The following documents include detailed schedules, handouts, Powerpoint slides and other resources used in previously held Listen to My Life retreats, workshops and classes. These plans can be downloaded and used to create your own plan for a Listen to My Life event or they can be used as a starting point for us to discuss & prepare a detailed plan for an upcoming Listen to My Life event for you.
Facilitation Plans using the Listen to My Life Workbook: Six Week Class Plans:
The format for this class was to explore a different map over the course of six weeks. Each week, a teaching burst was given around the map that the participants did for homework and then there was explanation and set up for the next assigned map. The Reviewing My DaysMap was included by using one question from the map for an opening discussion each week. Time was given each week for practicing listening using the map that participants completed for homework. Each class was concluded by having participants write on a journal sheet about what they were learning. The facilitators then responded to their comments and passed them back each week before the next class.
Facilitation Plans using the Listen to My Life Workbook: 2 Day Retreat Plans
The format for this retreat was for the participants to explore, process, journal and share the My Life Now, My Life Story, Reviewing My Days and Peak Experiences Maps in a retreat setting over a two day period.
Facilitation Plans using the Listen to My Life Workbook: 4 Day Workshop Plans
The format for this workshop was for the participants to explore, process, journal and share the My Life Now, My Life Story, Reviewing My Days, Peak Experiences, Valley Experiences, Desires & Longings, and Life-Giving Rhythms Maps over a four day period - split into two 2 day sessions about one month apart. Participants were asked to do homework before the first retreat and between the two sessions. This type of workshop is best done in a retreat setting, so that the participants can be fully engaged in the process.
Facilitation Plans using the Listen to My Life Workbook in Group: 9 Month Plan
This format contains a step by step approach to using the Listen to My Life materials in a small group setting in a 9-12 month period. It includes a Visual Timeline, Syllabuses, and Agendas with leader’s notes to facilitate group meetings around each of the Listen to My Life maps. The cost is $10, and it is available as a downloadable PDF.
Life Stories:Producing Spiritual Growth in Small Groups
This handout includes presentation slides for a session Sharon Swing delivered at the Breakout Chicago Small Groups event in Oakbrook, IL in April 2010. The material covers why Life Stories are important, and how small groups can help one another recognize and respond to God in their stories in a way that produces spiritual growth.
Tele-classes & Webinars
