one-TO-ONE: Word-Driven Discipleship
Small Town Summits exists to see the small places of New England filled with gospel-centered, community-engaged churches and Christian workers, for the glory of God. While our summits focus primarily on encouraging pastors and leaders in small places, all believers share in the urgent work of making disciples.
On Saturday, June 8th, 2024 Small Town Summits invited leaders and laypeople in and around western Massachusetts to join us for a One-to-One: Word-Driven Discipleship training event.
This event aimed at equipping leaders and laypeople in western Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire with a simple, relational, and powerful discipleship tool that is uniquely suited for ministry in small places called “one-to-one Bible reading.” During this event, pastors and leaders considered how this uniquely reproducible tool can help create a culture of Word-driven discipleship in their churches.
This training utilized “One-to-One Bible Reading” by David Helm
Schedule
8:30-9:00am - Arrival and coffee
9:00-9:45am - Session 1: “What is One-to-One Bible Reading?” - In the first session we will consider the unique strength and flexibility of this simple, relational and powerful ministry tool.
9:45-10:00am - Break
10:00-10:50am - Session 2: “How to Do One-to-One Bible Reading” - In the second session, we will learn how to do one-to-one Bible Reading, have the chance to practice it with another person, and regather debrief the experience together.
10:50-11:00am - Break
11:00-11:30am - Session 3: “Weaving One-to-One Bible Reading into a Church Culture” - In the third session we will consider how this tool has the ability to replicate across and shape the culture of a church.
If you have any other questions, please contact us at smalltownsummits@gmail.com.
BEN Ruhl
Ben Ruhl is the lead pastor of BeFree Community Church in Alton, NH and Executive Director of Small Town Summits. He's a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Moody Bible Institute. He is husband to Olivia and father to Davie and Cal.
BEN EMBERLEY
Ben grew up in small-town ministry contexts as the son of a pastor who served in Dublin, NH and then Northfield, MA. After graduating with a degree in Bible Exposition from The Master’s University, he married his wife Beth. Together they are the happy parents of three young daughters as well as a precious son who went to be with the Lord in 2021. Ben recently graduated with his MDiv from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a pastor at Community Bible Church in Northfield, MA.
