Before the Session

• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Encourage your group to listen to the FaithElement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).

Context

Play the Apostle’s Creed video and ask:

• How much of this creed could you recite from memory?
• Why do you think many churches recite it as part of their services?
• What sounds odd to you in this creed?
• Why do you think creeds were written in the first place?
• What would you change in this creed to make it easier to say or sing in contemporary language?
• Why is it important to say what we believe?
• What experiences in our lives make us depend on what we really believe to stay the course?

Content

Have someone read aloud 1 Peter 3:13-22 then play Bible Background Video and ask: