Each of us has a unique story, but if we live without looking to the master Storyteller, we get lost and confused. This thirteen-week study guide leads participants through journaling, response activities, and meditating on God's Word to reconnect with God's story and reignite their love for him and others. Book jacket.
This guide has been created for leaders of Restore Groups in licensed churches. It provides an overview of the nature of Restore Group leadership, space for leadership notes, and a copy of the Restore Groups participant's guide.
Simply Jesus is a 7-week group study outline exploring Jesus the King of the Kingdom in simple terms with optional downloadable video clips from the My Community section of our web-site www.newbeginningsdiscipleship.com. This Leader's Guide contains the outline, teaching notes, hints and guidance for use in all the group sessions. There is an accompanying participant's workbook also available from our web-site.
The leader guide provides two kinds of information: (1) suggestions for weekly group sessions; (2) information to enhance leadership skills, to support group building and maintenance, and to make effective use of the CHRISTIAN BELIEVER components. A one-page session plan for each of the thirty weeks follows a set procedure with an amount of time indicated for each step. Each session plan provides guidance for group activities that make use of the daily preparation members have made, and questions for discussion. Group activities are designed to focus on content and help persons connect Scripture, doctrine, believing, and living. The leader guide assumes that: The leader makes the same preparation for the weekly group session as the other members of the group. Study and discussion in the weekly session is done mainly in small groups. The leader both guides the process and participates with other group members in the small-group study and discussion. The leader is not an information-giver or lecturer. The leader and the group members have access to the same content for study and discussion—the assigned Scripture, selections from the book of Readings, the study manual, and the video presentations. A study of CHRISTIAN BELIEVER can renew lives and congregations.
Follow the Lord into the depths of your heart this Lent and you will never be the same. Take a healing journey with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, as she helps you turn away from what wounds you and toward God who heals you and makes you whole. In this beautiful guided journal for prayer and meditation, Sr. Miriam invites you to meet the tenderness of God’s mercy, the power of his love, and the restoration of your heart and life as you practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Restore features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie along with daily meditations on a passage from scripture, reflection questions, guided prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking. Throughout Lent, you’ll move through four different phases of healing, focusing on traditional Lenten practices: Prayer is the means of healing our relationship with God. Fasting disciplines us in healing our relationship with ourselves. Almsgiving leads us to healing our relationships with others. Sacrifice shows us the path to heaven and union with God. If you enter into Lent with Christ, your heart will see more clearly, be pierced more easily, love more strongly, and serve more passionately. Jesus will be etched into the crevasses of your being. Restore is perfect for both individual and group use. Free companion videos and a downloadable leader’s guide are available at avemariapress.com.
The Baggage Checklist offers the individual an opportunity to talk and pray through any unresolved personal and spiritual 'baggage' that might otherwise prevent the person from making real progress in moving on in their relationship with God. This is done through a specially set aside prayer appointment or short series of appointments (depending on personal needs). This Baggage Checklist and accompanying Group Leader's Guide is the tool to facilitate this. The Leader's Guide gives an overview, hints and guidance for use in running these sessions.
Building upon the message of the bestselling book, So Long, Insecurity, the So Long, Insecurity Group Experience will be an important tool for small groups, Bible studies, and book clubs to use as they dig even deeper into what it means to be truly secure. Designed to bring women together in a community of support, the Group Experience provides an in-depth look at what the Bible has to say about image, society, relationships, and our innate longing for soul-deep security. The So Long, Insecurity Group Experience will take readers on a journey deep into God's Word and encourage them to work through their struggles with insecurity together while growing in knowledge of the only One who can provide lasting security.
True North Group is a small, diverse collection of individuals who meet on a regular basis to explore their lives and develop their self-awareness, self-compassion, authenticity, and EQ. This book demonstrates why these small groups are the vital link to both leadership and personal development.
How do you lead an organization stuck between an ending and a new beginning—when the old way of doing things no longer works but a way forward is not yet clear? Beaumont calls such in-between times liminal seasons—threshold times when the continuity of tradition disintegrates and uncertainty about the future fuels doubt and chaos. In a liminal season it simply is not helpful to pretend we understand what needs to happen next. But leaders can still lead. How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going is a practical book of hope for tired and weary leaders who risk defining this era of ministry in terms of failure or loss. It helps leaders stand firm in a disoriented state, learning from their mistakes and leading despite the confusion. Packed with rich stories and real-world examples, Beaumont guides the reader through practices that connect the soul of the leader with the soul of the institution.