Training
SIGN: Group Leaders’ Instructions (updated March 9)

Tips for Facil­it­a­tion:
The DVD con­tin­ues through­out the entire group ses­sion, with a timer on screen to help you know when to close the dis­cus­sion times. The dis­cus­sion peri­ods should be car­ried out in groups of 3 – 5 people to provide each an oppor­tun­ity to share in the limited time. 

DVD’s for your group ses­sions:
Pick up the DVD for Ses­sions 2 this Sunday at the Help Desk, and Ses­sion 3 next week. You will need one DVD per group session. 

When to start Daily Read­ings:
Par­ti­cipants aren’t to com­mence the daily devo­tional plan until the day after your group meets.

About the Course:
“God brought us back to Him­self through Christ. And God has given us this task of recon­cil­ing people to Him.” (2 Cor­inthi­ans 5:18 – 19)

Ever thought about what this means? Every­day fol­low­ers of Christ — you and me, warts and all — are God’s Plan A to make the intro­duc­tion between a way­ward world, and an…
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Feature Video: Fulfill the Great Commission - Dave Auda

The Chris­tian life can’t be lived out­side the con­text of com­munity. The two pil­lars that form the expres­sion of small groups are the Great Com­mand­ment (Mark 12) and the Great Com­mis­sion (Mat­thew 28).

Dave Auda is a Pastor of Developers at Mosaic in Los Angeles, C.A. He has served in this dynamic community of faith, love and hope for over 30 years. Dave has helped poineer and champion Small Group communities since 1977. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California Baptist University, and a Master of Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
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GROWTH Group Study Library
The Prodigal God — Tim Kellar
The Prodigal God — Tim Kellar

In this com­pel­ling six-session DVD study, pas­tor and best selling author Tim Keller presents a new way of look­ing at this well known par­able. Where most teach­ing focuses just on the younger “way­ward” son, Dr. Keller chal­lenges us to con­sider both the role of the elder brother and the father as well. Even Jesus began his par­able with “a man had two sons” so, you see, the story is not just about the younger son who leaves home and squanders his inher­it­ance before even­tu­ally return­ing home. The story is as much about the elder brother as the younger, and as much about the father as the sons. To this end, Dr. Keller con­tends that the story might bet­ter be called “Two Lost Sons.”

In six ses­sions your group will explore the prod­igal who spent until he had noth­ing left, the self right­eous and offen­ded elder son, and the father who for­gave with reck­less aban­don. And in it all, your group will learn the love of the Heav­enly Father who lav­ishes his love upon his chil­dren and wel­comes us back into his lov­ing arms. Ses­sion titles include the following:

  • The Par­able
  • The People Around Jesus
  • The Two Lost Sons
  • The Elder Brother The True Elder Brother
  • The Feast of the Father