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Who Shows Up
Ten people come. Their motives are mixed. None of the sorting is your job.
Invite ten people into a Discovery Group and you will not get ten hungry seekers. You will get the curious, the skeptical, the one whose mother sent them, the one who needs something, the one who came to argue — and, somewhere in there, the one who is ready to obey. This class teaches you to recognize them without judging them, and hands back the three jobs that were never yours.
Ten short chapters. Prerequisite: Facilitate Without Teaching.
Chapters
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- Ten people, ten reasonsJesus drew mixed crowds. Your group will too.
- Sow, don't sortThe sower scatters before he knows what any ground will do.
- The CuriousThey came because you asked. That is enough to start.
- The SkepticalHe is testing the claims. That is closer than it feels.
- The Socially MotivatedHe came for a person. People have been reached that way before.
- The NeedyShe came because she needs something. So did most of the crowd.
- The HostileThe one you want to remove. Manage the behavior, not the heart.
- The HungryThe one you hoped for. Do not spend your whole group on her.
- Not the judge, not the sourceThree things you are not. Say them out loud.
- Your actual jobBe faithful. Trust God. Obey. Keep it reproducible.
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