Welcome! As you arrive: Make a name tag Find a partner and complete the “Triads Savvy” worksheet

Welcome!Welcome!

As you arrive:

• Make a name tag

• Find a partner and

complete the

“Triads Savvy”

worksheet

The

discover triad

can be

compared

to a

musical chord

The Discover TriadThe Discover Triad

Shepherding

Stories

Scripture


ScriptureScripture ShepherdingShepherding

StoriesStories

Timeless Principles of the Sunday School MovementTimeless Principles of the Sunday School Movement

Heart

Heartbeat

Focus

Genius

Mark of a Dynamic Sunday School Class

pp.8-10

• Scripture is the

• Teachers are the

• Learners are the

• The Class is the

• Discovery is the

The Discover Triad

The Discover Triad

Scripture is about Bible study and discovering truths … Scripture comes alive in the context of the stories of the learners. p. 6

Discovering ScriptureDiscovering Scripture

Never tell anyone anything that you can lead him to discover for himself.

p. 10

Brainstorm:Advantages & Disadvantages

of Discovery Teaching


If we want spiritual transformation to take place in the lives of our listeners, we must allow them to become learners. Many believers walk in and out of churches week after week with no real learning because we have not allowed or challenged them to become learners.

– George Yatespp. 10-11


A modern paraphrase of James 1:22:

Our final exam

will not be about

how much Bible we learned,

but

how much Bible we lived.p. 13

Elements of Discovery Teaching and Learning


• Questions

Used by Jesus – Luke 10-25-37

Appropriate for All Ages

and Learning Styles



• Questions• Learner Participation

How can learners in your class be active participants?

p.15



• Questions• Learner Participation• Learner Preparation

How can we communicate

The expectation that learners

will prepare?

pp. 17-18



• Questions

• Learner participation

• Learner preparation

• Connecting a stand-alone lessonUnderstanding the “big picture”

Identify at least one way to connect next Sunday’s lesson to the unit of study for the “big picture”



• Questions• Learner participation• Learner preparation• Connecting a stand-alone lesson• Move beyond the lecture

Problems of Lecture

Values of Lecture

p. 20

The Discover

Triad

The Discover

Triad

Jesus did not come merely to be the subject of a story, or just to tell stories, but to impact our stories. p. 23

Discovering StoriesDiscovering Stories

Stories …

… Connecting Scripture with Experience p. 23

… Connecting People’s Journeys p. 24

… Sharing our Pilgrimages of Faith pp. 25-26


Stories Build Community – Story sharing may help• Humanize strangers and those different from us• Level the playing field for outsiders• Foster empathy, human connections, relationships• Open minds and hearts• Deepen appreciation of differences and

commonality – Dolly Berthelot p. 27


pp. 28-29


Everyone has stories!

Stories come from four basic sources:1. Your ancestry

2. Your family

3. The place where you live

4. Your own personal experiencep. 28

The Discover

Triad

The Discover

Triad

The part of the Discover Triad that pulls it all together is shepherding.

p. 32

Discovering ShepherdingDiscovering Shepherding

You can be a teacher without

being a shepherd,

but

you can’t be a shepherd

without being a teacher.

p. 33


Teachers• Comfortable behind a

lectern

• Looks for immediate response

• Hours of preparation

Shepherds• Most comfortable

sitting among the sheep

• Content to watch people make incremental progress

• Enough preparation to feed flock what they need

p. 35


Tools for Shepherding

• My FRAN Prayer List, pp. 29-20

Friends, Relatives, Associates, Neighbors

• Care Group Member Pages, p. 41

Knowing this is my primary teaching style, how can I be sure to include all three – Scripture, Stories, Shepherding?

Knowing this is my primary teaching style, how can I be sure to include all three – Scripture, Stories, Shepherding?

Teachers• Comfortable behind a

lectern

• Looks for immediate response

• Hours of preparation

Shepherds• Most comfortable

sitting among the sheep

• Content to watch people make incremental progress

• Enough preparation to feed flock what they need

p. 35


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