Advent is often a busy season for everyone—but especially for teens. 

From finals to end-of-the-year parties, there are so many things vying for their attention around this time of year that it can be easy to forget the meaning of the holiday season.

That’s why we’re so excited that you would consider leading a group of teenagers through this Advent season using With You Always | Discovering God’s Presence Through the Advent Story!

Our hope and prayer is that this study will provide you with the tools you need to point them to what truly matters this season: Jesus Christ.

We have created this digital download leader guide to help you do just that.

Whether you work with a youth group, have an established small group, or are leading a small group for the very first time, this leader guide will provide practical tips and simple steps to help you confidently and effectively lead your group through the study.

The leader guide includes a digitally downloadable PDF and online access to 5 group teaching videos. The digital PDF includes group discussion questions for each session and so much more.

The leader guide includes four weeks of material, including a group teaching video and discussion guide meant to be used in an introductory session.

As you lead teens through With You Always will help them experience the God who is with them —and who goes to great lengths to draw near to them. As they encounter God’s presence through His Word, we pray that they will grow deeper in their trust of Him. We pray that they will never forget the lasting joy that comes from having a relationship with God.

This group leader guide will:

• Provide a biblical foundation for small group Bible study.

• Give you a step-by-step guide to plan and launch your small group.

• Show you how to have a Bible study using With You Always.

• Help you integrate fellowship, corporate Bible study, prayer, and meaningful times of discussion into your small group meetings.

• Equip you to successfully lead your small group through sections on how to structure your small group time and how to lead a meaningful group discussion.

• FAQs, and so much more!

Included in this resource:

• A Note from the Author

• The Heart of Small Group Bible Study

• The Practice of Small Group Bible Study

• Start a Small Group Checklist

• Group Meeting Ideas

• Discussion Questions for Each Session

• How to Have Meaningful Group Discussions

• FAQs

• Digital Access to Five Group Teaching Videos

It is recommended that each member of your small group have their own copy of With You Always | Discovering God’s Presence Through the Advent Story.

Only group leaders need a copy of the leader guide. At the end of the leader guide, there are two resources meant to be printed and distributed to your group: Group Discussion Questions and How to Study the Bible.

This is a digital-only resource. You will not receive a printed copy in the mail.