Podcast. Small group members listen to a 15-minute podcast before the meeting. At the meeting, they follow a PDF handout for commentary & related discussion.
Choose the Podcast Series. A Cup of JOY Women or a Cup of JOY Gathering (men & women) small group is designed to accompany a podcast series from the WRAP Yourself in JOY Podcasts. For Spring, you can choose Esther for Such a Time as This or Joyful & Battle Ready, and you can start any time. Each podcast series is based on one of the JOY books written by Karen, and all four have imprimaturs.
One Hour. The weekly one-hour format encourages attendees to know the meeting will be focused and not take up much of their precious time. Discussing the content covered in the questions and Scripture will help the Scriptures come alive.
Handouts Provided. Weekly, the questions and commentary will be emailed to the host in a one-page front and back PDF handout, along with all Scripture references.
Hosting a Cup of Joy small group is a beautiful way to involve others in the study of Scripture plus foster gentle evangelism. You will grow in faith, hope, love, and JOY together.
Help for Hosts. Ask the Holy Spirit to inspire you about where you could meet and who you should invite. Karen offers optional Zoom meetings to help hosts become facilitators.
Sign up to be a HOST for a Cup of JOY Women or Cup of Joy Gathering (for men and women.) Choose the series and fill out the form below. Next, the first PDF worksheet of questions and commentary will be emailed to you, along with an agenda. As the host, you will make a copy of the worksheet and agenda for each group member.
For MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL Karen:
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To listen to the podcasts, go to WRAPYourselfinJOYPodcast.com.
Digital or Hand-written Invitations. Please take a look at the sample above. Invitations are available as digital fill-in-the-form or print-and-fill-out-by-hand. See the attachments at the bottom of this page.
Directions for Facilitator/Hosts. Please look at the Directions for Facilitators attached at the bottom of the page.
Sample Handouts & Agenda. Finally, please look below at the attached sample worksheet for a Cup of Joy study.
Directions for Cup of Joy Hosts & Facilitators (pdf)
DownloadCup of JOY Sample JOYful #1 Worksheet-p 1 (pdf)
DownloadCup of JOY Sample JOYful Agenda #1 (pdf)
DownloadInvitation Cup of JOY Fillable Form (pdf)
DownloadInvitation JOYful & Battle Ready Cup of JOY Fillable Form (pdf)
DownloadInvitation for Esther Cup of Joy Fillable Form (pdf)
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