Alpha Team Guide

By Nicky Gumbel

The Alpha Team Guide is designed for those hosting or helping on Alpha.

Section one of the booklet explores how to facilitate good small group discussions and gives tips when praying with guests, often on the Holy Spirit weekend. These sessions correspond with the training videos you can find on MyAlpha (create your Alpha, click on the ‘Series Materials’ tab, and the videos are under the ‘Team Training’ heading).

Section two provides suggested discussion questions to ask during each Alpha session, as well as some practical administrative tips throughout the course. These small group questions are not included within guest’s Alpha Guide, so make sure you have a copy of this Team Guide to assist you in leading the discussion time.

The booklet is designed in a clear and easy to read format and includes space for notes or to jot down questions guests may ask that you might want to follow up. The booklet’s sessions run alongside the Alpha Film Series. They are:

1. Is there more to life than this?
2. Who is Jesus?
3. Why did Jesus die?
4. How can I have faith?
5. Why and how should I pray?
6. Why and how should I read the Bible?
7. How does God guide us?
8. Who is the Holy Spirit? (Weekend talk 1)
9. What does the Holy Spirit do? (Weekend talk 2)
10. How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? (Weekend talk 3)
11. How can I make the most of the rest of my life?
12. How can I resist evil?
13. Why and how should I tell others?
14. Does God heal today?
15. What about the church?

Each session’s pages/questions can also be downloaded for free in PDF format through MyAlpha (create your Alpha, click on the ‘Series Materials’ tab, and under the ‘During Alpha’ heading you’ll find ‘Alpha Team Weekly Guide’).