Experiential Learning

From Help For Shepherds

Before you ask, no this is not a page for the newest way of playing dodgeball, or to pass on the latest inspirational story. It's not that those things are bad, but there are many sites for that sort of thing. This site if for Christian Experiential Learning activities. If you aren't familiar with that term, it's basically trying to find ways where people can do something and still grown and learn spiritually. It isn't about a clever story or a quick game, but about creating spaces and events where people can learn about God through more than just listening to words, but through actions.

We truly believe that God is at work in everything around us, but that people can also influence how easy it is to listen to God and hear what God is saying and where God is leading. It takes a lot of work sometimes to find something that can help people learn about God for themselves without being lectured or forced to go in one direction only. But if we can pull it off, if people learn about God through their own actions and the actions of those around them it can change their lives.

Because it takes so much work, however, every pastor can always use some more ideas that our co-servants have found useful in their own ministries. So go ahead, look for something that can help you out, and tell us what events have been meaningful to your people too.

If you're wondering whether something you have fits the qualifications here, just ask one simple question. In your idea, do people learn about God and faith through an experience that they have? Not through words, but through doing. If the answer is yes, then we'd love to hear about it, whether it's a way of having students experience communion, children learn about grace by giving, or adults realizing that God is with them.