Storying through the Bible is
a method/strategy to engage a group of people in learning Scripture. There is
great flexibility in teaching this way and you could walk through the Bible
from the Old Testament to the Cross, work through the Gospels, highlighting
different aspects of Jesus’ life, or work through a specific book like Acts. In
order to maximize effectiveness, a group should follow this general outline:
1. Every
week the small-group leader learns one of the stories to tell or they assign
someone in their group to learn the story.
2. The
assigned storyteller learns the story so that he or she can tell it without
reading it – not word for word but so the story remains true to the meaning.
3. While
the storyteller is telling the story, the small group reads along to see if the
storyteller has missed anything.
4. When
the story is finished, the storyteller or the leader of the group will rebuild
the story pointing out anything that was missed.
5. The
leader often asks someone to tell
the story back to everyone without reading it.
6. No
one knows who will be asked, so everyone pays attention just in case he or she
is chosen.
7. Once
the story has been told, rebuilt, and told again, the small group leader asks
questions that draw out the important truths in the story:
·
What new thing did you discover in the story
that you did not know before?
·
What did you learn about God?
·
What did you learn about people?
·
Which person is most like you in the story?
·
What will you take away from this discussion?
·
What will you do with what you have learned?
- If the leader is asked a question they do not know the answer to, they need to say, “I don’t know, but I will know by next week.”
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