How to run Stir in 12-14 weeks
The format of a 12-14 week course is a well-worn pathway in churches that have used the Alpha Course or Christianity Explored.
If you need to stick to this time frame, we have several options for how you can run Stir:
Option 1: Stimulate Spiritual Curiosity
6 sessions
6 sessions
Discover your Soul (6 sessions) + Connect to God (6 sessions)
Now participants are ready to ask questions about Jesus and Christianity.
- Continue onto Packs 3 & 4
- Start Alpha or Christianity Explored
Option 2: Run the Entire Course and ‘Binge’ Pack 3 at an Away Day
5 sessions
We suggest sessions:
- 1. We Are Spiritual
- 2. Are We Alone?
- 4. Suffering and Injustice
- 5. Prayer
- 6. The Afterlife
5 sessions
We suggest sessions:
- 1. The First People
- 2. A Singer
- 3. People Who Forgave
- 4. A Survival Expert & 8: My Leader (combined)
- 5. Self-conscious People
Away Day
You choose how many sessions
4 sessions
We suggest sessions:
- 1. Close with God & 2. Sin: What Is It? (combined)
- 3. Sin: What's The Big Deal?
- 4. No Way Back to God (On Our Own)
- 5. The Only Way to God & 6. Full Life (combined)
Option 3: Run the Entire Course and ‘Binge’ Pack 4 at an Away Day
5 sessions
We suggest sessions:
- 1. We Are Spiritual
- 2. Are We Alone?
- 4. Suffering and Injustice
- 5. Prayer
- 6. The Afterlife
5 sessions
We suggest sessions:
- 1. The First People
- 2. A Singer
- 3. People Who Forgave
- 4. A Survival Expert & 8: My Leader (combined)
- 5. Self-conscious People
4 sessions
You choose sessions
6 sessions
Away Day to cover all sessions
Darin Stevens
Darin (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) lives with his family in Oxfordshire, England. With over twenty years experience in leading youth ministry and training youth workers, as well as developing and delivering degree-level modules in Theology, Mission and Youth Ministry, he now oversees Start to Stir.