Before the Session

Facilitator: In advance of the session

• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Encourage your group to listen to the Faithelement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).
• Look over the session and familiarize yourself with the steps we’ll follow – it’s different from our usual pattern.
• In this session we’ll hear the entire story twice, and it’s quite a long passage. Think about how it might be read aloud in a way that’s not too distracting for the hearers, or tiring for the reader. A recorded reading might be a way to hear the story twice in a new and consistent way. (see below)

Context

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