High School Small Group Dialog
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Bottom Line: The way we treat
technology can help or hurt our relationships with others.
Scripture
References: John 4:1-26
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Social Media gives us great power. We can help a nation devastated by earthquakes. Or we can
destroy a friendship. With technology we can accomplish incredible good or
incredible evil. The Samaritan woman understood this. In her day, the well was the social media hot spot. Since many people would gossip about her, the woman often avoided the well in the morning by drawing water later in the day. Here she met Jesus, a man who knew her story, yet loved her anyway.
Today, encourage your students to get a glimpse of the power
in their words and images. Guide them into finding good ways to use the
resources at their fingertips. Help them see that doesn’t mean they have to
create a Facebook page with a bunch of Bible verses or never text their
friends. But it does mean being smart about how they use the technology
available to them.
Create meaningful conversation. Adjust questions as needed,
and don’t feel like you need to answer all of them.
How has your view of technology changed since starting this series? Has it prompted you to live differently, or treat technology any differently?
Have you ever thought of technology as giving you power? What are some of the things it gives people the power to do? How does it give you power personally?
How has technology improved different areas of your life? Has technology complicated any area of your life? How?
What are some ways technology can create problems in a relationship? (Someone misinterprets an e-mail or text, they don’t get your sarcasm, etc.)
Have you ever used technology in way that affected someone else and you regretted it? (sent an e-mail, text, iChat, Facebook post you regretted)
Why do you think it is easier to communicate how you feel using technology and not face to face?
How would your life look different if the technology you rely on today never existed?
How have you seen people use the power of technology to do bad things? (Don’t use any names of people, please.)
How have you seen people use the power of technology to do good things?
What are some of the things you have seen technology accomplish when lots of people are working toward achieving a common goal?
What are some ways that you personally can use technology to accomplish good things?
How does knowing how much power you have with technology affect the way you will use it?
What will you take away from this series? What has impacted you the most?
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