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Three Things a Discussion Format Can Do for You 1.
Participants
can
be
helped
to
get
to
know
each
other
better.
Often
people
in
an
adult
class
do
not
know
the
names
of
other
class
members.
So
when
you
have
a
discussion
make
sure
everybody
knows
everybody
else’s
name. That
can
be
followed
with
an
exercise
such
as
“each
person
take
one
minute
to
introduce
yourself”
or
“each
person
name
your
favorite
holiday
and
why.”
If
you
have
a
bit
more
time,
class
members
could
be
asked
to
talk
about
one
thing
remembered
from
childhood,
adolescence,
or
young
adulthood
and
something
important
right
now
that
will
help
others
get
to
know
them
better. Brief
activities
of
this
sort
can
be
done
on
successive
weeks
to
get
people
more
involved
in
each
other’s
lives. Adults
tend
to
come
to
Sunday
school
more
to
be
with
their
friends
than
anything
else. 2.
Participants
can
be
encouraged
to
apply
the
Scriptures
to
their
lives.
Open-ended
questions
such
as
“what
is
Paul
saying
about
marriage
in
this
text?”
will
help
you
get
at
the
meaning
of
the
text.
Questions
that
can
be
answered
with
a
word
and
questions
which
make
class
members
guess
what
you
are
thinking,
such
as
“what
are
the
four
things
the
apostle
says
about
marriage
in
this
text?”
stifle
discussion.
Application
will
be
most
helpful
when
it
moves
from
other
people
and
situations
out
there
somewhere
to
what
is
happening
here
with
us.
As
a
general
rule
a
group
will
follow
the
leaders
talking
about
themselves
in
roughly
the
same
way
the
leaders
talks
about
him/herself.
As
you
talk
together
about
the
Scriptures
and
your
lives
learn
to
wait
out
the
silences.
Silences
tend
to
feel
hostile,
and
there
is
a
propensity
to
want
to
fill
those
gaps.
If
you
will
them
regularly
you
are
probably
talking
too
much. 3.
Participants
can
pray
for
each
other.
After
a
session
in
which
the
Scriptures
are
discussed
and
lives
examined,
it
is
appropriate
to
lay
your
burdens
at
His
feet,
to
share
your
joys
in
an
expression
of
thanks
to
Him
and
to
follow
His
lead
in
expressing
your
concern
for
those
who
you
know
have
needs
but
are
not
part
of
your
little
circle. Robert
Edmiston,
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