Teaching Plan
Connect Activity
Purpose and plan: Connect activities get everyone ready to learn. Consider your small group’s learning style as you choose one of the activities below to introduce this week’s lesson.
Fun: What’s the Difference?
(5–8 minutes, moderate setup)
Learners will identify the differences between two nearly identical pictures.
Discussion: Strangers in a Foreign Place
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will discuss how it feels to travel or live in a place that is vastly different from their hometown.
Life and Times: A Different Life
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will listen to a description of how one person’s life is different from all others because of his special purpose.
Relational: Special Things
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will share the important roles that special possessions, activities, and gifts have played in their lives.
Explore Activity
Purpose and plan: Explore activities lead people to study Scripture. Teach one of the Core Studies to focus on the Biblical Truth. If you choose, support the Core Study with one or two of the additional activities.
Interactive Core Study: A “Set Apart” Life
(15–20 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will study Hebrews 11:8-19 to discover what it means to be “set apart” for service to God.
Master Teacher Core Study: A “Set Apart” Life
(15–20 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will study Hebrews 11:8-19 to discover what it means to be “set apart” for service to God.
Context Study: Abraham’s New Home
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will examine how Abraham’s journey to his new home strengthened his faith in God.
Closer Look: The Promised Land
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will consider the dual meaning of the biblical term, “The Promised Land.”
Comparative Study: Set Apart for a Purpose
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will examine John 17:13-19 to discover why God sets apart His followers for special purposes.
Transform Activity
Purpose and plan: Transform activities challenge your group to live differently. Choose one of the activities based on the spiritual growth of your group. Keep in mind that the Holy Spirit ultimately brings about change, so help people draw near to Him.
Discoverers: Answering the Call
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will evaluate when and how they responded to God’s call to be set apart for Him.
Owners: A New Allegiance
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will examine how their allegiance to God influences their lifestyle.
Servants: Double Vision
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will discuss how being set apart for God’s purposes allows them to maintain a heavenly focus while living in the real world.
Shepherds: Full Surrender
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will evaluate areas of their lives that have not yet been fully surrendered to God’s plan.
Prayer Option: Set Me Apart
(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Learners will prayerfully respond to God’s call to live according to His plan and purpose for their lives.