Your Study World
Keys to Developing a Successful Bible Study

1) Plan and Organize your study
- First, read the Leader’s Guide, Before you Begin, and Three Keys documents
- Watch the video by Kelly Wahlquist on Getting Organized
2) Set up your core team
- Watch this helpful video...
3) Increase attendance at your Bible Study
- Boost attendance at your study with our ready-made marketing materials. Visit our Downloads section...
4) Train your faciltators using the information in the Leader's Guide.
5) Running the Study
- How do I run the study? What does the first session look like? and more...Click here.
- Watch: Five keys to a successful Bible study, by Jeff Cavins.
— Fr. Tomi Thomas,
If every parish did this program, we’d see a true revolution in the Church.
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St. Matthew Catholic Church Norwalk, CT
— Steve Wood
The Great Adventure is the perfect way to begin Catholic Bible study. This system gets my highest recommendation as the best way to begin studying Scripture.
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St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers (dads.org)
The Great Adventure Bible studies are proving to be a tremendous blessing in our Archdiocese. Our leaders are thrilled with their easy-to-follow format which communicates the beauty of salvation history in a way that can be understood, remembered, and applied to life.
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— Kyle Neilson,
Archdiocese of Vancouver, Office of Religious Education
— Msgr. Charles Quinn,
I consider The Great Adventure to be one of the most important contributions I have made to the parish, a legacy I leave my successor after my retirement soon
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St. Stanislaus, Pleasant Valley, NY
— Brian Pizzalato,
The Great Adventure has been a genuine blessing from God to the Diocese of Duluth... I cannot recommend it any more highly. It has been a great gift from God to me and the diocese I serve.
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Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Duluth
— Francis Cardinal George,
The canonical approach that The Great Adventure employs is a marvelous way to introduce the faithful to salvation history. When Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium are all brought together in study the result is a clearer picture of God’s will, resulting in a road map for living.
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O.M.I.Archbishop of Chicago
— Susan DiPietro,
Our Church family has seen how participation in The Great Adventure Bible studies not only touches and transforms their lives and their homes, but also blesses our entire local community through our lived response.
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Adult Faith Formation Coordinator Good Samaritan Catholic Church Ambridge, PA
The Bible Timeline gave our Bible study group the clearest and most accessible understanding of the Old Testament that any of us had ever had.
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— Fr. Dave Heney
Thousand Oaks, California
Those who attended our Bible Timeline study have commented how it helped their understanding of the Mass readings and several even said the study was 'life-changing.'
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— Jean Mark,
Sacramento, California
The Bible Timeline series has changed my life. I never would have read the Bible if it wasn't for this, and now I simply adore Scripture. It's really inspired me on my faith journey...
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— Kyley Drach,
Kamloops, British Columbia


