As a facilitator, avoid telling people what you think is the ‘correct’ interpretation of the text.
Invite people to share what they think is happening in the passage in their own words. This simple and easy process, helps parents and kids explore the Bible in creative, fun and practical ways. If possible, read this using a different version/translation of the Bible. Doing a Discovery Bible Study as a family has a heap of advantages. Guidelines to share with the group at the beginning of the first. It follows a practical method of reading narrative stories from the Bible in a way that encourages discovery. Following this, instruct a second person to read out the passage while everyone else listens. A Discovery Bible Study (DBS), also known as a Discovery Group, is a safe place to see for yourself what the Bible says. Instruct one participant to read out the passage while everyone else listens. Invite participants to open the Bible to a particular passage. Discovery Bible Method empowers others from any faith background to explore the Bible and to hear from God in their own distinctive ways. This is a simple tool that is useful for intercultural ministry. We usually like to conclude our sessions by asking two more questions:Īs the groups grow together and progress through the studies, these questions help us to learn together and to help each other.Discovery Bible Method allows participants to discover God’s truth for themselves. Often this will be different to what we have been taught or heard from other people. The aim of DBS is to discover together what the Bible actually says. More often than not, they will be addressed by a later session. It is best, however, not to get sidetracked by these. Often questions will come up which the scripture passage doesn’t directly answer. This is one of the things that makes meeting in a group so enjoyable (and often challenging). As we have already mentioned, groups often spot far more in a story than individuals would do. If someone says something that doesn’t seem obvious from the story you can get them to explain a bit more by asking “where do you see that in the passage?”. Make sure that everyone has the chance to speak. For example “I will listen to other people before I …” If this is God’s word for our lives what changes will we make in response to it? It helps to express these as “I will” statements. What does this story tell us about people?. What does this story tell us about God?. Once you are happy that you know the story, explore it with following questions Discover 
As we said, groups remember more than individuals. Don’t worry about missing things out - often you will find that others can fill in the details. If you are in a larger group you might like to do this in pairs. The Discover App website has some useful story sets to get you started RetellĪsk for volunteers to retell the story in their own words. You can use almost any Bible passage for a DBS. You can use a paper bible or a phone app (like the Discover App) for this. Read or listen to the bible story that you are looking at a couple of times. Matthew 13: 34-35 (Worldwide English Translation) I will tell things that have been secret since the world was made." What the prophet of God said long ago, came true. He did not tell them anything without a story. Jesus told the people all these things in stories. If this is not your first DBS, ask how people got on with the things that they said at the previous meeting. Somewhere you can relax, and talk openly to each other. A living room or a coffee shop works well. So find some friends, and find somewhere comfortable to meet. Groups remember more than individuals do on their own.Groups spot things that individuals miss.
You can use the DBS approach on your own - but you will get far more out if it if you do it with others. Generally speaking, Discovery Bible Studies are gatherings of friends. Previously we have looked at what you need in order to launch a Discovery Bible Study(DBS), but what do you actually do in a DBS? What does a typical DBS look like?
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