Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience is designed to help communities experience the Bible together in a unique and powerful way. Each week, participants read the assigned reading on their own, then gather to have “book club” style discussions where they can share their observations and questions based on the week’s reading. These warm and inviting group experiences set the table for authentic community interaction around the text. It’s intentionally uncomplicated. There are no DVD curricula and no workbooks. Just organic, free-flowing discussions about Scripture. Group Conversation Starters Rather than the traditional Bible study format, Immerse encourages groups to simply have conversations about what they’ve read, more like a book club. There are no study guides, workbooks, or DVD lessons. Instead, there are 4 conversation starters: What stood out to you this week? Was there anything confusing or troubling? Did anything make you think differently about God? How might this change the way we live? QUICK START GUIDE 3 ways to get the most out of your experience 1. Use Immerse instead of your regular chapter-and-verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book. 2. Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together for 8 weeks—more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open, honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures. 3. Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” to see how the books of the Bible work together to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”