Session 6 Leader Guide
Session 6: Spiritual Conversation with Children
Opening Activity:
● Have two leaders share their faith journey stories, following the B,C, A approach as an example
Preparation for video content or lead your volunteers in reviewing spiritual conversations with children
Telling a child your faith story using B, C, A
Before Christ:
How did you come to know Christ?
Who taught you about Jesus
Christ:
How did you come to meet and believe in Jesus?
After Christ:
How does Christ make a difference in your life today?
How are you continuing to grow in Christ?
Take Captive Teachable Moments
Deuteronomy 6:4-10
Create Intentional Moments
Example of Timothy: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Ask Questions to Start Conversations
Respond to their Questions
Maturing of a child’s faith: John Westerhoff III
Experienced faith (infancy)
Affiliated faith (preschool years)
Searching/struggling faith (begins in elementary years)
Owned faith (adolescence)
Practice together:
● Ask each parent and/or volunteer to write down their faith journey story using the B,C, A method described. Have them share their faith journey story in small groups of 2-3.
Discussion:
● As a large group create a list of open-ended questions that parents and volunteers can ask children to help understand what they believe and their current stage of faith development.
Concluding activity:
● Divide into small groups. Have each group member pray for the group member to their left. Pray specifically for the member to be able to disciple the children in their lives, whether they are volunteers, have children of their own, or both.
