SGL GUIDE LEADER PREP CONVERSATION GUIDE 1. When was a time you felt your age disqualified you from doing something? 2. The disciples were around your age when Jesus chose them to lead his ministry. How does knowing this impact the way you see them and yourself? 3. Read 1 Timothy 4|12, What does it mean to lead in speech, faith, love, conduct and in purity? 4. Give everyone in your small group a sticky note to put on their back. Have everyone go around and write one quality (speech, faith, love, conduct, purity) they think that person sets the best example in. *Make sure they keep them on their back till #6!* 5. Which one do you need to improve in and why? 6. “Have your students look at their sticky notes and give them a second to read them” 7. How can you use the things written on your sticky note to impact the people where you live, work and play? QUESTIONS: LEADER NOTE: SCRIPTURE: BOTTOM LINE: Talk about the qualities that Paul says are markers of what sets the example in the family of God. Discuss which area of Paul’s instruction is most difficult for each person in the group and how we can best support them in the pursuit to grow in those areas. 1 Timothy 4|12 Youth gives you an incredible opportunity to GO+BE in a way that sets the example for those older than you.