May 9, 2021: Offering Hope for the Future (Isaiah 29:13-24)

To engage the learners in a study of the Scripture text:

Distribute copies, in print or electronically, of the “God’s ‘Woe to’ Warnings” exercise from the activity page, which you can download here. Break your class into two halves to complete the exercise. If the halves of the class total more than six learners each, have participants form smaller groups with duplicate assignments.

• If all your learners are online, consider using Zoom Breakouts (which you can learn about here).
• If some of your learners are online and others are in the classroom with you, consider breaking the in-person learners into groups together and using Zoom Breakouts for the online learners.

To encourage personal application:

Distribute copies of the “Searching for Meaning” exercise from the activity page as learners depart. To encourage after-class completion, stress that you will discuss results as a first order of business when the class meets again next week.

Note: Whenever you distribute copies of anything, use hard-copy (paper) handouts for those physically present and e-copies for those joining online via Zoom, etc.

Tip: For a tutorial on how to use Zoom breakouts, go here. For many other Zoom tutorials, see here. A key to using Zoom effectively without fumbling is to practice ahead of time!