by Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa. Adaptation of the personal devotion questions developed and included by Oak Hills Church within their Small Group Discussion Guides (above). The Lutheran Church of Hope version re-words some of the questions, and adds a prayer for every chapter.
Resource Experience: The Story
Small Group Discussion Guides
by Oak Hills Church, includes great ice breaker questions, one-page read-aloud overview, and take-home personal devotion questions. Good starting point for developing your own sermon-based discussion guides.
Adult Sunday School Lessons
by Oak Hills Church. Well-done, thorough, going-deeper curriculum for a master-teacher style of classroom setting. Supplemental visuals and activity resources provided. Check out the two Jeopardy review games!
Personal Journal and Discussion Guide
by Jean E. Jones at Crossline Community Church, Laguna Hills, CA. 5-day reading plan with Beth Moore-level of homework questions for each day, and 11 Bible timeline charts to aid in understanding the single story of scripture. Includes an e-Reader version for those who want to type in their responses on their computer or device.
The Heart of the Story: Discover Your Life Within the Grand Epic of God’s Story
For the expanded, full-length version of Randy Frazee’s teaching on the Upper Story and the Lower Story, read the companion book, The Heart of The Story. In this 31-chapter book, Frazee thoroughly explores the five movements of Scripture and the overarching theme of God’s pursuit of a relationship with us and how we repeatedly fail to recognize God’s presence breaking into our world. This book is a great enhancement for your journey through The Story.
The Story: Getting to the Heart of God’s Story Study Guide Sample
Every session is divided into two parts: Personal Time, to be completed before the group meeting, and Group Time, where you seek God with others. Using quizzes, challenges, note-taking, and memorization of the five movements of Scripture, this study guide helps participants Know the Story, Understand the Story, Live the Story, and Tell the Story. Every group leader and participant needs a Study Guide.
The Story Sample Lesson: Session 1
The Story Adult Curriculum includes 31 ten-minute video lessons, comprised of a 6-7 minute teaching by Randy Frazee and a 2-3 minute reading from The Story by different people whose position or role in life correlates with the passage they are reading. Every group needs a copy of the DVD, or online access using Study Gateway or Vimeo On Demand.
Worship Song Annotated Lists Weeks 0-31
Contemporary, Traditional, A Capella. A 31-tab spreadsheet listing The Story worship sets for the three styles of worship services at Oak Hills Church.
Articles from Pastor to Church
a series of 32 articles about the chapters of The Story, originally written by Pastor Rick Brown in Tomball, Texas, as a newspaper column. Adaptable for a pastor’s devotional, email, blog post, or newsletter article.
Liturgical Scripture Readings
by Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines IA. A Gospel reading is selected to correlate with readings from The Story chapters for every week.