This curriculum will help cultivate the five purposes of God in a group setting with the Small Group version of the Study Guide. Six lessons study one core biblical passage, then guide a group discussion of practical application as a response to the passage. The Study Guide seeks to balance all five purposes of God, providing focus and action in each purpose each week:
1: What on Earth Am I Here For?
2.Worship - You were Planned for God's Pleasure
3.Fellowship - You were Formed for God's Family
4.Discipleship - You were Created to become like Christ 5.Ministry - You were Shaped for serving God
6.Evangelism - You were Made for a Mission.

This curriculum will help cultivate the five purposes of God in a group setting with the Small Group version of the Study Guide. Six lessons study one core biblical passage, then guide a group discussion of practical application as a response to the passage. The Study Guide seeks to balance all five purposes of God, providing focus and action in each purpose each week: 1: What on Earth Am I Here For? 2.Worship - You were Planned for God's Pleasure 3.Fellowship - You were Formed for God's Family 4.Discipleship - You were Created to become like Christ 5.Ministry - You were Shaped for serving God 6.Evangelism - You were Made for a Mission.

This training series was created out of an adult learning confernce held in Dallas, Texas. The three speakers, James Botkin, Tom Groome, and Dick Murray spoke from the perspectives of the world, the church at large, and the local congregation. This training series is designed to help adult educators understand the current challenges to adults who want to learn how to keep up with the changing world. It offers practical ways that local churches can work more effectively with adults. A leader's guide suggests how these resources can be used in training events to develop leadership skills for adult education in the church.

This is episode 1 of 5 in "Listening to God" series from Trinity Playhouse.
This is the story of Artie, a ten-year-old boy growing up during World War II, whose brother Ray, has gone to battle in the South Pacific. Artie's parents struggle to provide a cushion of security as Artie struggles with difficult issues of faith and death. While encouraging Artie's efforts to aid the war effort they also communicate their own faith and hope.

Tape 1.
This 12-week small-group study helps us explore key features of Christian character and then, as a group, apply those learnings in daily life.
The 12-week structure of this study is based on two complementary teachings of Jesus: 1. Come and See (6 weeks)
The group will use Scripture, videos, study & reflection guide, and leader guide to experience, discuss, and meditate on the Christian model of attentiveness. 2. Go and Do (6 weeks)
Together, supported by the leader guide, the group will create and implement an action plan for applying and embodying attentiveness in their own lives.
Topics include: Listening to the Right Voices; Keeping Time; Self-Awareness; Listening Alone, Listening Together.

This video concerns the challenge of the Christian community to be an extended family - binding young and old together and passing on the legacy of faith. It stimulates discussion and is ideal for groups wanting to build intergenerational bridges of understanding.
Four major topics are: Boredom, pop culture, sexuality, and drugs. Features Tony Campolo, Bob "Captain
Kangaroo" Keeshan, Tipper Gore, Terry Hershey, Will Campbell, and five well-known Christian musicians.

This volume's contributors--dynamic and progressive African American church leaders--advocate the prophetic powers of black theology, preaching, and evangelism in support of community and economic development, ministerial and lay leadership, and enhancement of church life. All of them were presenters in 2004 at the first Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, established to reinvigorate the social justice agenda of America's black churches.

Hosted by Charles (Chuck) Colson, this video examines what the church is and is not - and what that means for Christians in this post modern society.
This curriculum provides you with two study options.
Option #1 is designed for a 3 session series using the three video presentations. Option #2 incorporates the 3 video presentations into a 13 week study of the reproducible worksheets.

Tape 1 of 2.
Session 1: Christians in a post- Christian culture (58 min): Over the last twenty years, American culture has turned against Christianity. Viewers are challenged to re-evaluate their ideas of what the church should be and do, and how real Christianity functions in the body of believers.
Session 2: The Marks of the Church (61 min): Colson defines the character of the true church. Showing the meaning of true salvation, he goes on to illustrate how the church must be rooted in preaching the Word, fellowship, administration of the ordinances, prayer and worship, and the work of the Holy Spirit.

Charles (Chuck) Colson is your host.
Tape 2 of 2
Session 3: What in the world is the church supposed to do? (62 min): Colson talks about training, equipping and discipling the Body of Christ and making sure our faith has an impact on every aspect of our lives. As he discusses the celebrity syndrome that cripples true evangelism, Colson highlights the characters and commitment of believers who live as salt and light in the real world.

Topic 3. Disappointment: When you're feeling the pain. (30min) Hosted by Freddie spencer, Motorcyclist on the worldwide pro racing circuit. He helps teenagers handle the pain of personal tragedy, loss of a loved one and divorced parents, among other difficulties in life.
Topic 4. Relationships: Gotta Lean on each other. (30min) Hosted by Cheryl Miller, a member of the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal winning U.S. women's basketball team. She shares important insights into the meaning of loyalty and commitment to friends, family and God.