Mark Wright will be running a new course called Gossip the Good News.
It will run from 9am on Saturdays 3, 10 and 24th March
Meeting 1 – Saturday 3rd March. 9am to 12.30pm
Session 1 Starting where they are.
Aims To understand how people come to faith, and
To know that we can help them on their journey.
Session 2 We are a Community of Good News.
Aims To be confident that we do have stories of good news to share.
To overcome our fear of talking to people about our faith.
Meeting 2 – Saturday 10th March. 9am to 12.30pm
Session 3 The Good News in Everyday Language.
Aims To be able to talk about the good news of Jesus in everyday language.
To be able to share your own story of your journey of faith.
Session 4 Yes, but How?
Aims To know how to walk across the room and begin to talk with someone you
do not know.
To know the importance of careful listening and how we can improve our listening skills.
Meeting 3 – Saturday 24th March. 9am to 11am
Session 5 Party! Party! Party!
Aims To be confident in inviting people to meet Jesus through your church friends.
To know how to take a conversation further.
Refreshments will be available in Church Hall from 8.30am for those who may want to arrive a bit earlier and then we shall start each session promptly at 9am. Half way through morning we shall also stop for a short refreshments break.
Format of the course
There are power point slides for each step of the course. Sometimes a video clip is shown. There are small amounts of taught input by the course leader, but much of the course is drawn out from the participants through discussion in pairs and in groups with plenary feedback sessions often on a flipchart.
Each week there is a suggestion of how participants might apply the teaching during the coming week, and after the ~ first week there is an opportunity to share stories of how that went.
Each session ends with a song which participants can listen to or join in with. This is a time to hear from God and to receive healing, comfort, encouragement or inspiration.