Life Group Leader Guide
Welcome life group leaders!
This guide is a resource for you as you pray and consider how you lead your group towards being with Jesus, becoming more like Jesus, and doing what Jesus did, together!
Updated 01/26/26
Meal / Fellowship
(Briefly welcome the group & pray before eating.)
We share dinner together as an act of fellowship. Throughout the gospels, we see Jesus constantly interacting with people over a meal. The act of eating is so universal that eating together both fills a practical need and helps us open up again to community together. As we eat and share, let’s intentionally reflect on God’s presence in our lives.
Sample 30-Day Journal Dinner Discussion Questions:
Sample General Dinner Discussion Questions:
Optional: you can have the elements of communion to take communion together to start or end the meal.
We share dinner together as an act of fellowship. Throughout the gospels, we see Jesus constantly interacting with people over a meal. The act of eating is so universal that eating together both fills a practical need and helps us open up again to community together. As we eat and share, let’s intentionally reflect on God’s presence in our lives.
Sample 30-Day Journal Dinner Discussion Questions:
- What do you sense God is highlighting as you have been seeking His plans and purposes in your life?
- What surprised you about what came out when you started journaling?
- What’s one fear, hope, or longing that keeps showing up in your writing?
- Where do you sense peace? Where do you sense resistance?
- How is God meeting you in your questions?
Sample General Dinner Discussion Questions:
- How did you encounter God this week?
- What is God teaching you right now?
- How did you see God moving in someone else's life?
Optional: you can have the elements of communion to take communion together to start or end the meal.
Announcements
- Join us as we intentionally seek God's plans and purposes as church over the next 30 days. The 30 Day Journal is an excellent tool to support this journey. Pick up a physical journal at the church or download the PDF at 30dayjournal.com. The 30 days begins January 19th.
If you need more vision/information for any specific event, you can find it on the event page on our website.
Discovery Bible Study (DBS)
Topic: Faithful Obedience
Leading Scripture: Matthew 25:14–30
Tips:
Set the tone
Begin with prayer
1. First Reading:
2. Second Reading:
3. Reflection:
Leading Scripture: Matthew 25:14–30
Tips:
Set the tone
- Create a welcoming, unhurried atmosphere.
- Remind everyone that the goal isn’t to teach but to discover together what God is saying through His Word.
- Encourage participation from everyone — even brief thoughts matter.
Begin with prayer
“Holy Spirit, would You open our hearts and help us see Jesus clearly in this passage?”
1. First Reading:
- Have someone read the passage aloud.
- Prompt responses from the group using the following question:
- What does this passage teach us about God — His will, His ways, His priorities?
2. Second Reading:
- Ask a second person to re-read it in another translation.
- Prompt responses from the group using the following question:
- What does this passage teach us about people — our will, perspectives, or priorities?
3. Reflection:
- Invite the group to pause and reflect on the following question:
- What from this passage does God want me to know and apply to my life?
- After a couple minutes, prompt responses from the group.
End With Prayer Together
Consider this time as an opportunity to minister to each other through prayer. Follow the spirit's leading.
A leader should close out the night with a final prayer over the group as a whole and thank everyone for coming.
A leader should close out the night with a final prayer over the group as a whole and thank everyone for coming.