Suggested Running Guide
There are many settings and types of people with different backgrounds. The Discipleship Way Course can be run in different ways to adapt to different needs, capacities, and timescales.
Please click on the options below to explore different ways of running the Discipleship Way Course.
Group
1-to-1
Away Day
1-to-1
Option 1
Session 1 – Coach gives out the book, introduces course, and coaches the student through Step 1.
Coach then encourages the student to work through the next Step (Story and Studies) themselves and sets a realistic date for next session.
At the next session review the step (ensuring key outcomes are understood and applied) and together work through the Group Discussion Questions.
Coach then encourages the student to work through the next Step (Story and Studies), and so on…
Option 2
Coach takes the student through the full content ensuring key outcomes are understood and applied.
As the student increases in confidence, encourage them to try to go through a Study themselves, before the next session.
Group
Option 1 – recommended
Session 1 – Coach gives out books, introduces course, and coaches the students through Step 1. At end of Session 1, the coach sets self-study (homework) of the next Step Story and asks them to work through Study 1 themselves or in a pair, during the week.
Session 2 – coach briefly reviews Study 1 (ensuring key outcomes are understood and applied). Then coaches through Study 2. Sets self-study of Study 3.
Session 3 – again briefly reviews Study 3. Coach through Group Discussion Questions. Set self-study of next Step Story and Study 1.
And so it goes on. 23 sessions in all.
Option 2 – maybe suitable in some settings (University/Prison)
It is possible to complete the course over 12 sessions.
After an initial session where the Coach gives out books, introduces the course, and coaches the students through Step 1; Students do the Story and the 3 self-studies themselves (or preferably in a pair).
Sessions would comprise brief reviews of studies (ensuring the key outcomes are understood and applied) and then go through Group Discussions Question together. Some may find this approach too intense and because it is more self-led there is a greater need for self-motivation.
Away Day
A great option for the course especially if going through as a group is to run a day away. This could involve working through together Step 5 on Identity and Step 6 on Presence. This could involve periods of reflection, discussion and prayer ministry.
I’m currently developing more resources to assist with what this could look like.