Options For Discovery Group Ministry Time

What are good options for our ministry time, in our discovery group?

PDF HANDOUT Reference Sheet: Options For Small Group Ministry Time


Discovery Bible Study (DBS)

We lift up each other's needs in person, as a group, and in our own private times by ourselves. By remembering the needs and upholding each other in prayer we show we care.

We support one another in times of need through praying for the healing of our physical and emotional needs.

We give thanks for something a person in the group did or something God did for one or more of us. 

From what a person or God did, we appreciate them for their character qualities revealed in their actions. 

We bless a person in the roles they play, the struggles they face, and the desired spiritual maturity/godly outcome they need for God's abundant life to thrive in them. > I bless you with… 

We honor one another when we relate to the story they just shared, by stating that we saw, heard and know them better. This can come after a testimony, a personal share, or days after one of these.> I relate to this part of your story… ~ I was really touched/blessed by what you shared…

A word of affirmation is a powerful way to help a person feel seen, heard and known. > I encourage you with what I see, think and feel about you, through my natural senses…

A prophetic word, spoken to "strengthen, encourage and comfort," can help a person feel seen, heard and known by God. .> I encourage you with what I see, think and feel from the heart of God about you, through divine revelation…