We want to share the writing process we created to write and publish our Bible studies.
You’re in the right place if you’ve been dreaming of writing a Bible study. Imagine writing a brilliant Bible study that guides your readers to encounter and experience God’s Word in a new way.
Desire is strong, but where do you start?
Start where you are with what you have: a love for God’s Word and a desire to share it with others. You might feel the need to rush off to seminary first, but truly the most important credentials are spending time in the Word and having personal stories of a message that’s alive and active.
Are you longing to create a bible study experience that guides others into the word?
Because we’re on a mission to see your life-giving, hope-inspiring message birthed into the world.
It’s our passion to help you get that Bible study out of your heart and onto the page.
This is your time to become a brilliant Bible study writer who shines the way for others to experience the Word of God.
LET'S HELP YOU LIGHT THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO EXPERIENCE THE WORD OF GOD
We remember the day vividly. We had the big idea to write our first Bible study. We were passionate about God’s Word and wanted to share our message of hope with others.
There was only one problem. We didn’t know HOW to write a Bible study.
"A quick google search will tell us, Google knows everything, right?" Several hours later, we were overwhelmed and deflated. "We'll never get this Bible study out there!”
Confused by all the advice, we had too many questions.
But alas, we resolved to figure it out. We stumbled and fumbled our way to writing our first Bible study, which we lovingly named “Steadfast.”
Hello there! We’re Mindy & Jenny
With each subsequent book we figured out the tips, tricks, and process it takes to write Bible studies like the pros. We want to share with you what we've learned along the way . . . literally! We’re writing a new study this year too, and we want to take each step with you.
We’re gathering a community of Christian communicators who wish to write and publish their Bible study this year.
A LIVE masterclass experience where you learn to communicate the passion in your heart onto the page and into the hands of your readers.
Light the Way
Write a Brilliant Bible Study
Introducing
You’re writing a Bible study because you want to share your love for God’s Word with others, but how do you get your Bible study into their hands? How do you find readers and build community connections? In this module, you learn how to launch your study with in-person and online initiatives. And you’re going to have fun doing it! You’re not building a platform but rather gathering a community of people who share your passion for finding light and love in the Word of God.
Market Your Bible Study
The good news is you have access to many publishing options today. It’s truly the golden age of self-publishing. The bad news is you have to sift through the options to choose wisely and prayerfully what’s right for your Bible study. This is not a problem when you have guidance you can trust. We help you choose the design, publishing, and distribution route that compliments your purpose, goals, and reader needs. The reward? Holding your completed project in your hands and making it readily available to your readers.
Choose a Publishing Route
module 5
After organizing and outlining the content, it’s time to write! We will show you the different types of content included in Bible studies, so you can choose what fits best for your writing style, content, and reader interest. We also practice the art and craft of writing brilliant questions. With your writer toolbox fully outfitted for writing, self-editing, and working with a professional editor, you produce a manuscript ready for design and publishing.
Write & Edit Your
Bible Study
module 4
Next you organize and outline your study by learning solid research skills and mapping out the reader’s journey. Even if you’re not a naturally organized person, we provide all the tools you need to be successful. With the support of our Bible Study Planning Template and Trello project planning board–which are reusable for the other projects on your heart–you’ll be prepared to write with confidence.
Organize & Outline Your Bible Study
module 3
We start at the beginning and teach you how to light the way as you write a brilliant Bible study one step at a time. Whether you know exactly what you want to write or you still need to figure that out, you start with clarifying the idea, identifying your ideal reader, and discerning the transformation they’ll experience. Clarity of vision lays a strong foundation for you to see your project through to completion.
Discover Your Purpose & Identify Your Reader
MODULES 1 & 2
module 6
Next you organize and outline your study by learning solid research skills and mapping out the reader’s journey. Even if you’re not a naturally organized person, we provide all the tools you need to be successful. With the support of our Bible Study Planning Guide and Trello project planning board–which are reusable for other projects on your heart–you’ll be prepared to write with confidence.
Organize & Outline Your Study
MODULE 3
After organizing and outlining the content, it’s time to write! We will show you the different types of content included in Bible studies, so you can choose what fits best for your writing style, content, and reader interest. We also practice the art and craft of writing brilliant questions. With your writer toolbox fully outfitted for writing, self-editing, and working with a professional editor, you produce a manuscript ready for design and publishing.
Write & Edit Your Content
module 4
The good news is you have access to many publishing options today. It’s truly the golden age of self-publishing. The bad news is you have to sift through the options to choose wisely and prayerfully what’s right for your Bible study. This is not a problem when you have guidance you can trust. We help you choose the design, publishing, and distribution route that compliments your purpose, goals, and reader needs. The reward? Holding your completed project in your hands and making it readily available to your readers.
Choose a Publishing Route
module 5
You’re writing a Bible study because you want to share your love for God’s Word with others, but how do you get your Bible study into their hands? How do you find readers and build community connections? In this module, you learn how to launch your study with in-person and online initiatives. And you’re going to have fun doing it! You’re not building a platform but rather gathering a community of people who share your passion for finding light and love in the Word of God.
Market Your Bible Study
module 6
The Bible Study Planning Template is a planning form you can use to create the master plan for your study. You will keep this template at hand as a guide during the writing process. We walk you through an example Bible Study Planning Template that we used to plan our Flourish Bible study on the theme of God’s love as shown through the story of Ruth.
Bible Study Planning Template
PART 5
The Self-Publishing Guide will guide you through the steps you need to put your Bible study into the hands of your reader. Full of helpful tips, valuable step-by-step guidance, and most valuable of all a walk-through video showing you exactly how to publish your book using Kindle Direct Publishing.
Self-Publishing Guide
BONUS
WHAT you will LEARN IN
Claire Davies
"This masterclass taught me step-by-step what to do through an easy-to-follow guided process. The planning guide kept me on track each month. Light the Way helped me to formulate and define the study's purpose, aided me in organizing my manuscript in a Bible study format, and creating a solid marketing plan. It was encouraging to walk through the process with others. I never felt alone!"
Julie Lefebure
"Light the Way provided me with support and guidance from idea to publication. This masterclass was the most close-knit group experience I’ve ever had. It was a learning class, an accountability group, and cheerleading squad that helped me plan and execute my Bible study. The camaraderie helped me stay on track and get it done."
Mariel Davenport
"So many favorite parts of Light the Way: I loved tracking with Mindy and Jenny as they wrote their study. The mentors were inspiring and the teaching sessions informative. But I think what really made this Masterclass special was the community of women working with me toward a similar goal. We learned each other's names and met online. We cheered for each other and prayed together. What an amazing experience!"
Becky Myerson
"After being asked to teach a class in my church, I joined Light the Way to help me self-publish my study for those ladies. It was a wonderful guide to pace out the steps for me. I self published the study on time and taught it in my church. I also made incredible online writer friends at FlourishWriters. We still meet regularly to encourage one another in our writing."
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Get into Community and Write Alongside Us
with Guidance and Real Time Teaching
This is your year to succeed with monthly training, live Q & A, personal coaching, and attention from five experienced mentors.
During the live masterclass experience, you not only write and publish your study, but you’ll also learn a step-by-step process to write as many studies as you desire over the years to come. This isn’t just another workshop where you learn about writing a Bible study. Experience is the best teacher. You’re going to write the study and master the process.
With lifetime access to all masterclass materials, you’re equipped with your own reference library of how-to videos, templates, and printables to serve you at each step of your writing and publishing journey.
Discover all that is included inside the masterclass experience.
Writing Workshops
Over the course of the live masterclass experience, we’ll lead nine workshops with detailed teaching slide decks, how-to examples, checklists, and step-by-step assignments. We answer your questions live so that clarity reigns.
Personal Coaching
Stay connected directly with Mindy and Jenny each step of the journey with access through Voxer. Meet one-on-one at key decision points through the process to evaluate your options, make informed choices, and stay on target.
Q and A WITH MENTORS
Meet with multi-published Bible study teachers who can’t wait to share wisdom with you. Nothing is off limits! Get the inside track on all aspects of the writing life including writing brilliant questions, editing, technology, branding, marketing, and publishing.
bible study planning guide
When it comes to getting organized before you begin to write, our Bible study fill-in planning guide is key. You’ll use the guide to make decisions and clarify each part of the project. The completed document lights your way during the writing process.
Step by Step Assignments
Overwhelm is always lurking. That’s why we’ve structured the course content into nine workshops that provide instruction with clear assignments to simplify each stage of the writing process into achievable steps.
Private Community Space
All students gather in the FlouirshWriters private community space off social media. Here we collaborate, share hot tips, receive feedback, and celebrate wins!
Masterclass Notebook
The notebook is one more way we seek to keep you organized. Here you’ll find the schedule and assignments at a glance as well as contact information for our mentors and notes pages for each masterclass event.
Accountability pods
Work along sessions
trello planning board
You’re connected in a small pod of Light the Way students for mutual accountability and support—another element of your cheering squad. Community and connection are sure to keep you moving forward.
Harness the group energy of being in community with other writers working toward a common goal. Work-along sessions provide the space and momentum for you to show up and get the work done.
Staying organized is critical and without it, you may get mired down in the details and quit. Not with a Trello board! This board is custom designed to pair with the training, to help you see the big picture and create an outline for your content.
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We are here to guide you in getting your bible study study designed, formatted, and uploaded to Kindle direct publishing ready for sale on Amazon. We will see you through to the finish line as you take your Bible study from idea to book in hand.
If you’re determined to publish, but you know you’re going to need help seeing it through to publication,
custom book cover
An incredible cover is the first step to attracting readers. It's one of the most important too. Without an eye-catching cover that communicates the theme of your study, you'll have a hard time getting people to take notice. But that's not going to happen to you because we work directly with our designer to create a custom front and back cover for your project. The colors, fonts, and images are chosen with care to match perfectly with the message on your heart and the author brand you curate.
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You've been working hard on the Bible study writing, and then you realize you need marketing copy. This can be a startling realization, especially since you may not feel comfortable with this kind of writing. But without it, you're less likely to attract your ideal reader.
That's why we provide guidance and development support for your back cover copy and author bio. We teach you the key elements to include and then we also provide a review of your draft so that you know how to make it amazing.
back cover copy and AUTHOR bio development
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pre designed interior
book templates
Our designer custom created two beautiful fill-in templates for you to use in Microsoft Word: one for a 7” x 10” Bible study and one for a 6" x 9" devotional collection. Even if you’re using another program to compose your draft, once you have an edited final manuscript, simply copy into this template and you have a custom designed interior! And the best news? You can use it again and again for the many Bible studies you write in the future.
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If you’re using Canva.com, you know what we’re talking about! If not, let us introduce an author hack you want in your back pocket. Canva enables authors to create professional-looking marketing materials and even course materials.
We created quite a few of our early studies on Canva, and we’re providing those templates to you. The two templates enable you to fill in your own words to create attractive, colorful digital Bible studies.
digital bible study canva templates
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print ready files
When you're completing the interior formatting, we work with you to ensure that you have attractive and properly formatted print-ready files ready for KDP/Amazon. Small tweaks can make all the difference.
We test the file upload to check for compatibility and recommend any tweaks that are needed. With your custom cover and formatted interior, you're one step closer to holding that Bible study in your hands.
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You don't need to fear the final step of getting your study uploaded and published online. We're here for you each step of the way until your new study is live and ready for people to order.
We don't do it for you. We do it with you so that you know how to successfully complete each step all by yourself, ready for your next study, and the next!
publish to amazon
kdp support
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Shemeca Richard
"FlourishWriters guidance has helped me push through the writing and self publishing process. The professionalism, support, and encouragement from Jenny and Mindy has been extraordinary."
Marvita Franklin
"What I appreciate most is being surrounded by a tribe of writers to encourage me. FlourishWriters provides support, structure, and encouragement to continue my writing journey."
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Jennifer Kochert & Mindy Kiker founded FlourishWriters to share the lessons they learned while writing their personal stories of God’s faithfulness. FlourishWriters nurtures faith-based communicators as they grow in the craft of writing. Mindy and Jenny gather writers who desire to birth a message from the heart to the page.
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"The heart of FlourishWriters is to bring the author's vision to serve God and her audience into focus with craft, discipline, and self-patience. They provide essential skills in understanding the craft of writing and the business of publishing. "
We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. If you have any doubts about the value of this LIVE masterclass experience, if you’re prone to buyer’s remorse, if you purchase Light the Way and then a financial crisis throws your budget into a death spiral, you have 7 days after the live kickoff event to ask for a refund. We’ll give your money back without hesitation. We’ll be sad, but we understand. Life happens.
But if you stick around, we’ll be here for you, through all that life brings this nine months. We are a family. We commit to you through the ups and downs of your writing journey. So after the initial 7 days, we will no longer offer a refund. Instead, we’ll get to work making your writing dreams come true.
If you’re ready for a change, we’re ready to come alongside you. Light the Way LIVE Masterclass Experience is like nothing you’ve experienced. We’d love to see you truly flourish.
Pauline Rogers
"I was looking for ways to incorporate spiritual lessons into my novel and came across How to Write a Bible Study at FlourishWriters. Through the masterclass, God showed me how to use my house remodel project in relation to us as a house in need of a dire restoration. This class helped me use MY experiences, and show God through them in ways that others can be reached in a very practical real way. Then I started an online series of the women of the Bible on my website."
Do you help with editing my study?
What if I change my mind?
If I’m more experienced, will I feel out of place?
We are not professional editors. We offer reviews and feedback, but we provide a list of recommended editors if you go that route.
We commit to you for the duration of the program. When you sign up, we expect you are committing to us as well. We’re in this together! We offer refunds up to seven days after the kick off date
Writers come from every walk of life with a wide variety of skills, so we each have strengths and areas of growth. The result? Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know—we need help to identify the gaps in our knowledge base. Inside the masterclass experience, we teach the information we’ve tested with a focus on practical, doable, step-by-step processes. Beginners and experienced writers will benefit.
If I’m a beginner, will I feel out of place?
What if I don’t use social media?
What time zone will the meetings it take place in?
The material we present assumes that you’ve accepted the call to write and you want to grow in your writing and publishing skills. We’ll get you moving in the right direction.
No problem! Our live events take place on Zoom. Our private community space is hosted on a non-social media platform called Circle.
We are located in the Eastern USA/New York, but we will hold our sessions at a variety of times and days (Monday through Friday) to accommodate most students most of the time. However, we cannot guarantee that all of the live sessions will be scheduled at a time that works for you. Replays are provided with lifetime access at your personal login to the learning portal.
How much time is involved?
What if I can’t attend live? Will I get a replay?
What is involved in the masterclass experience?
Allow two to three hours to engage with live sessions and do the assignments each week.
Yes, you have a learning portal with your personal login. All content is recorded and stored in one place, conveniently organized with easy access from any device. You won’t miss a thing, and you can go back and review the content again and again. You have lifetime access.
The experience provides live training sessions (all replays provided) and one-on-one coaching that guides you step-by-step through each stage of the writing process. You'll engage with mentors for live Q&A and have access to work-along sessions with fellow students. We co-work together and all keep pace with the assignments in order to have a study published by year’s end.
Do I need to be a Bible teacher?
No, all you need to do is love the Word of God and desire to share it with others. We’ll show you how to manage all the other parts of the process. If you do have degrees in Biblical studies, that works too!
Do I need to have a Bible study started?
No, the masterclass experience takes you from idea to done, so come on and we’ll help you decide which one to write first.
When does the masterclass
experience start?
The kickoff is April 23, 2024 (recording provided) and the masterclass concludes at the end of December. You have lifetime access to all course content.
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Small group circles for collaborating and masterminding
Valuable instruction during in our Writer's Workshops throughout the day
Fellowship with other FlourishWriters
Bible Study writers
All students receive a free ticket to our in person writing retreat during the glorious month of May in a stunning location conveniently located near the Atlanta airport. This is the perfect time in our 9 month journey to spend several days away with friends being inspired and getting the writing done.
ok, i'm in!
That’s right! We’re writing a Bible study at the same time you are. Synchronicity allows us to use our writing and publishing process and a real-time example to learn together what works, what doesn’t, and how to solve problems as they arrive.
We love to teach by example, and this year provides the perfect opportunity for you to learn by doing with us.
Students of this year’s live experience have the extra benefit of seeing behind-the-scenes at each stage of our Bible study writing process, from idea to planning and organizing, then writing, editing, publishing, and marketing.
We can’t wait to share our creative process with you real-time. Want in? We’re saving you a seat.
Write Along with Mindy & Jenny
