InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

 Ignite! Coaching Guide 390525114300Helping Students Share Their Faith in the Age of COVID-19 What Is It?Create Your Spark 1SparkNote for Coaches: The Spark conversation should be fun for the student. Spark is 50% fun, and 50% honest.Note for Coaches: Give an example of an existing student’s plan, and ask: “How does their story/plan speak to you?”What are your hobbies? What do you already enjoy enough that you could do with friends online?Brainstorm: Ex. movie discussion, baking, board games, etc.Note for Coaches: If students are stuck ask, “What are you most excited to do with others online?”“How well will this activity work with non-Christians?”Once you pick a hobby you already enjoy, we want to help you offer a winsome invitation to your various online networks.Note for Coaches: Don’t get bogged down in planning the event. Leave the logistics for later. Help the student create a great invitation. Spark events begin with fun and end with honest conversations. We want to create community in this age of isolation. It should have 2 components:something funInclude an invitation to be fully yourselfEnd your invitation with one of these options. 1. We will discuss how we each find hope in a time of fear. 2. We will discuss how we find peace in a time of anxiety.Write Your Invitation: Once you have a Spark that you like, it is much easier to also invite broadly. Who are the networks of people you will invite? Which classes? How and where will you invite?Note for Coaches: Now is the time to throw the net widely because everyone’s life has been disrupted so there are new opportunities.Who else could you invite?Where else could you share this?Who’s willing to share your post and invite others?What Is It?Create Your Bridge 2 Bridge...we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. (2 Cor 4:7)Our whole country is experiencing extreme brokenness and pain. You can bring hope to their brokenness by inviting God into your brokenness first, allowing him to then shine his light through your story. Pick one area of brokenness and invite God to speak to you about this. AnxietyLonelinessPowerlessnessDepressionAngerNow practice listening prayer. (Listening prayer is simple. “Holy Spirit, I have been feeling (name one of the above). Give me a sense of what you want to say to me about that.” (For an additional example, watch this video.)Describe how God is working in your (name one above.) The more honest the better.Briefly write out how you want to share your story (15-seconds). Keep it personal. This is not the time to be preachy.Notes for coaches: A good story takes you through a low point (valley) before sharing the high point (mountaintop) Have others retell the story amplifying the good and making it connect even better with the audience.“What do you like about these other versions of your story?”Pray for the area of brokenness that the student selected. Let’s bring this full circle. Think back to your hobby plan.After your hobby time, Bridge is how you pivot to an honest conversation. Write out your Bridge statement and discussion question. For example, “This event is part fun, and part getting honest. We all need hope in a time of isolation. How are you finding hope this week?” (You should be prepared to either go first, or go last, or both.) What Is It?Create Your GIG3 GIG* *GIG is a God-Investigation GroupAfter the Bridge discussion, one or more people should be ready to explore Jesus with you. At the end of your personal sharing, close out the event with an invitation to explore Jesus with you next week.Invite them to one of these, avoiding Christianese: A GIG You Start (a GIG is a God-Investigation Group)A welcoming Bible Study you either lead or attendInterVarsity Live (on Fridays)Example Invitation:“Jesus offers us love and connection to God in his amazing story of the prodigal son. I would love to get your ideas on this important story next week. Please join me on (time and date). Please feel free to Invite a friend or two.” For the Prodigal Son GIG series use this. Write your invitation. Make sure to ask them who else they would like to invite to join you. Note for Coaches: Check to see if students have the will and ability to lead the GIG. Ask:: “What would it take for you to do this? Do you need help from your staff or someone else in the chapter?”Get a friend to pray and encourage you as you host your first online outreach. 4 SeekEXPERIENCE JESUSIt can be complicated to move seamlessly from the “spark” event to the “GIG.” Your student invited their friends to go deeper by attending their GIG, a Bible Study, or to attend IV Live together. You will have to coach students to make the most of these three opportunities. A GIG that You StartA Welcoming Bible StudyIV LiveStudents will need to Have an ice breakerLead a good discussion (consider using this guide)Students will need: Ice breakerTo evaluate content for seekers. (Does this study help my friends seek Jesus?)Students will need to follow up from IV Live. Help them make a plan. Have an after-party with everyone who attended. Debrief the way everyone is responding to the Large Group 5 IgniteINVITATION TO FAITHAt the end of the GIG we need to help students share the gospel and offer a way for students to respond. Role play with your student/ faculty using this tool. Have them read it to you, just as they will at the end of the GIG. Then have them practice responding in the moment to your response (no decision, faith decision, and emotional/overwhelmed.) Examples of how students can respond: No one makes a faith decision: “Thanks everyone, I love that we can be a group that has open conversations about faith together and considers honestly what it means for our lives. I can’t wait to continue exploring next week.” Someone makes a new-faith decision: “I’m so thrilled that we can have honest conversations about faith together and we can be open to embracing new faith! __________, I’m so thrilled that you are taking this first step of new faith. I want to lead us in a quick prayer of blessing and I would love to hear more about your decision off-line.” Someone gets emotional: “Faith can be intensely personal. Clearly, ______________ is having a moment as he/she processes this important choice. Why don’t we close for today. _____________, if you want we can stay on to process together. Otherwise, I’ll reach out to you tomorrow to talk more.” Students should also offer 1-2 additional invitations for their non-Christian friends respond (for example, “come back next week and bring friend.”) Help your student identify all the ways they will invite response. Join the Ignite! Learning Community! Bring your stories of successes and failures and together we will learn how to reach students with your hobbies online! Please bring your students!Fridays @ 11am Pacific/ 2pm Eastern Zoom: ................
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