What is a Hope Group?
A Hope Group is an in-person or online gathering of between 3-6 people which meets regularly. 75 Hope Groups were started over a few months during lockdown in 2020 by Wilbur Longbottom (City Bible Forum - Hobart). The groups really seemed to meet a wide-spread community need for connection & purpose! Hope Groups use a simple, memorable pattern of ‘Look Back, Look Up & Look Forwards’ to help practice thankfulness, share challenges, and encourage one another from the teachings of Jesus – stories that can be easily shared with and passed on to friends/colleagues.
What do you do in a Hope Group?
The Hope Group meets for 30-45 minutes either before work, at lunchtime or after work/at night. Most groups meet once every two weeks during Term time. They follow a ‘Three-Thirds’ format with the leader spending equal time on each component.
Hope Group Library
- Gen 1:1-17 God creates the world
- Gen 1:18-2:3 God creates mankind
- Gen 2:4-9, 15-25 Adam and Eve in the garden
- Gen 3:1-13 Adam and Eve disobey God
- Gen 3:14-24 God judges a sinful world
- Gen 6:5-22 God prepares Noah for the flood
- Gen 7:1-24 God destroys evil humanity
- Gen 8:1-5, 13-22 God remembers Noah
- Gen 9:1-17 God’s promises to Noah
- Gen 12_1-7, 15_1-6, 17_1-8 God's promises to Abraham
- Gen 22_1-19 Abraham offers his son
- Ex 12_1-3, 21-31 Promise of the Passover
- Ex 20_1-21 Ten commandments
- Lev 4_1-12, 32-35 Offerings for sin
- Is 53_1-12 Promise of a better way
- Luke 1_26-38 Mary is visited by an angel
- Luke 2_1-20 Jesus is born
- Matt 3_1-3, 11-17, John 1_29-34 Jesus is baptised
- Matt 4_1-11 Jesus is tested
- John 3_1-21 Jesus and Nicodemus
- John 4_1-26, 39-44 Jesus and the woman at the well
- Luke 5_17-26 Jesus heals a paralysed man
- Mark 4_35-41 Jesus calms the storm
- Mark 5_1-20 Jesus casts out evil spirits
- John 11_1-7, 17-44 Jesus raises a man from the dead
- Matt 26_17-30 Jesus predicts his betrayal and the new promise
- John 18_1-14, 28-40 Jesus is betrayed
- John 19_1-16 Jesus is condemned
- Luke 23_32-56 Jesus is crucified
- Luke 24_1-35 Jesus conquers death
- Luke 24_36-53 Jesus appears and ascends
- John 3_1-21, 36 We also have a choice to make
- Luke 9;51-62 Jesus resolutely sets out for Jerusalem
- Luke 10;25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Luke 10;38-42 Mary & Martha
- Luke 12;13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool
- Luke 12;22-34 'Do not worry'
- Luke 12;35-40 Be dressed ready for service
- Luke 13;1-5 The Tower of Siloam
- Luke 13;10-19 Jesus heals a crippled woman
- Luke 13;22-30 The Narrow Door
- Luke 14;1, 12-24 The Parable of the Great Banquet
- Luke 15;11-32 The Parable of the Lost Son
- Luke 16;19-31 The Rich Man & Lazarus
- Luke 17;11-17 The Healing of the 10 lepers
- Luke 18;1-8 The Persistent Widow
- Luke 18;9-14 The Pharisee & Tax Collector
- Luke 18;35-43 The Blind Beggar
- Luke 19;1-10 Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
- Luke 19;28-42 The Triumphal Entry
- Matthew 1;18-25 The birth of Jesus
- Matthew 2;1-8 King Herod & the Magi
- Matthew 2;7-12 The visit of the Magi
- Matthew 4;12-20 'The kingdom of heaven has come near'
- Matthew 5;1-10 'The Sermon on the Mount'
- Matthew 6;25-34 'Do not worry'
- Matthew 8;5-13 Jesus heals the centurion's servant
- Matthew 11;1-15 Jesus & John the Baptist - The Kingdom Advancing
- Matthew 13;1-9; 18-23 The parable of the sower
- Matthew 13;24-29; 36-43 The parable of the weeds; explained
- Matthew 13;24-30; 36-43 The parable of the weeds
- Matthew 13;31-33 The parables of the mustard seed & yeast
- Matthew 13;47-52 The parable of the net & master of a house
- Matthew 16;13-20 The keys of the kingdom of heaven
- Matthew 16;19-30 The story of the rich young ruler
- Matthew 18;21-35 The parable of the unmerciful servant
- Matthew 21;28-32 The parable of the two sons
- Matthew 21;33-46 The parable of the tenants
- Matthew 22;1-14 The parable of the wedding banquet
- Matthew 25;1-13 The parable of the ten bridesmaids
- Matthew 26; 36-46 The garden of Gethsemane
