如何在中學界推行查經事奉
目標：
- 使同學慢慢地吸收和認識神的說話。
- 使同學明白聖經與我們日常生活行事為人有密切關係和幫助。活出聖經是他們的福氣。
- 使同學欣賞聖經的偉大、奧妙和真實。
- 幫助同學養成自己從聖經發掘答案的習慣。
- 使同學經歷愛、溫暖及親密的主裏關係。
- 使同學在屬靈輪子各方面建立深厚的根基。
- 我們最重要的目的是幫助人，對象是中學生，不是以節目、組織或是教材為重點。（否則，我們便會利用人去達成我們建立節目或組織的目的）
明白學生的特點：
- 最重要是使同學不要對基督信仰感覺沈悶。如果使初次接觸聖經的同學感覺沈悶或壓力，將會是他們更深認識神的最大絆腳石。（例如查經時間過長、太單向溝通、看太多聖經、聖經版本太深（和合本對學生比較困難，現代中文譯本便比較適合）、太多說教、太少說笑、太大壓力（要參與聚會或教會）……
- 他們太善忘，要不斷提醒他們查經的時間及鼓勵他們參與，但也要給予他們參與的自由。
- 他們需要一個溫暖、開心的環境；充滿歡樂、交談、自由發言的空間。
- 他們要慢慢才能吸收真理，所以可不厭其煩地再重覆用不同角度去教訓同一真理。
- 查經時間不要過長，避免使他們感覺沈悶，每一次不一定教太多真理，一點點的灌輸便足夠了。
- 他們需要知道聖經有趣的題目，如末世、魔鬼、天使、靈魂、主再來、聖經真實性……
- 用簡單易明的經文。
- 預備多一點例子、事例和比喻去幫助他們慢慢消化真理。
- 組員之間最好是能互相自由表達的朋友，最好是相同性別，發表意見更開放。（當然亦有例外）
- 他們的參與十分浮動，他們參加與否受情緒、朋友、功課、課外活動……等影響，所以接納這個現實非常重要。某些有心的同學在隨後便會較為穩定。
- 他們會主動帶新朋友參與，所以教材可以彈性一點，容許重覆再重覆一些基本真理。
- 不要過早強迫他們返教會，待他們對聖經有多點興趣，自然自願返教會。
明白他們的成長過程：
- 他們的成長是慢的，我們可能看不到明顯結果，但聖經的種子已經種在他們的心中。
- 忍耐對我們來說是重要的，有時他們會表現得對神盡忠，有時卻表現冷淡，他們也是很被動的。
- 我們的責任是在和他們一起的時間便把聖經的真理種入他們的心中，只要每一次能把一點小真理種入，便已是十分成功了。發芽與否是神的工作。（林前3:6-9）
課程須知：
- 課程永遠需要有彈性及切合他們的需要。（中一和中六同學的課程是多麼不同！）
- 每一次教一兩個真理便足夠，可能看一個故事或一兩節經文。其他時間可多點討論、意見交流及分享。
- 課程可圍繞以下範圍：
ｉ．福音 ｉｉ．基本聖徒生活 ｉｉｉ．教義
ｉｖ．社交 ｖ．個性 ｖｉ．其他
最重要的是：
- 為他們禱告。
- 要他們認識你兩方面：ａ．你對他們的愛和關心。
ｂ．你對神的信心和委身。（生命影響生命）
馬太福音4:19「耶穌對他們說：『來跟從我，我要叫你們得人如得魚一樣。』」
by Kai Yiu 9-95
HOW TO DO BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY IN SECONDARY
SCHOOL
The objective of the ministry :
- To help them knowing more about God slowly and slowly .
- To help them knowing more about the teaching of the Bible as related to their own life
- To help them appreciating the beauty, authority and infallability of the Bible.
- To help them developing the habit of finding the answers of life from the Bible themselves.
- To experience warm fellowship
- To establish the basic foundatioin in Christ: the SPIRITUAL WHEEL
- Our goal : is on the person and not on our programme, project or syllabus. (Otherwise, we use the students to accomplish our goals )
Knowing the characteristics of the students:
- The most important thing is that we should not give them a boring feeling in the religion. It is a great mistake and even a stumbling stone to them if they get the impression of boring and pressure especially at the very beginning when they first know the religion.
e.g. meetings too long, too many readings in the meeting, Bible seems to be hard to understand, too many preaching, lack of enough conversations, too much pressure in attending churches,.....
- They need encouragement and remindance to attend the meetings but we must give them enough freedom to choose.
- They want to join in a group that have warm relationship, with joy, jokes, questions and answers, care, love, space to express their ideas......
- They grasp the truth only slowly and slowly, so repetition and remindance of the truth taught is always needed. (Lower in form, slower the process)
- It is not needed to meet them very long in a Bible Study meeting (e.g. 30 min. may be adequate for lower forms). Actually, don‘t make the meetings to long so that they feel bored in the meeting. The important thing is that in the meeting, small bit of truth is impacted in their mind.
- They want some teaching from some interesting topics from the Bible: e.g. Hell, heaven, Ghost, satan, the infallability of the Bible, the second coming of Christ, .........
- They need a simple Bible version that is easy to grasp its understanding
- They must be helped to digest the truth word by word and with many illustrations.
- The group members must all be friends so that open discussion is easy. It is better to be of the same sex in most of the time.
- They are quite impulsive and subject to their own emtions. So, their attendance would be flutuating. But after a few months, the attendance would be more stable.
- The Bible study meeting must be reminded to each one in the morning of the day of the Bible study.
- They always bring some new friends to attend the meeting. Never mind, just design your teaching so that the foundation truth can be taught.
- It is no need to push them to attend to a church in an early stage. After months of Bible study, many of them may then show interest in the church. It may be a harmful effect if we just push them to a church activities they don‘t enjoy.
Understanding the process of spiritual growth :
- The growth is gradual and may not be easy to be seen.
- Patience must be needed because they may appear more Godly at some time or another. They are fluctuating.
- The objective is to let them know more and more about the words of God. It is our success if we can impact a little more about the words of God in their hearts after the meeting. How they grow is none of your business. It is God who is in control ( I Cor 3:6-9)
- The syllabsus should be fexible and relevant to the standard of the students.
How to lead a Bible study :
- see the relevant documents attached
How about the syllabus:
- It should be very flexible and depends on the standard, progress and spirtual conditions of the students.
- It is not needed to teach so many points. Most importantly, the truth is impacted bit by bit to the students. (It is enough to study one or two verses each time in depth).
- The following areas can be taught:
1. Gospel 2. Basics of Christian life 3. Doctrines 4. Daily life 5. Social
6. Character 7. Others
Most importantly :
- Show your love and concern to them, your confidence and faith in God.
- Pray for them always.
Matt 4:19 (和) 耶 穌 對 他 們 說 ： 「 來 跟 從 我 ﹐ 我 要 叫 你 們 得 人 如 得 魚 一 樣 。 」