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 12/22/25
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.
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.
- 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
- Celebrate Christmas Eve with us as we gather to remember the hope, peace, and joy of Jesus’ birth in the sanctuary this Wednesday at 4:00pm.
- Remember we will have no Sunday service on December 28th. Enjoy a day of rest with your family!
- Lon Holder will be hosting a weekly Bible study on 1 Peter in the east side classroom beginning January 11 at 9:00am. All are welcome.
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: Good news of great joy for all people
Leading Scripture: Luke 2:1–20
Tips:
Set the tone
Begin with prayer
1. First Reading:
2. Second Reading:
3. Reflection:
Leading Scripture: Luke 2:1–20
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.