talking about how to
plan host and lead an awesome Bible
study so planning and hosting a Bible
study can be super intimidating if you
don't really know what you're doing if
you've never done it before I remember
one of the first times I hosted a Bible
study at my house and I was really
intimidated I'm like oh what if no one
shows up what if I don't know what I'm
doing what if people feel awkward they
don't like it and I was intimidated and
I had to reach out to other resources
and look at what other people did try to
figure it out and the steps that I
learned in the things that I learned
through that first Bible study really
helped me I did some things good and I
did some things bad I look back and I'm
like I think I'll do that again but over
the years both Kristen and I have led
multiple Bible studies small Bible
studies big Bible studies and there are
a few key steps that have really helped
us to plan host and lead an awesome
Bible study and so in today's vlog we're
hoping that these steps will equip you
to lead an awesome Bible study as well
so you may have a awesome idea and
you're ready to dive in and start that
Bible study but the first thing that we
encourage you to do is to take some time
to stop and pray seek the Lord with this
idea pray and ask God am i in a position
to lead this study do I have a humble
heart am i equipped just as this book is
this a good topic I need to take the
Lord on what study I should do take some
time first to stop and pray and seek the
Lord's wisdom second you need to create
a list it's really hard to know what
kind of study to plan if you don't know
who's gonna be there so if like age
group are you inviting a younger group
of girls are you inviting girls your own
age how many are you thinking is this
gonna be a smaller study maybe since
this is your first one or one of your
beginning studies it might be a good
idea to keep it smaller once you have a
list an idea of who you're going to
invite to this study
then you can kind of continue to plan
from there so we really encourage you to
create a list a number three pick the
study once you have your list and you
know what kind of people you're inviting
then you just need to pick a study
whether it's an actual book study you're
doing whether you're gonna pick a book
of the Bible and organize a study based
on that the next thing to do is to pick
the study a few of our favorite
recommendations true woman-101 by nancy
lieder boss that's a great one true
woman to oline that's our second
that's a really great study as well and
then our book girl to find God's radical
design for beauty femininity and
identity actually has a chapter by
chapter study guide and we've even
created videos to go along with the
study here on our YouTube channel so
those are just a few ideas on studies
that you can do number 4 choose a
location so you've got to kind of figure
that out in your brain do you want to
have it at your house if you have a
house or maybe it's an apartment you
have an apartment but if you don't have
a place where you can personally host it
we recommend finding someone who does
have a place that you can host or
whether it's a girlfriend
maybe your mom a family member because
there's just something so like special
about going inside someone's home it I
think it just makes you feel more
comfortable to open up and share yeah
but if all those options fail don't let
that stop you you can always go to a
coffee shop or just a cozy place out
there someplace where you can go to have
the study number five secure a date and
time it might actually be a really good
idea to talk to the people on your
invite list and ask them hey what day
would work best for you is that is that
a weekday is it a weekend what time
morning afternoon evening what works
best for the people that you're inviting
and then you need to decide am I gonna
have this once a week twice a week once
a month twice a month how frequent is
the study gonna be and then the last
thing you need to do once you discover
all of that is nail down a start date
yeah pick that date choose that date to
start and then go for it
number six invite them to join you need
to let your friends know now there are
awesome things online where you can
create super cute invites through an
email or you can even create like a
super cute invitation and send that to
them or if that's too much just come up
with a great text including all of the
details and send it out a lot of times
what I like to do is send out like a
save the date almost like hey here's
when the study's gonna get started more
details to come so you must need to
invite your friends to join so they can
know what to expect that they can know
the start date and they can start
preparing as well and number seven
collect responses this might seem kind
of basic but in our experiences of doing
studies it's amazing how many people
don't actually respond to the initial
invite or text message or whatever that
you send they just get busy and they
forget so don't be discouraged if you're
not getting many responses and our goal
it's normal and it's always best to
follow up a second time and just say hey
did you get my invite what do you think
if you still haven't heard don't be
afraid to send a third response do you
need it after it because we're busy our
lives are crazy keep after it until you
get all of those
or no responses number 8 create a
schedule you want to have an idea of
what the evening is going to look like
now this isn't something that you're
going to give your friends it's
something that's for you so you'll know
ok so from like 6:45 to 7 I'm gonna have
the people arriving I'm gonna be
welcoming them there's gonna be named
tax out ok from 7:00 to 7:30 it's just
gonna be like coffee and chatting I'm
gonna have snaps out that's kind of the
idea you want to create a detailed
schedule that you can follow that way
it's organized that way you know where
you're going that way when people arrive
it's not just like ok now they're here
what do I do with them so that's one of
my favorite things schedules are like my
best friend when it comes to study so I
encourage you to create a detailed
schedule for the evening and number 9
how to actually host so the people are
coming the time is ticking you know
they're gonna be there any minute and
you're nervous and guess what they're
probably nervous too I don't know about
you but whenever we go into a brand new
study we're always a little bit nervous
you know who's gonna be there you're not
sure when it's gonna be all about so you
as the host want to make it as
comfortable as possible for the people
coming to your study so a few of our
recommendations have nametags out so
everyone can know who yeah there is it's
so hard to remember all those names make
it fun provide snacks maybe some like
desserts some front punch whether that
is but everyone loves you that means
tulisa's people up and then some other
things we've noticed that just make it
comfortable maybe I have a candle or two
going have some like Christian music
playing no one's talking it's not dead
silent right just little things like
that help to create a wonderful kind of
natural environment for everybody coming
in it creates hospitality and that is
just a few of our tips on how to be a
good host so we know we've shared a lot
of information with you but we hope as
you go and you think and pray about
hosting a Bible study that those tips
and steps will help you kind of know how
to think through this you know to know
like okay is this the right thing to do
am I even going about this right
seriously those are the exact tips that
we've used in planning and hosting Bible
studies so we just hope they're so
helpful for you but ultimately I think
you just have to go for it
you gotta take that step at a time we
know you're scared we know you're
nervous we've been nervous too
but it will be so worth it in the end if
nothing else you will learn and grow a
ton as you trust in God as you plan the
study thanks so much for watching
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