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Early Access / Pilot Team
THE FEW / EARLY ACCESS

Help us
prove it.

You are seeing THE FEW before its broader release because we don't just want leaders to tell us whether it looks good. We want to know whether it actually works in the local church.

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This is not a polished preview. It is a working environment for leaders willing to test, question and strengthen what we are building.
Why this matters

We're not asking, "Do you like it?"

We're asking a harder question: Can an everyday church leader pick this up, gather a few students around a table, and actually make disciples?

Why you

You were invited for a reason.

We need people who know what ministry really looks like when Wednesday night starts, students walk in and the plan meets reality.

01 / REAL CHURCH

You know your students.

You can tell when something connects, when it feels forced, and when a conversation is actually helping students grow.

02 / REAL LEADERSHIP

You know the pressure.

Time is limited. Volunteers are limited. Resources are limited. The material has to work inside the realities leaders actually face.

03 / REAL FEEDBACK

We need more than encouragement.

Tell us where it is confusing, too long, too complicated, unnecessary or simply doesn't work.

Start here

Four things. That's it.

Don't overcomplicate the pilot. We need you to use THE FEW the way you would actually use it in your church.

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Prepare.

Open the lesson before your gathering and prepare from the material provided. Notice whether you immediately understand what you are supposed to do.

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Lead.

Use the lesson with actual students. Don't redesign everything before you begin. We need to see whether the material works as designed.

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Notice.

Pay attention to the room. Where did students talk? Where did they disengage? What question opened something meaningful?

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Respond.

Send us the things we need to know while the gathering is still fresh in your mind. Specific feedback helps us build something better.

What we need

Don't review the curriculum. Review the experience.

We are interested in what happened when a real leader put the material in front of real students.

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Was anything unclear to you as the leader?
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Where did your students engage the most?
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Where did you feel like you started losing them?
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What did you have to change, explain or add?
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Would you confidently use this lesson again?
What to test

Look beneath the surface.

We care about design, but the pilot is primarily testing clarity, usability and discipleship.

Leader Experience

Could you prepare quickly?

Were the objective, Scripture, questions and leader direction obvious without someone having to explain the system to you?

Student Experience

Did it create conversation?

We aren't trying to produce another lecture. Did students think, talk, question, respond and engage Scripture?

Church Experience

Could you actually sustain it?

Could your church use this consistently without a large budget, elaborate technology or a professional ministry staff?

The real test

Can THE FEW work without us standing beside you explaining it?

If the answer is no, we still have work to do. Every question you have helps us make the system clearer for the leader who comes after you.

Pilot rhythm

Test a few. Tell us a lot.

You do not need to finish all twelve ROOTED lessons before giving us useful information.

Step 01

Choose a lesson.

Begin with ROOTED 01 or select another ROOTED lesson that fits where your students are right now.

Step 02

Use it normally.

Put it into your existing ministry rhythm. We want to see THE FEW inside real church life.

Step 03

Test 2-3 lessons.

A few well-tested lessons will tell us more than simply reading through all twelve.

Step 04

Send the feedback.

Don't wait until you've completed everything. Feedback while the experience is fresh is significantly more useful.

After each lesson

Give us the pulse of the room.

Your feedback does not need to be long. Five honest observations can change an entire lesson.

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What was unclear?
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What connected?
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Where did students disengage?
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What did you change?
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Would you use it again?
One important thing

Don't protect our feelings.

Encouragement is appreciated, but clarity is more valuable. If something doesn't work, tell us. If something feels unnecessary, tell us. If a question creates a great conversation, tell us that too.

The purpose of early access is to make THE FEW stronger before another leader ever opens it.

Ready?

Take it into the room. We'll build from what happens there.

Thank you for helping us build a discipleship resource that can serve churches whether they have five students or fifty.