L O V E W H E R E Y O U L I V E C O U R S E
LEADER: Make sure to bookmark this page for future reference.
I’ve given you lots of content for FREE! Consider making the course into a 12 week small group:
Week 1: Watch video and use leader guide for Session 1. Distribute participant handout and assign chapter readings for next week.
Week 2: Discuss chapter readings and participant handout for Session 1 as you put into practice what you’ve read and discussed.
Repeat for other 5 sessions.
Leader Guide
Hi there! And thank you! The time you are about to give to each person who walks through this course will reap a harvest. I believe this wholeheartedly. When I asked Pastor Randy Frazee if he’d consider writing the foreword to Love Where You Live, he sent me this email response: “I want to put wind in your sails.” And that is my response to you saying yes to this study.
Participant Handouts
Each session is planned for 60 minutes which includes the video, discussion, and prayer, but make it yours. This Participant Homework is a separate printout and is pulled from work pages in the book. You can choose to hand these out or reference pages in the book. Encourage participants to read the book to get the most out of this study. The power lies in the engagement your group will have.
Session 1 Video (4:41)
Let this course be a bit of fresh air. You don’t have to be the unofficial mayor of your town or love it like your neighbors up the street. You be you and use what God has put into you for the time He has you here. Loving where you live is all about seeing the God who sent you here having purpose beyond what brought you here in the first place.
Session 2 Video (3:59)
In this session, we’re going to open the door and set out the welcome mat. We’re not going to venture out too far, just yet. Typically we expect our neighbors to be the first ones to welcome us to the neighborhood. Setting out the welcome mat is an intentional step as dwellers of faith to demonstrate that we’re not going to wait for the welcome, we are going to be the welcome.
Session 3 Video (4:25)
As you are learning to love where you live, it’s making a difference! Your heart is being changed, and I believe a shift is happening in your community as you awaken to the God who has sent you here! We’re going on a walk today. Yes, that’s right. You’ll need some essentials for the walk. The great news is you already have them! It’s walking shoes, seeing eyes, listening ears, and compassion stickers.
Session 4 Video (3:57)
You’ve made significant steps towards loving where you live. You’ve started to stay. You’re learning to let people into your space and see that you can bring value into other spaces. You’re seeing this place like God sees it. You’re choosing to love when it’s not the first reaction. Your heart has the right posture when you see that God has made a way for you to live here and see this place as His.
Session 5 Video (3:55)
God wants to use you to help others find community and connection. You have a story that is neither boring or dull or bad or shameful. Your story is redemptive and God has plans to use it to encourage others. Of course it takes practice and the goal is not perfection, but to come alongside others in your community and find commonalities and reasons to engage.
Session 6 Video (4:27)
This living sent lifestyle is ongoing. If we move on, someone comes after us and picks up where we left off. God has His people living sent all over this world and He's moving us around and making introductions and giving us hope. Awaken to the story God is writing for you and every person you engage with. He is amazingly active all over this planet right now and we get to be a part of it! What can be better than that?