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Ephesians 6 - Armour of God Community Bible Studies - Google Docs

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All our training videos for community leaders.

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Complete Acts study notes 2025 (Acts 1-8)

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Complete Acts study notes 2025 (Acts 1-8)

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Community Study notes Sept-Nov 2025 - Acts 

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Community Study notes Sept-Nov 2025 - Acts - Part 4

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Community Study notes Sept-Nov 2025 - Acts - Part 3 (2)

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Community Study notes Sept-Nov 2025 - Acts - Part 2 

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The study questions for the first four weeks of our sermon series in the book of Acts.

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Community Study notes Sept-Nov 2025 - Acts Part 1 - Google Docs

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Thinking of multiplying your community? here is a brief 2 page document to help you

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Multiplication of Communities - shorter edit - Google Docs

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Follow this link to find helpful training videos

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All our training videos for community leaders.

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Practicing the Way is a free online series that goes studies and helps you practice the Spiritual disciplines. While “spiritual disciplines” can sound quite dry they’re simply the day to day things we can do as Christians to draw ourselves closer to God (such as prayer, fasting, Sabbath etc), so what’s not to love!

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Slow down your life to live at the pace and in the presence of Jesus. Ancient Christians called this "the practice of the presence of God." Jesus himself called it "abiding." Discover a life of deep, intimate communion with God.

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https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-course/

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"What on earth is God saying?" "How do I make sense of the Bible?"
The Lectio Course is a free small group resource from 24-7 Prayer which will equip you and your community to grow in prayer, discern God's voice and fall in love with the Bible.

Learn how to hear God by praying the Bible together as a community.

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The Lectio Course - 24-7 Prayer International

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"What on earth is God saying?" "How do I make sense of the Bible?" The Lectio Course is a free small group resource from 24-7 Prayer which will equip you and your community to grow in prayer, discern God's voice and fall in love with the Bible.

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https://licc.org.uk/ourresources/6m-people/

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Meron driving her twentieth customer to their destination. Jan battling through the graveyard shift at the hospital. Jess coaxing her toddler to eat her broccoli.
Mundane tasks? Or something more?

The God of all things cares deeply about all the things of our lives. Day by day he works through each of us, giving us opportunities to make the world more like heaven with every email we send, every issue we fix, and every customer we serve.

In each two-minute film of the 6M People series, you'll walk with an ordinary Christian through their daily routine and discover how they make a difference for Christ, living out the '6Ms of Fruitfulness' in their ordinary tasks:

Modelling godly character

Making good work

Ministering grace and love

Moulding culture

Being a Mouthpiece for truth and justice

Being a Messenger of the gospel

The series is designed to inspire you and your church, your small group, your friends and family, with examples that bring to mind the question: what small (or big!) things could God be doing through you?

And if you want a little help reflecting on that question, we've created the '6MOT' reflection guide to follow on from the videos, taking you through each 'M' with simple questions. Download it at the bottom of the page.

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Meron driving her twentieth customer to their destination. Jan battling through the graveyard shift at the hospital. Jess coaxing her toddler to eat her broccoli. Mundane tasks? Or something more? The God of all things cares deeply about all the things of our lives.

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If you're looking for study material for your community then here are two sessions on spiritual gifts which include links to tests.

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Spiritual Gifts Community Notes Parts 1 & 2

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Many of us have been using the Lectio 365 app to help us with prayerful and reflective reading of the bible in our daily lives. There is now a version specially designed for families. Why not check it out and suggest it to people in your communities who would benefit?

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Lectio for Families - 24-7 Prayer International

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Lectio for Families is a free devotional app that helps families to read the Bible and explore faith through conversation and prayer together

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In our community we LOVED The Prayer Course but didn't get a lot of time to practise in the sessions. We are keen to grow in prayer and not just do courses, so we have put together some leaders notes to help you lead 'follow-up' sessions. They are still working documents rather than all neat and tidy, but you can print them off and use them to help you. If you have feedback, do email me so that we can improve them.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hmwlEPvKgK6apOJlhMTdQD5oZ08_MHAv?usp=sharing

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 The Prayer Course: Our ability to talk to the creator of the universe (our Father) in prayer is an amazing gift but it's a gift we need to practice and hone. What better way to do that than with your community through the Prayer Course which runs for 8 weeks and goes through the Lord's prayer while considering different aspects of prayer. https://prayercourse.org/home/

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 The Prayer Course: Our ability to talk to the creator of the universe (our Father) in prayer is an amazing gift but it's a gift we need to practice and hone. What better way to do that than with your community through the Prayer Course which runs for 8 weeks and goes through the Lord's prayer while considering different aspects of prayer. https://prayercourse.org/home/

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Something to try if you feel like a change.

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Loads of great episodes to help us in parenting our children for faith.

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Rachel Turner

Abingdon

Parenting for Faith exists to equip and encourage parents to raise God-connected children and teens. In the podcast, Rachel Turner offers ideas and tools, answers questions, reviews books, hosts interviews and panel discussions. Discover our free course for churches and more at https://parentingforfaith.org Parenting for Faith is part of the Bible Reading Fellowship, a registered charity.

Parenting for Faith's tracks

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Parenting for Faith exists to equip and encourage parents to raise God-connected children and teens. In the podcast, Rachel Turner offers ideas and tools, answers questions, reviews books, hosts interviews and panel discussions. Discover our free course for churches and more at https://parentingforfaith.org Parenting for Faith is part of the Bible Reading Fellowship, a registered charity.

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If you want to use the DBS method with a bit more guidance.

https://discoverapp.org/discovery-bible-study

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Follow this link to find all our training videos

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Follow this link to find all our training videos

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All our training videos for community leaders.

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This blog post explores the 3 main settings in which families usually interact and how we can bring these into the life of our communities.

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This blog post explores the 3 main settings in which families usually interact and how we can bring these into the life of our communities.

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Well worth a read if you have children who are part of your community or if you want to know how to involve whole families more, especially now that we don't meet together on Sundays.

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There have been countless studies on how children learn, how they interact with information and how they grow. There are countless curriculums, books and resources out there to aid us with our parenting and children's work.

But, as we start to engage with Missional Community life, we start to come up with more questions than answers. And there's not always a Kids worker on hand to bail us out!
The countless research papers & studies can be very useful though as we embark on this new (and incredibly old and normal) way of missional life. One of the themes of this research is that there are three primary environments in which children learn - classroom, apprenticeship and immersion:

1. Classroom - The child is taught something by somebody. They listen and then process the information being shared with them. This is usually measured through tests, projects or exams.

2. Apprenticeship - The child is shown something by somebody. The child is involved in, and so learns from, a process. Information is engaged with and processed through implementation, experimentation and application.

3. Immersion - The child experiences something by being around somebody. The child gathers information from their experience of the culture, environment or context within which they are found.
Sunday morning kids work is 45 minutes, an hour at best, in the week of a child's life. There might be activities, object lessons or games to go along with the bible teaching to help the children think through how to apply what they are hearing. It's good sharing of information but it's still a classroom environment.

Missional community, extended families of 15 to 30 adults (and any number of children!!) on mission together give children & young people the environment to learn by being part of a community that lives out its faith. They are given the opportunity to be part of a group that looks to share its faith with others that don't know Jesus. They don't just attend an event but learn from many different and varied life experiences. They are encouraged to take more responsibility and participate; to be part of the community - not just to be talked at but talked with. In a missional community context children are not just waiting for adults to define something but shaping and crafting it themselves. They can be involved in, and contribute to, the life of the community.

Children learn by living out their faith - not just learning about their faith from others. They take hold of it for themselves through apprenticeship and immersion - seeing their parents lead, learning how to study the Bible for themselves, taking care of younger or older members of the community, being given roles & responsibilities that mean they contribute and share Biblical reflections themselves. The community necessitates that young people help with younger children. Children can share with adults their thoughts on a passage, serving and sharing faith together as family.

There are many different ways communities function as they gather but three ways we have found missional communities to 'work' well as they gather together has come by thinking about family environments; environments that are normal to families, both Christian & non-Christian.

Three environments all families interact with are:

The Educational environment (i.e school, nursery)

The Coffee Shop environment (i.e. Starbucks, restaurants)

The Party environment (i.e. birthdays, family celebrations)

The Educational environment - is where the parents & children are learning together in a more structured way. This is not the same as classroom! We encourage families and extended families (missional communities) to think about rhythms of family prayer, worship and study. One of our family missional communities had gatherings where they took a bible passage and the children & young people came up with a drama, craft and teaching lesson from what they'd learnt and then shared with the adults. Lots of applause and then good conversations were had afterwards! There needs to be apprenticeship and immersion as children engage.

The Coffee Shop - is an adult environment with children present - tables, papers and coffee with activities in the room. This environment encourages the informal relationships and interactions between children, parents and the extended family. One geographical missional community did this as an access point for non-Christians with prayer cards and opportunities for conversations on the tables.

The Children's Party environment - (if you haven't yet got kids there's a treat in store!!!) is an environment where parents serve the kids - everything is set up for the kids to have a great time together - noise, mess, chaos, games, fun...sweets!! So a missional community can set themselves up for a great child-centred gathering.

You don't have to have the same environment every time (could you imagine organising a 'children's party' environment every time you met!!) and you can have multiple environments happening at one gathering. The important thing is to take responsible as a community and be intentional and proactive about the feel & framework as you gather.

As part of Rooted, we have a weekly section for kids and young families. It always lots of fun, and includes devotional activities and tools for all ages to spend time together with God, engaged in prayer and worship.
Sign up to Rooted Families

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How to make Missional Communities and children work together

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There have been countless studies on how children learn, how they interact with information and how they grow. There are countless curriculums, books and resources out there to aid us with our parenting and children's work. But, as we start to engage with Missional Community life, we start to come up with more questions than answers.

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We sent this to our group for anyone who wanted to print off for use as they wanted during a recent prayer session. Good for children and anyone who needs something to do with their hands to help them think and pray.

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7 ideas of things to do in groups of 2 to 6 people.

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An 8 session course for exploring the bible. Suitable for new and old believers. This course has a cost, so if you are interested after reading the info talk to your Coach about how we can share or cover the cost.

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An eight-session course helping you explore the BIG story.

Whether you're well versed in Scripture or new to the Bible, The Bible Course offers a superb overview of the world's best-selling book. The course will increase your confidence, equip you to read the Bible better and help you to see its relevance to daily life. Over eight interactive sessions, it combines video teaching, group discussion, personal reflection and daily readings.

Meeting people in groups, where everyone shares their thoughts and experiences, lies at the heart of The Bible Course as everyone learns from each other.
Choose how you'd like to run your course
A typical session includes:

Welcome from the Course host

15-minute teaching video

25-minute discussion time

15-minute teaching video

10-minute personal reflection to finish

Daily readings between sessions

'If you are looking for a course to help your Church or small group engage and understand the story of the Bible, can I encourage you to look at The Bible Course. The Bible is the only book that we can read in the company of the author which is an incredible thought. The Bible Course will enrich you and you will discover truth, wisdom and guidance.' J.John - Reverend Canon
Take a look at Session one

Thinking about doing The Bible Course? Watch the first session for free and browse the accompanying manual content.

How would you like to deliver your course?
Buy now for only £14.99

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An eight-session course helping you explore the BIG story. Whether you're well versed in Scripture or new to the Bible, The Bible Course offers a superb overview of the world's best-selling book. The course will increase your confidence, equip you to read the Bible better and help you to see its relevance to daily life.

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Ask Jonny for more info.

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The message at the heart of Christianity is pretty simple. It's all about the good news of Jesus.

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Would your group like to run an online Alpha course?

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Would your group like to run an online Alpha course?

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Contact Jonny for more details and support

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Approximately 30,000 churches and organisations ran Alpha with over 1.3 million participants.

What is Alpha?

Alpha is a tool built for local churches based on hospitality, sharing and open conversation. The same Alpha content is run all over the world, by Christians of all traditions, and provides a common expression of proclamation, service and witness. Millions of people have experienced Alpha in over 100 countries and over 100 languages around the globe.

What does an Alpha Session look like?

Hospitality

Whether in person over a meal or virtually with a cup of tea, all sessions start with a time to connect, relax, and build friendships. Eating food together creates space for people to connect and share life on a deeper level.

Talk

The Alpha talks are designed to engage people from all walks of life and inspire conversation. They explore the big issues of life and faith and unpack the basics of Christian belief, addressing questions like "Who is Jesus?", "Why and how do I pray?" and "How does God guide us?"

Preview the Talks

Discussion

The discussion time is an opportunity for people to respond to the talk, hear from others, and contribute their own perspective in an honest, friendly, and open environment.

Ready to run an Alpha?

Get Started

How do I get Started?

After you sign up online, we'll show you how to create a space where people who wouldn't normally come to church feel comfortable having a discussion about God.

We'll provide you with tools and training to equip your team to run Alpha and inspire the church to invite their friends.

Then you'll get access to the Alpha video series and guides that will spark discussion

Get started today

Everything you need to run Alpha is available online and free to download so that everyone can play a part in seeing their friends lives transformed.

Get Started

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Run Alpha

Get Started to run an Alpha

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Alpha | Equipping the Church with Evangelism Tools to Talk About Faith

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Approximately 30,000 churches and organisations ran Alpha with over 1.3 million participants. Alpha is a tool built for local churches based on hospitality, sharing and open conversation. The same Alpha content is run all over the world, by Christians of all traditions, and provides a common expression of proclamation, service and witness.

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A course focused on developing people's mental and emotional well being. We have a DVD and course booklets for this - ask Jonny.

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Kintsugi Hope is a charity based in the UK striving to make a difference to peoples mental wellbeing.
'Kintsugi' (金継ぎ) is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means'golden joinery' in Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, and even more unique than it was prior to being broken. Instead of hiding the scars it makes a feature of them.

We want to see a world where mental and emotional health is understood and accepted, with safe and supportive communities for everyone to grow and flourish.

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Kintsugi Hope is a charity based in the UK striving to make a difference to peoples mental wellbeing. 'Kintsugi' (金継ぎ) is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means'golden joinery' in Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, and even more unique than it was prior to being broken.

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BibleProject small group bible study resources

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BibleProject small group bible study resources

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The Bible Project is a really biblically sound and amazingly creative team who put together lots of biblical teaching and video content. You will find on this link a series of studies made for small groups which will work well online through screen sharing the video/audio and then discussing the questions. If your group wants something different for a bit or just for a one-off session - check these out!

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Small Group Bible Studies | BibleProject™

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Facilitate Bible Study group discussions around themes featured in the reading journey of the BibleProject app.

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God's Plan for your Wellbeing - book link

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God's Plan for your Wellbeing - book link

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If you're interested in purchasing the book you can buy it for the best price here https://www.waverleyabbeyresources.org/product/gods-plan-for-your-wellbeing/. But please check in with me first so we can coordinate buying with other groups if we need to :)

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This is Chris Wallis, I am not anonymous! I have done this a couple of times now in different settings and found it to be a blessing.
Using google earth street view you can take people on prayer walks from the comfort of their own home. You need to have google earth street view open and then share your screen on Zoom for it to be viewable for all.
Hope this blesss some of you.

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How to add attendance details on My Church Suite

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How to add attendance details on My Church Suite

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Video tutorial

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A 5 session resource to help you get praying for your local community.

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Walk, Pray, Talk is a five-part resource that will help you to explore the connection between the place you inhabit in the everyday, your Christian faith and your God-given purpose as you follow Jesus into His world.

Through each of the five sessions you will explore prayer through themes of being people of God, present to God and people, participation, and caring for a place.
We really want to encourage you to get out and about praying for your local community. We believe you will thrive as God's people, together, in your places, in a new way.
You can use this resource alongside the Walk & Pray resource.

"If we are going to live as intended, which is, to the glory of God, we cannot do it abstractly or in general. We have to do it under the particularising conditions in which God works, namely - time and place - here and now." - Eugene Peterson

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Walk, Pray, Talk is a five-part resource that will help you to explore the connection between the place you inhabit in the everyday, your Christian faith and your God-given purpose as you follow Jesus into His world.

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guide and 'cheat sheet'

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We sent this to our group for anyone who wanted to print off for use as they wanted during a recent prayer session. Good for children and anyone who needs something to do with their hands to help them think and pray.