Small Group Ministry

WALKING WITH GOD IN THE DESERT

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WALKING WITH GOD IN THE DESERT
Are you going through a difficult period of life? The loss of a loved one? Unemployment? A crisis of faith? During these desert times, it’s easy to think God has disappeared. In this seven-session DVD, the12th volume of the Faith Lessons series, discover that it’s only when we are totally dependent on him that we find God is closer than ever.

Session 1- Joy in the Journey
Session 2- It's Hot Here and There's No Way Out
Session 3- Help is Here
Session 4- When Your Heart Cries Out
Session 5- They Were Not Wandering
Session 6- Ears to Hear
Session 7- There's Hope in the Desert
30 min/session
Zondervan
2011
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BROKEN TO PEACE

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BROKEN TO PEACE
Bad things happen to good people.
Good parents have children who become addicted to drugs. Reliable breadwinners lose their jobs. Innocent children have parents who hurt them. Healthy folks get sick. Accidents happen. And yes, even Christians take anti-depressants.
Many of us live our problems in silence, but Broken to Peace features interviews with men and women who are living their lives-and faith-out loud. Using their pain to educate, inspire and help others, the straight-from-the-heart Christians featured in this compelling video series tell real life stories about the troubles that brought them to their knees-breast cancer, job loss, addiction, loss of a child, clinical depression and physical abuse. With God as their support, they were able to rise again, one step at a time, and continue their walk towards spiritual healing and human wholeness.

Resource includes:

- Six video discussion starters
- Downloadable Leader Guide for facilitating group study
- Promotional resources for your Bible study or small group campaign

UM Communications
2011
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FINAL WORDS FROM THE CROSS

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FINAL WORDS FROM THE CROSS
In 24 Hours That Changed the World, Adam Hamilton took us on a Lenten journey through the last day of Jesus' life. Now, in his inspiring follow-up book, Hamilton examines Christ's dying hours and his final words as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of those who stood near the cross.
This new small-group study, Final Words, contains seven teaching sessions featuring Hamilton providing fresh insight into Jesus' final words at the cross through the perspective of those who witnessed the crucifixion. Then, he moves beyond the cross to Jesus' words to the disciples on the road to Emmaus and to those who were witnesses to the Resurrection. Includes leader guide.

Session 1: Father Forgive Them
Session 2: Behold Your Son…Behold Your Mother
Session 3: My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Session 4: Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise
Session 5: I Thirst
Session 6: It Is Finished...Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit


10 min/session
Abingdon Press
2011
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THE EASTER EXPERIENCE

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THE EASTER EXPERIENCE
What if what happened then changes everything now?
The Easter Experience DVD Study is a truly spiritual experience that has the power to change every member in your small group. The six 20-minute episodes bring the passion and resurrection of Jesus to life through dramatic storytelling and challenging teaching. Each episode explores a universal theme that is relevant to our lives all year round. Leader guide included.

Session 1- My Life Has a Purpose
Session 2- My Life Can Change
Session 3- My Pain is Understood
Session 4- My Life Has a Plan
Session 5- I Have the Promise of Eternal Life
Session 6- My Hope is Secure

20 min/episode
Thomas Nelson Pubilshers
2011
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BETTER TOGETHER- WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE HERE FOR?

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BETTER TOGETHER- WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE HERE FOR?
Better Together, a six-session group DVD study in the Living with Purpose series by pastor and bestselling author Rick Warren, shows you how God planned for you to fulfill his purposes in community with other people … in your church family … in your small group … in the world around you.

In each session, you will learn how to fulfill God's five purposes for your life. Each session also includes the biblical support behind each purpose, the ways it applies to you and your circle of influence, and how you can use this knowledge to benefit God's kingdom. From the beginning, God planned for Christians to fulfill his purposes in community with each other in our church families, small groups, and in the world as a whole. Why did God plan it this way? Because we're better together!

Sessions include: (20-25 min.each)
Session 1: What Matters Most
Session 2: Reaching Out Together
Session 3: Belonging Together
Session 4: Growing Together
Session 5: Serving Together
Session 6: Worshiping Together

20-25 min/ses.
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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
When the Israelites left Egypt, they were finally free. Free from persecution, free from oppression, and free to worship their own God. But with that freedom comes a new challenge - learning how to live together the way God intends. In this ninth volume of Faith Lessons, discover how God teaches the Israelites what it means to be part of a community that loves him and the lessons we can begin to live out in our lives today.

Six Faith Lessons include:
1. The Lord Who Heals You: Marah and Elim
2. Not by Bread Alone: Manna and water from the rock
3. Their Blood Cried Out: Israel becomes a community
4. The Mountain of God
5. I Led You Like a Bride: Wedding at Sinai
6. The Whisper of God: Moses and Elijah on the mountain

30 min/session
Focus on the Family
2011
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THE POWER OF A WHISPER

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THE POWER OF A WHISPER
"Without a hint of exaggeration," says Bill Hybels, "the ability to discern divine direction has saved me from a life of sure boredom and self-destruction. God's well-timed words have redirected my path, rescued me from temptation and re-energized me during some of my deepest moments of despair."

In The Power of a Whisper, vision is cast for what life can look like when God's followers choose to hear from heaven as they navigate life on earth. Whispers that arbitrate key decisions, nudges that rescue from dark nights of the soul, promptings that spur on growth, urgings that come by way of another person, inspiration that opens once-glazed-over eyes to the terrible plight people face in this world-through firsthand accounts spanning fifty-seven years of life, more than thirty of which have been spent in the trenches of ministry, Hybels promotes passion in Christ-followers' hearts for being wide open to hearing from God, and for getting gutsier about doing exactly what he says to do.

4 sessions- 25 minutes each
Session 1. The Whisper-Led Life
Session 2. Divine Input for the Day-To-Day
Session 3. Practice, Practice, Practice
Session 4. Wide Open for Good

20-25 min/session
Zondervan
2010
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THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON

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THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON
Henri Nouwen
When Henri Nouwen stumbled across a poster of Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son he began a spiritual journey that would help him understand the biblical parable as well as the story of his own life. Take this opportunity to join Henri as he leads the wayward prodigal and judgmental sibling who resides within each of us towards the open-handed, overwhelming compassion and eternal love of the Father. The Return of the Prodigal Son will transform your reading of the parable and the way you understand your life story.

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Why are Christians so hypocritical? Why does God allow suffering? Captured live and unscripted, Pastor Timothy Keller meets with a group of people to address their doubts about Christianity. In this 6-session study, he uses literature, philosophy, real-life experiences, and the Bible to teach you how to respond when confronted with skeptics' objections to your beliefs. Session topics:
1. Isn't the Bible a myth? Hasn't science disproved Christianity?
2. How can you say there is only one way to God? What about other religions?
3. What gives you the right to tell me how to live my life? Why are there so many rules??
4. Why does God allow suffering? Why is there so much evil in the world?
5. Why is the church responsible for so much injustice? Why are Christians such hypocrites?
6. How can God be full of love and wrath at the same time? How can God send good people to hell?
20 min/session
Zondervan
2009
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Here and Now...There and Then- Lecture Series on Revelation

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Here and Now...There and Then- Lecture Series on Revelation
Here and Now...There and Then by Beth Moore is a lecture series on the book of Revelation. Beth presents many points of view, allowing women to decide for themselves when the interpretation varies among scholars. She teaches that God is as specific about what He does reveal as He is about what He does not reveal. Each of the 11 sessions is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. This resource includes 11 DVDs and one listening guide with light homework.
75 min/session
Lifeway
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