Here’s the interim Summer 2020 term card!  Lots to hear, learn and see at Belmont’s online services during the current situation.

Resources for The Kingdom is Here evening teaching series

Reading Mark Together.

Summer 2020 Home Groups

We’re suggesting a couple of resources for the group study time.  These are

Story Bearer :  Stories have the power to captivate, communicate ideas, create and build relationships and ultimately to introduce us to the greatest author of them all, whose bestseller is life itself.  The session resources follow

Session 1  – God’s Story
Session 2 – Your Story
Session 3 – Their Story

For a theme based set of studies, BibleProject’s “Church at Home” give a weekly small group Bible study guide that will be delivered right to your inbox.  Sign up at the website to get the content.  All of the content is free.  It covers topics a variety of bible themes.  Each email will contain: A BibleProject video, a short audio message, 2-3 Scripture readings, 6-8 discussion questions

Home Groups continuing with ‘The Bible Course’

See the BIG bible story.  For the first part of 2020 our recommended study material for home groups is the Bible Course.  Through a mixture of video, discussion and reading we’ll travel from the beginning to the end of the bible story.  There are course booklets available for everyone taking part.

The ongoing SLOBS sessions will be helpful to each study leader in preparing to get the most from each section.  If you are leading a study then these SLOBS sessions will be essential to getting the best from this excellent resource from the Bible Society.

Video are available on DVD, or USB from the Belmont Office and can be streamed / downloaded session by session from these links.  More information about showing the videos will be available at SLOBS.

Session 1 – Introducing the Bible      and the Discussion Guide
Session 2 – Creation and Covenant  and Discussion Guide 2
Session 3 – Exodus and the Promised Land and Discussion Guide 3
Session 4 – Judges and Kings and Discussion Guide 4
Session 5 – Exile and the Prophets and Discussion Guide 5
Session 6 – Jesus and the Gospels
Session 7 – Acts and the Church
Session 8 – Revelation and Review

The Course Host Guide provides practical details about running the course

Resources to help us read the Bible with another person

John Allan spoke at the Belmont Church Meeting on 20th March about reading the Bible with another person.  Here are John’s guidance notes to help us.  The notes are also in printed form on the Information Point in the Concourse at Belmont.

And the document, Bible Reading Resources contains are some other suggestions for use in small groups or one-to-one reading.

Here are a range of resources from the CARE TEAM

MENTAL HEALTH

Books on Mental Health

DEMENTIA

Dementia Resources

MARRIAGE

Map my marriage

Marriage books, dvds and podcasts

The Marriage Course run at Belmont

BEREAVEMENT

How others can help

There are also a general helpful books and dvds to borrow .  Contact the Belmont Office

Useful websites from the Care Team.

Care for the Family – they promote strong family life and many relevant issues and resources. www.careforthefamily.org.uk

Mind and Soul Foundation. – The Christian faith and mental health.  Articles and resources.   www.mindandsoulfoundation.org.uk

Biblical Counselling UK. – A number of very good articles re counselling ( small c ) people. www.biblicalcounselling.org.uk