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Living Well: Christian Practices for Everyday Life
Learning Activities and Small Group Study Guides

As a service to churches who want to embrace a Christian practices approach to faith formation, LifelongFaith Associates is making available Learning Activities and Small Group Guides for each chapter in Living Well: Christian Practices for Everyday Life.

The Learning Activities and Small Group Guides are designed around the content and process of each Living Well chapter. Each chapter is developed around five movements:

  • Yearning taps into our hunger for living well by addressing a basic area of human need through the real-life stories of people who seek meaning and purpose for their lives through a particular practice.
  • Reflecting gives people an opportunity to become aware of how they experience the basic human need and hunger for the Christian practice in their own lives, and how they may already be living this practice.
  • Exploring presents the biblical teaching on the practice, how the practice addresses our basic need and hungers, and why the practice is important for living a Christian life.
  • Living provides people with a variety of ways to live the practice — activities, ideas, and strategies — that they can use to integrate each Christian practice into their daily life.
  • Praying concludes the chapter by offering God thanks and praise, and asking for God’s help.

The Learning Activities are designed into a learning program with a variety of activities and resources for you to use in designing and teaching a session on a particular Christian practice. Each learning program uses the Living Well chapter as its primary content. The design uses the 4MAT Learning Cycle developed by Bernice McCarthy, which builds upon the best research on learning and incorporates four movements essential to a transformational learning experience. With its emphasis on practice and performance, it is well suited to teaching Christian practices. Each learning program begins with an introduction to the 4MAT Learning Cycle.

The Small Group Guides are designed for groups of adults and parents who want to gather in a smaller setting or in homes to explore a particular Christian practice. The Small Group Guides are designed around the five movements of the chapter and rely on the chapter for the content of the session. Each Guide contains a variety of activities that are easily customizable.

Learning Activities and Small Group Guides for the Twelve Christian Practices in Living Well

Churches have permission to reprint the following learning activities and small group study guides for educational use only within their church. Any other use requires permission of LifelongFaith Associates. Write to John Roberto at jroberto@lifelongfaith.com.

Caring for the Body

Living Well Learning Activities - Caring for the Body - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Caring for the Body - Acrobat PDF (265 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Caring for the Body - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Caring for the Body - Word Document (238 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Caring for the Body - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Caring for the Body - Acrobat PDF (203 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Caring for the Body - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Caring for the Body - Word Document (108 KB)

Celebrating Life

Living Well Learning Activities - Celebrating Life - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Celebrating Life - Acrobat PDF (710 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Celebrating Life - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Celebrating Life - Word Document (428 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Celebrating Life - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Celebrating Life - Acrobat PDF (574 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Celebrating Life - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Celebrating Life - Word Document (375 KB)

Discernment

Living Well Learning Activities - Discernment - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Discernment - Acrobat PDF (500 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Discernment - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Discernment - Word Document (1742 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Discernment - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Discernment - Acrobat PDF (165 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Discernment - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Discernment - Word Document (77 KB)

Dying Well

Living Well Learning Activities - Dying Well - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Dying Well - Acrobat PDF (318 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Dying Well - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Dying Well - Word Document (282 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Dying Well - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Dying Well - Acrobat PDF (150 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Dying Well - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Dying Well - Word Document (102 KB)

Eating Well

Living Well Learning Activities - Eating Well - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Eating Well - Acrobat PDF (384 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Eating Well - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Eating Well - Word Document (225 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Eating Well - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Eating Well - Acrobat PDF (119 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Eating Well - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Eating Well - Word Document (181 KB)

Forgiving

Living Well Learning Activities - Forgiving - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Forgiving - Acrobat PDF (373 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Forgiving - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Forgiving - Word Document (167 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Forgiving - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Forgiving - Acrobat PDF (194 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Forgiving - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Forgiving - Word Document (90 KB)

Keeping Sabbath

Living Well Learning Activities - Keeping Sabbath - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Keeping Sabbath - Acrobat PDF (384 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Keeping Sabbath - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Keeping Sabbath - Word Document (0 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Keeping Sabbath - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Keeping Sabbath - Acrobat PDF (157 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Keeping Sabbath - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Keeping Sabbath - Word Document (132 KB)

Managing Household Life

Living Well Learning Activities - Managing Household Life - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Managing Household Life - Acrobat PDF (338 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Managing Household Life - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Managing Household Life - Word Document (293 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Managing Household Life Living Well Small Group Guide - Managing Household Life (140 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Managing Household Life - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Managing Household Life - Acrobat PDF (203 KB)

Participating in Community

Living Well Learning Activities - Participating in Community - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Participating in Community - Acrobat PDF (267 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Participating in Community - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Participating in Community - Word Document (258 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Participating in Community - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Participating in Community - Acrobat PDF (190 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Participating in Community - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Participating in Community - Word Document (138 KB)

Praying

Living Well Learning Activities - Praying - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Praying - Acrobat PDF (491 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Praying - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Praying - Word Document (231 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Praying - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Praying - Acrobat PDF (135 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Praying - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Praying - Word Document (172 KB)

Reading the Bible

Living Well Learning Activities - Reading the Bible - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Reading the Bible - Acrobat PDF (2579 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Reading the Bible - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Reading the Bible - Word Document (250 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Reading the Bible - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Reading the Bible - Acrobat PDF (2434 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Reading the Bible - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Reading the Bible - Word Document (156 KB)

Transforming the World

Living Well Learning Activities - Transforming the World - Acrobat PDF Living Well Learning Activities - Transforming the World - Acrobat PDF (575 KB)

Living Well Learning Activities - Transforming the World - Word Document Living Well Learning Activities - Transforming the World - Word Document (236 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Transforming the World - Acrobat PDF Living Well Small Group Guide - Transforming the World - Acrobat PDF (404 KB)

Living Well Small Group Guide - Transforming the World - Word Document Living Well Small Group Guide - Transforming the World - Word Document (148 KB)