Small Group Spring 2015 Catalog

TRUST

Infants are naturally dependent; instinctively looking up to their parents for all their needs. The trust they display is pure and absent of complication.

In Matthew 18:3-4, in a lesson on trust, Jesus told his disciples that those who humble themselves and become like little children will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Expounding on this, Peter said each of us should, “like a newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the word.

Nourished by it” so we will grow into salvation.

From the gradual steps of the newly converted Christian to the confident strides of a seasoned disciple of Christ, growing into salvation is a process that begins with and is carried through by trust in God for all our needs.

THIS SPRING, LET OUR SMALL-GROUP RESOURCES NUTURE YOU AND THOSE YOU LEAD—WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THEIR WALK WITH CHRIST—INTO A DEEPER, AUTHENTIC, TRUST-FILLED SPIRITUAL LIFE.

For personalized help choosing the right resources for your group, call your local Community Resource Consultant, call Curricuphone at 800-251-8591, or Live Chat with a Curriculum Education Speciailst.

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Discipleship Churchwide / Discipleship Studies • 2–7

Tools for following Christ & passing on the Good News to others.

Wesleyan / Wesleyan Churchwide Studies • 8–11

Of particular interest to Methodists & those who wish to understand them better.

Women’s Studies • 12–18

Studies that are especially appealing to women...written by women.

Reading Groups • 19

A novel approach to Christian fiction.

Marriage Studies • 20

Build a loving, powerful, lasting Christian life together.

Men’s Studies / Small Group Leadership • 21

Faith encouragement for men & guiding strategies for leaders.

Spiritual Growth • 22–25

Understanding how to becoming more Christ-like.

Living Well • 26

Eternal biblical principles as the framework for more authentic lives...& a better world.

Prayer & Practice • 27

Developing habits & finding inspiration to strengthen our daily walk with God.

Topical Studies • 28–31

Relevant, horizon-expanding subjects examined through the lens of faith.

Recovery • 32

Guiding the hurt, grieving, & hopeless through their journey of healing & peace.

Outreach / Missions • 33

Reach others near & far with God’s message of love & hope.

Wesleyean Stewardship Churchwide Studies • 34 Wesley’s timeless principles.

Stewardship Studies & Leadership Books • 35 Giving...not just of our wealth, but in all aspects of our lives.

Conversation Starters • 36–37 Don’t just get them talking—get them thinking and doing too.

Biblical Studies • 38–42

From Genesis to Revelation, getting into the meat of God’s Word.

Youth Small Group Studies • 43–44

Help point youth in the direction they naturally seek—lives of meaning & joy.

Believe Churchwide Study • inside back cover

Think, act, and become more like Jesus as you live the story of the Bible.

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The Call The Life and Message of the Apostle Paul Adam Hamilton

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From the road to Damascus to the sun-drenched lands of modernday Greece and Turkey to a Roman prison, go with Adam Hamilton as he follows the journeys of Paul in this six-week DVD study about Christianity’s greatest teacher and missionary. You’ll see exactly where some of the most dramatic events in the spread of Christianity took place, and through Hamilton’s insightful and colorful teaching style, you’ll likely gain a better understanding of Paul’s missionary travels than if you had covered the many miles in person.

The Call is a complete churchwide program with study components for adult, youth, and children’s ministries. In addition to the DVD, a Leader Guide featuring flexible format options is available to make the study meaningful for any size group.

Abingdon Press.

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Paul is the most important figure, after Jesus, in the Christian faith.

Jesus is our central figure, is our Savior and our Lord but Paul is the one who interpreted Jesus. What is the meaning of Jesus death and resurrection? How does that affect our lives? He was the first Christian theologian and then he took the Gospel out into the world.

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We have dumbed down what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Instead of being disciples who demonstrate an undiluted devotion to Jesus as Lord, we have domesticated and watered down Jesus’ true identity. We have turned faith into easy believe-ism.

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Who was Jesus, really? Wasn’t the central figure to the Christian faith a man who denied all pre-conceived notions about what God should look like? Wouldn’t associating with him have meant joining a rebel movement? Doesn’t it still?

Renegade Gospel is a church study that challenges believers to come to terms with the real Jesus—the rebel Jesus. The six-session program is ideal for an all-church Lenten experience and provides leader guides and materials for adult small groups, including a DVD that features author Mike Slaughter. Materials delivering the same message are supplied for youth and children’s studies as well.

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Discipleship Studies Dare to Dream Creating a God-Sized Mission Statement for Your Life Mike Slaughter

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Dare to Dream is a startling and inspiring new program by popular author and pastor Mike Slaughter that draws on the Bible and a lifetime of ministry to help us discern God’s dream for us and learn to live it out, prayerfully and enthusiastically. Participants will learn how to develop a life mission statement that helps them fully commit to a God-directed lifestyle.

A DVD featuring six interviews with the author and a full leader guide are available for group study.

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Abingdon Press.

Let’s help the people in our churches define their god-size life mission statement, and then empower them to live out God’s mission in the world.

Preview Pack Includes one of each of the following: Participant Book, adult study DVD (with access to downloadable Leader Guide), Youth DVD, Youth Edition, and Children’s Leader Guide. Also includes 5 Preview Books.

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Five Practices of Fruitful Living moves the discussion of Christian practice from the congregational level to the personal practices of discipleship. The fruitful, Godrelated life develops with intentional and repeated attention to five essential practices that are critical for our growth in Christ.

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Since the publication of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, the five practices have helped hundreds of congregations understand their mission, renew ministries, and stretch toward fruitfulness and excellence for the purpose of Christ. Now, each of the five practices has been broken out into five 4-week, small-group studies that provide an honest, practical, and winsome guide to the spiritual journey.

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The Fruitful Living Series Adapted from Five Practices of Fruitful Living Robert Schnase

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Discipleship Studies A series of small-group Bible studies from Tom Berlin

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This set of three six-session, small-group studies covers three relevant and intriguing themes.

Each is designed to foster personal insight and compelling discussion—all leading back to the individual’s relationship with God. Abingdon Press.

6 Decisions That Will Change Your Life A Six-Week Small Group Experience Tom Berlin This six-week study includes everything you need for an adult study group of any size, but most importantly, you’ll complete this study and make your choices knowing what Jesus has to say about each of these key spiritual decisions.

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We’re all on a journey—as people, as churches—and that journey is our faith in God. Along the way we find these experiences that we look back on...we say to ourselves, that’s when the journey really changed.

OTHER BOOKS BY TOM BERLIN and Lovett Weems

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Invitations of Jesus Trevor Hudson

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How do we respond to the invitations of Jesus? Trevor Hudson calls us to consider the invitations Jesus offers in five dimensions of life. In his gentle and intimate style, Trevor leads you to see where Christ is touching your life, calling you to deeper relationship with God, self, and neighbor.

This six-week small group study includes a Leader’s Guide for small-group facilitation.

Each one-hour session opens with a prayer, followed by reading the Word, reflecting on the chapter invitation, and responding to the invitation. Upper Room.

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Equip Christians to become fruitful disciples who make a real impact in your community.

This course facilitates important steps in every spiritual journey and is structured to guide participants from the first step of embracing belief in a living Christ, through resolution of personal and spiritual conflicts, and then on to maturity as a disciple. The course is flexible for use with any size group or most audiences—for those not yet committed to Christ to established Christians. The DVD set contains footage of each lesson as taught by Steve Goss and offers a way to teach the course without having a leader prepare each lesson.

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Freedom in Christ A 13 Week Discipleship Course for Every Christian Neil T. Anderson and Steve Goss

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Jesus Apprentice Doing What Jesus Did Jeff Kirby

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Christian belief through Christian action—it’s like an apprentice who learns from a master carpenter not only by listening, but also by following the master’s example. Author Jeff Kirby brings his rich and challenging style of teaching to a powerful, four-session study that shows us how we aren’t truly following Jesus until we do as Jesus…until we become a Jesus apprentice. Participants learn how to sweep aside the clutter of daily life, getting to the heart of Jesus’ message and finding the way to a renewed faith.

The study features a DVD, a Leader Guide, and flexible format options for use with any size group. The four-session DVD features Jeff Kirby guiding us through Jesus’ key teachings and activities. It is designed for small group use, in conjunction with the book.

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I want to be a Jesus apprentice.

I want to be a disciple. Maybe you do too. But we can only become disciples by learning to share our faith with confidence.

Abingdon Press. Coming in February.

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Journey 101: Knowing, Loving, Serving God Series Steps to the Life God Intends Carol Cartmill, Jeff Kirby, and Michelle Kirby

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How do we know, love, and serve God more deeply? Journey 101: Knowing, Loving, Serving God is a three-study basic faith course grounded in 15 core traits of a deeply committed Christian.

Each of the three separate, interactive six-week studies uses a group teaching format that combines video teaching with small-group table breakouts. For the church and leadership, the three studies are part of a complete course offering. However, the program is flexible enough for group members to take the three studies in any order.

And no reading or homework is required of participants.

The 3-DVD Set includes 15- to 25-minute videos for each session. The Church Program Kit offers everything needed to lead the Journey 101 three-part basic faith course, including one each: the three Participant Guides, the three Leader Guides, the Daily Readings, the Preview Book, and the 3-DVD Set. Abingdon Press.

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Wesleyan Studies

about the author...

James A. Harnish is the author of numerous books and Bible studies, including A Disciple’s Path, Strength for the Broken Places, Simple Rules for Money, and You Only Have to Die.

Companion Reader 9781630882570

He is an acclaimed pastor and ordained elder in The United Methodist Church who has led congregations throughout Florida, most recently Hyde Park in Tampa where he served for twenty-two years. In 2014, after forty-two years of active ministry, he retired from full-time ministry.

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Daily Workbook 9781630882556

Written and tested by Hyde Park UMC, Tampa, FL, and shared with congregations of a variety of sizes and demographics, the study combines an engaging overview of Wesleyan and United Methodist beliefs with traditional discipleship.

Leader Guide with Online Toolkit 9781630882594 $25.99; $20.79 $12.99; $8.44

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A Disciple’s Heart Growing in Love and Grace James A. Harnish with Justin LaRosa

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We hear a lot about “spiritual journey” these days. But it’s more than just trendy wording. Although he didn’t use the phrase, that’s what John Wesley was really all about—taking steps and continually walking a path that transforms the heart and helps us grow into the likeness of Christ.

Leader Kit (includes flash drive of toolkit material) 9781630882617 $39.99; $31.99

This study, designed for use in either small groups or as a churchwide experience, attempts to reclaim and, in a sense, reinterpret Wesley’s idea of “Christian perfection.”

Participants learn how to develop a pattern of daily Scripture reading, prayer, and personal reflection and guided questions help define spiritual life goals and create strong church community bonds. The six-week class is supported with a Daily Workbook, Leader Guide, and free downloadable leader helps.

The leader kit includes the Participant Book (Daily Workbook), the Companion Reader (devotional), and a Leader Guide with online resources.

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A Disciple’s Path Deepening Your Relationship with Christ and the Church James A. Harnish with Justin Larosa

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A Disciple’s Path is an engaging approach to discipleship from a distinctly Wesleyan perspective. Whether used as an introduction for new members or a renewal course for existing members, the program guides individuals to take the next step in discipleship and become dynamic, engaged followers of Jesus Christ. The kit assists leaders in conducting a successful study or churchwide program and includes the Companion Reader (devotional), the Daily Workbook (Participant), the Leader Guide with CD, and samples of all the ancillary products.

Abingdon Press.

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Daily Workbook Companion Reader Leader Guide with CD Kit Wristband, Pack of 10 Bookmarks, Pack of 25 Window Cling, Pack of 25 Key Tag, Pack of 30

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In this exciting and inspiring new study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ by focusing on how, through discipleship with Jesus Christ, we become part of God’s work in transforming the world. Each week a different presenter of note shares their personal faith experience. Mini-videos conclude each week with an interview or ministry story from the presenter’s home church. Participants then read on their own from the student book and the Bible and then once a week the group comes together to explore what they’ve read and to view another video.

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The Wesleyan Way A Faith That Matters Scott J. Jones

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I’m doing this study to try to connect directly with average folks, with seekers, with people who are asking important questions and want to know a Wesleyan way of living their life as Jesus’ disciple.

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Today we find ourselves in a world much like Wesley’s—polarized, where faith seems to falter, and the gap between rich and poor widens. Many of us have a faith in need of revival.

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If you’ve taken a class using Adam Hamilton’s The Journey or The Way, you know how his DVD sessions seem part travelogue—part history lesson—a lot Bible study. In Revival, he once again uses his captivating storytelling talent to take you on a six-week journey through England tracing the life of John Wesley. Wesley’s message and his faith continue to speak to 21st-century Christians, calling for a revival of our hearts and souls so that our world might be changed. His story is our story. It’s our heritage, it defines our faith, and it challenges us to rediscover our spiritual passion.

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Wesleyan Studies new Five Marks of a Methodist The Fruit of a Living Faith Steve Harper

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Five marks confirm our identity as genuine and fruitful followers of Christ: 1. A Methodist Loves God 2. A Methodist Rejoices in God 3. A Methodist Gives Thanks 4. A Methodist Prays Constantly 5. A Methodist Loves Others This brief book, suitable for sharing with others, provides a meditation on each of these characteristics. Prayerfully apply them to your journey with Jesus. If you are part of the worldwide Methodist or Wesleyan family, these five marks will grant a greater knowledge and appreciation for why and how you follow Jesus.

If you are located in another part of the body of Christ, you can emerge with a solid foundation to keep your spiritual house standing strong.

Christians marked by these five habits, when taken together, have character:

Steve Harper goes to the very heart of faithfulness as he describes and then calls upon all those who follow Wesley to live. It is lives of integrity that are the result of following these marks. It is a way of living in God’s gracious presence that he encourages for everyone and it is a way of living I choose for myself.

—Rueben P. Job

Includes questions for a five- or six-week study on Christian character.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March.

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Three Simple Rules for Christian Living E SS N S IO A Six-Week Study for Adults

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This series provides a thoughtful and powerful 13-week survey of key Scriptures, combining accessible commentary from contemporary teachers with integrated highlights from the hymns, life experiences, and complete writings of John and Charles Wesley. And for each week, creative and engaging questions likewise foster deeper fellowship and growth.

Wesleyan Publishing House.

This small-group study by Jeanne Torrence Finley is based on Rueben P. Job’s book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living. Six sessions provide extended reflection for adults on three principles of Christian life: do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God. Each rule has a session to help you understand the rule and a session to help you explore ways to practice the rule.

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Your furniture isn’t solid gold nor have you seen a fiery chariot, but you’re not unlike some of the kings and prophets in 1 and 2 Kings. Although they were set apart by God, they didn’t have all the answers. They struggled.

They made big time mistakes. But they grew in their faith through spiritual practices even while carrying out God’s calling on earth.

This six-week study examines the holy habits of six kings and prophets who were set apart by their close walk with God. Each week you’ll study the story of one intriguing character, discuss God’s unique purpose for his life, and learn about his particular spiritual discipline. Then you’ll explore how that timeless spiritual practice can draw you closer to God, helping you fulfill God’s purpose for your life.

A Participant Book, Leader Guide, and DVD are offered as individual items or as part of the complete Leader Kit. The DVD contains six video segments featuring Jessica LaGrone’s teaching for use during the group sessions, plus a bonus introductory video (each approx. 25 min. long).

Abingdon Press. Coming in April.

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Being set apart is not something that means we see ourselves as better than others. On the contrary, it is only God’s Spirit living in us that marks us and makes us different from those around us, and it is our brokenness and sinfulness that drive us to seek a new way, a new life in Christ.

Jessica LaGrone is Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary and an acclaimed pastor, teacher, author, and speaker who enjoys leading retreats and events at churches throughout the United States. She is the author of Namesake: When God Rewrites Your Story, and Broken and Blessed: How God Changed the World Through One Imperfect Family.

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This six-week study traces the story of the Genesis family from Adam and Eve through the generations to Joseph, bringing blessing from brokenness. Through these stories of Genesis, New Testament teaching about family, and stories of contemporary families changed and used by God, this study shows us how God can use our own imperfect families to bring blessing in a hurting and broken world.

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You’d think that if you got a mention in the Bible your name would be included too, right? As a woman, you know that who we are is often overlooked. Even in the Bible. But, although their names were not always recorded, biblical women were known and loved by God—just like we are. You’ll explore the stories of four of these anonymous women in this six-week, DVD-based study which is perfect for you and your girlfriends’ Bible study or any women’s small group. Each woman in your group will grow in her relationship with Christ and find her significance in the heart of God. And the stories from everyday women will have you wondering if somebody overheard your last girl-to-girl phone call!

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There are times we’ve all felt overlooked, non-important, and just plain ol’ trashed by the world around us! Here’s the good news.

While the opinion of others may drag you down, the God who created you has an entirely different opinion of who you are. That’s because you are His Creation and everything He created is good!

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Women are experts when it comes to worry, fear, and doubt. Unsettled times in our world—our neighborhoods—certainly don’t help matters.

Jeremiah also lived in an unstable time when he was called to share God’s message of mercy and love.

His words are just as relevant to us as they were to the wayward people of his time. This six-week Bible study, designed specifically to address the challenges and circumstances of today’s woman, features a 22- to 28-minute DVD segment for each week’s class. All video sessions are closed captioned.

The accompanying materials not only help you explore the meaning of Jeremiah’s message, they provide practical life applications you can use to start experiencing intentional living now!

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Confronting the daily chaos of competing demands from a new perspective, Reisman asks not “How do I juggle my responsibilities?” but “How do I make choices that reflect my relationship with Christ and his direction for my life?” Women will discover how being centered in the Savior can help us contemplate, sort, and prioritize our callings. The DVD provides six video segments featuring the author’s dynamic teaching. The Leader Kit includes one each of the other listed components. Abingdon Press.

Together we’ll discover guidelines for living that can help us to overcome fear, worry, and doubt as we surrender our lives to God and put our hope in him alone. Let’s dare to hope together in our faithful God.

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Abingdon Press.

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Enough Already Winning Your Ugly Struggle with Beauty Barbara L. Roose

Heart Sisters Be the Friend You Want to Have Natalie Chambers Snapp

Sisters of Scripture Mentors in Womanhood Billie Montgomery Cook

Most women know God loves them, but would God love them more if they lost ten pounds, got their hair to lay right, or finally found a pair of jeans that looked good and let them breathe? All of the talk about inner beauty hasn’t kept us from staring into a mirror and taking an inventory that never quite measures up. Enough Already uplifts women and helps them recognize their God-given beauty— helps them see God’s handiwork and not their flaws. Each chapter has group discussion questions, personal journaling questions, and a “beauty mark” (a summary sentence describing the lesson).

Abingdon Press. Coming in March.

Heart Sisters guides women through the process of having and being better friends. Real-life stories of success and failure help author Natalie Chambers Snapp illustrate how healthy boundaries, honesty, tact, sharing, and Christ-like agape love all play a part in being in and maintaining a circle of close confidants. Snapp also deals with the inevitable challenges that face many relationships: conflict; life changes like a new baby, move, or divorce; and when it is right to “break up” with your friend.

Discussion questions, space to journal, photos, and interviews are included in each chapter.

Abingdon Press. Coming in April.

In the spirit of the author’s best-selling The Real Deal, this new book from Billie Montgomery Cook ushers young women (ages 18–35) into a warm and welcoming relationship with the women of the Bible. How can this generation of women find mentors in their scriptural sisters— women such as Eve and Sarah, Vashti and Esther, Deborah and Huldah, Hannah and Mary?

Features questions for reflection and discussion with a contemporary mentor as well.

Judson Press. Coming in April.

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Looking for something fresh and new for your spring event or tea? Lemonade is exactly what you need! With Lemonade, women will experience a two-hour faith-based gathering that’s filled with zest. Women will enjoy getting to know one another as they share their lifechanging stories and discover how God is shaping their lives. Use anytime or anywhere!

The kit includes one Lemonade leader’s guide; a CD that contains reproducible items that can be printed to make the event professional and easy to execute, including name tags, invitations, and other promotional pieces; plus a 10-pack of participant booklets.

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Restless helps women identify the threads of their lives and how to weave them together for God’s purposes. Using the story of Joseph, this study explains how his suffering, gifts, and relationships fit into the greater story of God—and how our stories can do the same. Threads—a self-examination exercise, helps you see your own personal story and uncover the raw materials God has given you to use for his glory while on this planet. The kit contains a DVD, Study Guide, Leader’s Guide, and discussion card set.

Thomas Nelson.

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This study is designed to help women examine and implement 24 spiritual practices to make their lives richer, fuller, and deeper. It can be used as a stand-alone Bible study guide for groups or individuals, or as a companion alongside the Everyday Matters Bible for Women. Participants work through eight chapters that include articles for reflection, Scripture verses, and discussion questions for deeper thought. Each book also includes a Leader Guide.

Hendrickson Publishers.

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Fasting and Stewardship Forgiveness and Reconciliation Acceptance and Gratitude Simplicity and Silence Outreach Hospitality Faith and Worship Justice and Submission Prayer and Confession

The holy habits that we call spiritual practices are all geared to position us in a place where we can allow the Holy Spirit to work in us and through us....They take us to a place where we can become intimate with God.

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Do you long for a time of relaxation, spent with friends?

A time to get away from the busyness of life and just walk with God? It’s time for a lovely, green, Garden Getaway retreat. This retreat kit can help you plan and host a topnotch, garden-themed retreat, focused on building friendships and studying God’s word. It’s flexible and easy! Garden Getaway works for a single day or a whole weekend in any venue from private homes, or churches, to retreat centers, or resorts. You can offer your participants an Essentials Value Pack that includes a Participant’s Guide, a Blessings Keeper, and a Scripture Pendant—or offer an Extra Value Pack that also includes a Garden Getaway CD, pen, and tote bag. Group Publishing.

Director Kit $79.99; $55.99 Participant Essentials Value Pack $13.99; $9.79 Participant Extra Value Pack $24.99; $17.49

Where Moms Connect Mom’s Ministry Curriculum

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One thing is for sure—all moms need to connect with other moms! This unique curriculum brings moms together and helps them connect through discussion, Bible study, and fun. A Year of Encouragement is this year’s theme, with content that will uplift moms, leaving them inspired and better prepared to handle the challenges of motherhood. Each kit includes: a Director Guide, a Leader Guide with content for 18 sessions (9 sessions are DVD-based), a media pack with the DVDs and a CD of reproducible publicity items, and one Participant Guide.

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Lazarus Awakening Finding Your Place in the Heart of God Joanna Weaver

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Experience a divine shift in how you view your relationship with God. You’ll encounter the story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in a fresh way as you open your heart to the truth that you are cherished—apart from anything you accomplish, apart from anything you bring.

Just as he called Lazarus forth to new life, Jesus wants to free you to live fully in the light of his love, unhindered by fear, regret, or self-condemnation.

Waterbrook Press.

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“No more grave clothes, no more tombs...

Love is calling your name.”

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You long to serve God with grace and reflect Christ in every word and action. Yet, you find yourself continually struggling to bring that vision to life in your daily walk. In this study, you will discover biblical insights and practical tools to partner with Christ, inviting him into the hidden places of your soul and giving him full permission to redeem and renovate.

Drawing on the stories of biblical Marys and others whose experience with God transformed their lives, you can also launch toward lasting personal transformation—a soul-deep change that results in a complete makeover, from the inside out. Waterbrook Press.

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InScribed is a collection of studies by women inspired by Proverbs 3:3— ”Stay focused; do not lose sight of mercy and truth; engrave them on a pendant, and hang it around your neck; meditate on them so they are written upon your heart” (The Voice). The InScribed Collection is for any woman with a passion for God, each title touching on subject matter unique to the needs and issues that women face every day. Thomas Nelson.

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How is Christian fiction different from mainstream? It’s more than just an overlay of faith on the story. These novels offer hope: an understanding that no matter how bleak the world can be, God—and God’s people—will prevail. They show that light can always be found in the darkness.

Readers have responded with numerous heart-wrenching letters of how these books have encouraged them in ways nonfiction could not; how the stories touched their hearts and helped them see beyond their current circumstances into a future designed by God. That’s what the best of Christian fiction does. Through the stories, readers see a way through the darkest trials into a place of hope for a better life . . . and a better world.

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Marriage Studies From This Day Forward Five Commitments to Fail-Proof E SS N S IO Your Marriage Craig Groeschel and Amy Groeschel

UnBreakable Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight Charles Causey and Tony Miltenberger

Is it possible to have a great marriage? Yes, but it is not likely if you treat marriage like everybody else does. This video-based study gives you five commitments to make in order to fail-proof your marriage. The decisions you make today will determine the marriage you will have tomorrow. In five sessions, you will discover five commitments: Seek God, Fight Fair, Have Fun, Stay Pure, and Never Give Up. If you make these commitments, you can have the marriage God wants you to experience. Kit includes Study Guide, DVD, and softcover book. Zondervan.

A unique and powerful resource for couples who want to repair, strengthen, and shockproof their marriages. The authors bring a remarkable combination of experience: both Miltenberger and Causey have served in the military, are actively involved as leaders in the church, and are married with young families of their own. Their approach has already helped hundreds of military couples who live in perhaps the most challenging marriage context today. Abingdon Press.

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new I Choose You Today 31 Choices to Make Love Last Deb DeArmond

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Groundbreaking Practices for a Win-Win Marriage David Hawkins

Built on an introductory anecdotal story, each chapter has an inspirational takeaway of not only what to do, but how to begin applying the principles immediately. Thoughtprovoking questions create talking points for couples to explore their own choices and experiences in each area and generate open dialogue of discovery. This is not a book of “shoulds,” but one of clearly identified choices that each individual can make to grow their marriage and align it with the word of God. Abingdon Press. Coming in January.

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What do couples fight about most? Is it sex, money, children, in-laws, time management?

The answer is: none of the above. Couples can get into power struggles over anything. It is not a specific subject, but the act of fighting, that drives us. We want what we don’t have and will fight to get it. And this drives a wedge between us and the ones we love. This study outlines a plan of action to make a paradigm shift that will take your relationship from one built on selfishness to one of sacrificial, godly love. Abingdon Press.

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Falling in love is easy, but staying in love takes courage, hard work, and lots of grace.

Examine what it takes to create and sustain healthy, meaningful romantic relationships across the course of a lifetime. In this study, Adam Hamilton draws upon the survey results and interviews of more than 5,000 couples and singles, as well as marriage therapists, plus the latest research in the field combined with the wisdom from the Bible. Hamilton explores how, with God’s help, we can make love last. Kit contains one Leader’s Guide, one DVD, and ten books. Abingdon Press.

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The Pastor’s Manual includes guidelines for mentoring couples, while the Couple’s Manual will help couples learn more about themselves and their future spouse, and address potential problem areas before, rather than after, the wedding. This official United Methodist resource includes worksheets to be completed by each person, plus Scripture references about marriage and interactive exercises. Abingdon Press.

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Growing Love in Christian Marriage Jane P. Ives and S. Clifton Ives (Pastor’s Manual); Joan Hunt and Richard Hunt (Couple’s Manual )

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What does it take to be a godly man? In this six-session video-based curriculum, NFL All-Pro and sports analyst Tim Brown teaches men the principles and priorities for leading a life that honors God. He addresses what is true manhood, how guys attain it, and how they should live with honor and integrity—two essential cornerstones for being godly men.

Men of all ages will be challenged to measure their lives by a higher standard.

Each session contains a study outline: • Get Together • Get Thinking • Get Talking • Get Insight • Get Going Thomas Nelson.

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I was quick to thank God after our victory over Tennessee. He’d always been faithful to me, and on one of the great days of my life, I wanted to be sure I remained faithful to Him. That, I believe, is what a man does.

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Leading Small Groups in the Way of Jesus M. Scott Boren

Teaching Biblical Faith Leading Small Group Bible Studies Jack L. Seymour

Is there any arena in the contemporary church more perplexing than small groups? Scott Boren has wrestled with these challenges for years, in the context of his own small-group ministries and in consultation with churches of every stripe.

In this book he reminds us that any small group, no matter how it’s organized, is at its heart a collection of people each walking in the way of Jesus. That means we are going somewhere—together—and that means we have a reliable guide.

InterVarsity Press. Coming in February.

Reading and reflecting on Scripture helps us connect experience, vocation, daily life, and faith. Teaching affects how people of faith view the world and make decisions for living. This book inspires conversation about the many ways the Bible can be taught, the purposes and outcomes of each approach, and how biblical wisdom shapes personal and corporate decision-making. Useful strategies for leading group Bible study help congregations respond faithfully to the biblical witness and cultivate a whole congregation approach to Bible study.

Abingdon Press. Coming in May.

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In this video-based, small-group study, you’ll discover the whimsy of New York Times bestselling author Bob Goff through a sometimes humorous, and thought-provoking lesson that makes faith in God simple and real. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from the author’s life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible too. Thomas Nelson Publishing.

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Do we believe that God still does miracles? Do we expect him to move in miraculous ways in our day-in and day-out lives? Discover the incredible power of the seven miraculous signs of Jesus found in the Gospel of John. This study shows how they were not simply something Jesus did in the past, but something he wants to do “now,” in the present. No matter how big the problem is, God is bigger still. Baker Books.

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When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things? Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.

The will of God is not an insurance plan; it’s a daring plan. It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of your life is to arrive safely at death. All In, a four-session video-based Bible study by New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson—based on his book of the same name—challenges participants to resolutely follow God wherever they are led by pointing out that if Jesus is not Lord of all, he is not Lord at all. The Curriculum Kit contains one copy each: Hardcover Book; DVD; Study Guide; Curriculum Instruction Guide; and Church Campaign Marketing Insert. Zondervan Publishing.

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NOOMA is a series of short films that explore our world from a perspective of Jesus.

Wherever he went, whatever he did, Jesus started discussions about what matters most, because for Jesus, God is always inviting us to open our eyes and join in. Here, all 24 NOOMA films featuring New York Times best-selling author Rob Bell are available in one 2-disc video package. NOOMA is an invitation to search, question, and join the discussion.

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The world doesn’t see Christians as freed people enjoying life, but as people imprisoned by frantically trying to do everything right. So, where’s the good news? This study explores the 10 big themes of gospel, unlike much of what we’ve heard before. God doesn’t call us to become more spiritual or more religious—he calls us to become more fully human. Multnomah Press.

NOOMA Complete Collection 24 NOOMA Films Rob Bell

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There is a me each of one of us wants to be— someone more kind and generous, patient, and loving. But there is a gap between the me I am, and the me I want to be. Discover how you can become the unique, fully alive person God intended you to be: in your your mind, your time, your relationships, and your experiences.

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Deep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, “Come”? This study invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever.

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Jesus’ impact on our world is unlikely in light of the severe limitations of his earthly life; it is inescapable because of the range of impact; and it is doublededged because his followers have wreaked so much havoc, often in his name. He is history’s most familiar figure, yet he is the man no one really knows.

Essentially, he has taught humans about dignity, compassion, forgiveness, and hope.

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Examine the “I am” sayings of Jesus found in the Gospel of John. Perfect for Lent, this series will help you find and form an answer to the most essential question in the Christian faith, “Who do you say I am?” The accompanying DVD, filmed on location in the Holy Land, allows you to travel with Rob Fuquay and actually see the places where Jesus stood while disclosing his true identity. Upper Room Books.

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Vanishing Grace Whatever Happened to the Good News?

Philip Yancey

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Warren invites you to embark on a journey of discovery. Throughout this six-session videobased study, you’ll discover the answer to life’s most fundamental question: “What on earth am I here for?” And here’s a clue to the answer: It’s not about you...you were created by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny.

Kit includes the DVD, Study Guide, and a copy of The Purpose Driven Life. Zondervan.

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These 52 (plus a few) weekly readings can each be read aloud in 10–12 minutes, and offer a simple collection of insightful reflections and transformative practices. Organized around the traditional church year, these readings give an overview of the whole Bible and guide an individual or a group of friends through a year of rich study, interactive learning, and personal growth. Included discussion questions are designed to challenge, stimulate, and encourage.

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What on Earth Am I Here For? Six-Session Study on The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren

The Trouble with the Truth explores the truth—why it’s in trouble, what the culture tells us about it, and why the church is so confused about it. In an engaging and compelling style, Rob Renfroe reminds us that the Christian life requires commitment to both truth and grace.

We must learn to balance compassion for people and passion for truth, just as Jesus did. Readers will examine the essentials about truth and grace, understand the differences between a cultural worldview and a scriptural worldview, and discover how to be instruments of real influence and transformation in our time by following Jesus’s example. Abingdon Press.

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Research shows that favorable opinions of Christianity have plummeted drastically—and opinions of Evangelicals have taken even deeper dives. Yet while opinions about Christianity are dropping, interest in spirituality is rising. Why the disconnect? This study shows the desperate need our world has for grace, and how Christians can truly make the gospel good news again.

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The Trouble with the Truth Balancing Truth and Grace Rob Renfroe

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The God We Can Know Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus Rob Fuquay

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Life is often messy. Often, our first instinct is to hide, deny, ignore, or run from our messes. This study helps readers come clean with their muddy messes, revealing the deeper issues they must face, including: Christian snobbery, struggles and broken dreams, past shame, legalism, the need for approval, idols, and fickle faith.

NelsonWord.

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Learn to find and play the role God wants most for you, not the ones you feel pressured into playing for the sake of others or even your sense of worth.

Most of us spend a lot of our lives figuring out when to say yes and when to say no—how to manage our time, reduce stress, and do our best for our families. But we don’t find space for our souls until we learn to step past the yes and no of daily decisions and seek a third option: the best yes. How do we learn to say that best yes?

Discover usable strategies for choosing wisely, day by decision-making day. NelsonWord.

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Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Overscheduled.

Today’s velocity of life can consume and control us—until our breakneck pace begins to feel expected. That’s where the danger lies: When we spend our lives doing things that keep us busy but don’t really matter, we sacrifice the things that do. What if your life could be different? What if you could be certain you were living the life God called you to live--and building a legacy for those you love? Simplified living requires more than just cleaning out your closets. It requires uncluttering your soul. Tyndale House.

Greater Dream Bigger. Start Smaller.

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Make a significant impact with your life starting today, rather than putting it off.

Tired of being ordinary? Then it’s time to dream bigger. Feeling overwhelmed about where to begin? It’s time to start smaller. It’s time to ignite God’s greater vision for your life. Multnomah Press.

Inside your head and heart is a chatterbox.

Its lies are keeping you from realizing your God-given potential. But what can you do about them? This study focuses on four key areas in which negative thoughts are most debilitating: insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement. Learn how to crash the chatterbox...and hear God’s voice above all others. Multnomah Press.

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Simplify Ten Practices to Unclutter Your Soul Bill Hybels

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The Best Yes Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands Lysa TerKeurst

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Move On When Mercy Meets Your Mess Vicki Courtney

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Helps women understand how cravings for lasting spiritual satisfaction are often mistaken for cravings for food. We were made to crave. But God created us to crave more of him. Learn to stop beating yourself up over the numbers on the scale.

Replace justifications that lead to diet failure with empowering go-to scripts that lead to victory. This book and Bible study can help women find the “want to” in making healthy lifestyle choices. Kit includes one of each: Getting Started Guide; DVD; Participant’s Guide; book; Action Plan DVD; Action Plan Participant’s Guide; devotional. Zondervan.

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Spiritually Strong The Ultimate 6-Week Guide to Building Your Body and Soul Kristen Feola

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This six-week program can help you get in better shape spiritually and physically. It will teach you how to train yourself in godliness through the implementation of six disciplines—Bible study, prayer, fasting, healthy living, financial stewardship, and serving others. As you learn to submit to God in each of these areas of your life, you’ll discover the joy that accompanies selfdiscipline. Zondervan. Coming in January.

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Your Living Compass Living Well in Thought, Word, and Deed Scott Stoner

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If Barbara Brown Taylor and Steven Covey ever wrote a book together, this might be the book!

Your Living Compass is a church-based faith and wellness program designed for individuals and small groups. Readers engage in a 10-week, self-guided wellness retreat consisting of daily ten-minute readings, plus small, meaningful action steps designed for getting “your life, your relationships, and your work headed in a new direction,” according to the author.

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The Daniel Plan 40 Days to a Healthier Life Rick Warren, Daniel Amen, and Mark Hyman

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This six-week preaching series and church campaign is an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle that is both transformational and sustainable because it is about abundant choices, not diet deprivation. Centered on five essentials that will guarantee your success: faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends. The Daniel Plan Church Campaign Kit is a great way to encourage everyone in your church toward a healthy lifestyle, to explore biblical principles for health, and to unite your congregation around a single purpose.

It includes all of the materials needed for a sixweek church campaign. Zondervan.

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Three Prayers You’ll Want to Pray George H. Donigian

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While Christians are hungry to know God’s will, we often don’t know how to go about learning what that might be. This study guides you in praying and reading Scripture in ways that lead to knowing and doing God’s will. It employs the metaphor of walking in the light to frame a method of prayer and practice to inform the steps of this ongoing walk with God called discernment.

Questions for reflection and discussion are included. Upper Room Books.

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Before Amen The Power of a Simple Prayer Max Lucado

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We live in a world of noise. Everywhere we go, we hear sounds that compete for our minds and hearts. Listening to God requires a deliberate choice to shut out the chaos around us and focus our thoughts. Listen, by Rueben P. Job, is a 40-day experience created to offer help to those new to prayer, those with a daily prayer routine, and those whose lives seem too busy to pray. With a focus on listening prayer and prayer as a two-way conversation, the experience will assist individuals and groups in building and deepening a personal prayer practice and spiritual discernment. Abingdon Press.

Voskamp muses “How do you break the bondage of fear that has white-knuckle control on your life and instead embrace the everyday blessings that immerse you in Christ’s fullness?

How can you live life with a heart overflowing with delight?” In this five-session small group Bible study, the author encourages participants to take on the life-changing discipline of journaling God’s gifts—to find the good in life in all circumstances. Zondervan.

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An excellent starter book for those “belonging before believing.” A study guide is included.

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Walking in the Light Knowing and Doing God’s Will Steve Harper

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God is actually fleshed among us in Jesus, poured out on us in the Holy Spirit’s intoxication of the church. God is three divine persons in perfect harmony and beauty—and God invites us into that unimaginable intimacy. We don’t know this God, but we should. Trinity uses Scripture, the Early Church tradition, and some modern theology to argue that God is weirder than we ever thought.

God is a mystery whom we can’t understand but who can shape our misunderstanding to allow for faithful living and holy love of God and neighbor.

Conversational in tone, this book is suitable for individual or group study.

Jason Byassee would make Augustine proud. He is the rare scholar-pastor who takes this unfathomable mystery and makes it accessible without losing its depth. This text should be used in every church.

—D. Stephen Long, Marquette University

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Everything seems like it’s moving at a faster pace. You have smaller chunks of time and more data coming at you than ever before.

So, where can you turn for insight and livable wisdom? The Frames Collection is for anyone who wants a more faith-driven and fulfilling life. These studies give you the essential information and real-life application behind nine of today’s most crucial trends—all in less than one-quarter the length of most books. Each Frame study includes compelling research from Barna Group, full-color infographics, thoughtful commentary and insights from experts, and provocative questions to help you and your book club, small group, or social media network have meaningful conversations. Zondervan.

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Who decided which books made it into the Scriptures and why? How literally must we read it? And, Is the Bible ever wrong? From there, Hamilton considers the key questions and hot button issues that continue to divide Christians and denominations alike. In approachable and inviting language he addresses these often misunderstood biblical themes leading readers to a deeper appreciation of the Bible and a desire to read it and live by its precepts. Kit includes five hardcover books, a Leader Guide, and DVD. Abingdon Press.

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Proverbs 21:13 says, “Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor will themselves call out but receive no answer.” What does this mean for the average middle class Westerner who’s actually part of the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population? In Cries of the Poor, you’ll discover what the Bible has to say about poverty and how Christians can proclaim good news to the poor.

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Four centuries ago, Blacks enslaved in America created a music form that gave solace. This DVD documentary and companion small-group study traces the music’s history and invites readers to experience the ways it is kept alive. Part of the Africana Hymnal Project of The United Methodist Church. Upper Room Publishers. Coming in May. Study Guide 9780881777093 DVD (Available now) 9780881777468

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GreenFaith Mobilizing God’s People to Save the Earth Fletcher Harper God is calling us to live differently. The challenges we face are imminent. GreenFaith provides vision, inspiration, and practical tools to help you build your faith while inhabiting a creation that is at risk. With honesty and candor, Fletcher Harper shows that it takes belief and practice, science and faith to sustain us and our planet. The book gives concrete examples and tips that will help people of faith and worshiping communities engage in Earth care—in bold, lifegiving ways. Each chapter has questions to guide personal study and group conversation.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March.

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This exciting new six-session DVD study invites small groups and individuals to explore the lives of six Christian “saints” who risked all for the sake of the gospel. Like Jesus, each of the featured leaders were change agents in their times. Each session concludes with three possible endings, one for adult study groups, one for individuals, and one for vestries and other gatherings of church leaders. Use one study guide per participant and one DVD for the individual or group, each sold separately. Morehouse Education Resources. Coming in January Study Guide 9781606743003 $4.95 DVD 9781606742334 $39.95; $31.96

The Living God A Guide for Study and Devotion Alister E. McGrath

FaithLink Connecting Faith and Life FaithLink is current, ready-to-use Bible studies that connect faith to the news events and issues of today. It’s delivered online weekly...on demand. The work is already done for you. Instantly download each new, 6-page single FaithLink issue at Cokesbury. com/FaithLink for $9.49 or subscribe to automatically receive new issues weekly and save. To learn more, contact SubServices@ Cokesbury.com or call 800-672-1789. Back issues are also available.

This book, the second in the Heart of Christian Faith series, provides an exploration of how we can best understand God—using analogies, illustrations, and stories. This short, accessible guide also provides a pastoral and spiritual consideration of the difference that our belief in God makes to the way in which we think about ourselves and our world. Includes discussion questions.

Westminster John Knox Press.

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Each FaithLink issue contains four reproducible pages of background information and core Bible passages on the current topic, plus two pages of suggested group activities and discussion questions. Print only what you need.

Great for small-group or Sunday school classroom settings. Cokesbury.

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The Spirit of Grace A Guide for Study and Devotion Alister E. McGrath 9780664239091

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Reflect, Reclaim, Rejoice Preserving the Gift of Black Sacred Music Safiyah Fosua, Cynthia A. Wilson, and Robert McMichael III

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Patience may be the least understood and least practiced of the Christian virtues—and yet patience may be the most important virtue to today’s church, the virtue that can underpin our most faithful longing. Building on a theological, biblical, and historical foundation, the author lays out a case for patience as a distinctly Christian practice that subverts the cycle of crisis and fear that shapes so much of our culture. Includes discussion questions. Morehouse Publishing.

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Embracing Forgiveness Barbara Cawthorne Crafton E SS N S IO on What It Is and What It Isn’t Barbara Cawthorne Crafton with Tim Scorer

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Popular speaker and author Barbara Crafton explores forgiveness in this newest addition to the Embracing study series. It features two components: a DVD with five 10–15 minute presentations, followed by a video of the guest lecturer interacting with a small group as they discuss the issues, and a Participant Workbook containing all the material needed by class participants and by the facilitator. Morehouse Education Resources.

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Sages, Saints, & Seers A Breviary of Spiritual Masters Richard H. Schmidt; illustrated by Dean Mosher Explore the variety of ways humans experience the holy through 150+ one-page biographies of notable masters from the world’s great spiritual traditions. Key historical figures vividly come to life with pertinent biographical details presented in a readable, conversational style by a well-respected figure in the Episcopal Church. Morehouse Publishing. Coming in May. 9780819229267

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One Way Love Inexhaustible Grace for An Exhausted World Tullian Tchividjian

There is nothing more crippling than holding on to anger. Anger, more than any other emotion, has the power to consume all aspects of our lives, distort our sense of purpose, and destroy our relationship with God. In this passionate and life-changing study, best-selling author Adam Hamilton brings the same insight that he applied in the bestseller Why? Making Sense of God’s Will to the challenge of forgiveness.

Hamilton argues that revelation comes when we realize that forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves rather than to someone else. He also contends that only when we learn to forgive others and ourselves can we truly receive forgiveness from God. Abingdon Press.

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Tchividjian calls the church to abandon our play-it-safe religion, and to embrace God’s unflinching grace. David C. Cook.

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Recovery

In a format modeled after the Eucharist, the reader is invited to gather at The Painting Table to draw pictures, record memories, and celebrate living through the creation of something new. This is for anyone experiencing significant loss or change. It’s an accessible, simple, and beautiful book for those who may be grieving the death of a loved one, struggling in a relationship, or facing a major transition in their lives. Morehouse Publishing.

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You’ll Get Through This Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times Max Lucado

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After extensive counseling, 12-step groups, and many tears and prayers, the author found her 18-year marriage ending in divorce. She was alone, drowning in a sea of emotions, and questioning how to navigate her way through the end of her marriage as a Christian. Now, she walks readers through the varied emotions of being newly single in this collection of vulnerable and hopeful essays.

Abingdon Press.

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One out of seven children will lose a parent before they are 20. However, professional counselors, pastors, and others are often at a loss when dealing with a grieving child. The stakes are high: grieving children are high-risk for substance abuse, promiscuity, depression, isolation, and suicide.

Rather than avoid all conversations on death or pretend like it never happened, normalizing grief and offering support requires us to be in tune with kids through dialogue as they grapple with questions of “how” and “why.” Ideal for pastors, counselors, or anyone who works with grieving children in a church setting. Abingdon Press.

Unraveling Hanging Onto Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage Elisabeth Klein Corcoran

This sixth book in the 28 Days of Prayer series offers meditations that will lead you on a journey of healing. Whether you anticipate divorce, are in the midst of the process, or are living life after divorce, each meditation suggests a Bible reading and includes a story, along with a question or exercise for reflection.

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Healing from Divorce 28 Days of Prayer Mary Lou Redding

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Sparkling with life, practicality, and spiritual depth, this series has been enthusiastically endorsed by leading experts and pastors for its life- and church-changing prayer and faith-sharing studies. Church leaders should first do the 8-session study Unbinding the Gospel for themselves. Then the whole congregation can do the 6-session study and devotional, Unbinding Your Heart. Unbinding Your Soul has a small-group facilitator guide.

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Moody Publishers. Coming in October.

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When Helping Hurts How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert

Being Hope United Methodists in Global Mission

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A four-week, churchwide Sunday school study for adults, youth, and children that follows the 2014 theme of One Great Hour of Sharing— Be Hope. The study explores the biblical and Wesleyan foundations for our work as a denomination in the areas of disaster relief, health and development, both close to home and globally. It equips participants to become catalysts of change for their communities and involve younger generations. Strengthen your church’s missional heart and inspire your church’s partnership with UMCOR. Abingdon Press.

Adult Study (Larry Beman) 9781426782404 $9.99; $6.49 Youth Study (Hank Hilliard) 9781426782589 $9.99; $6.49 Children’s Study Leader Guide (Sally Hoelscher) 9781426782626 $15.99; $10.39

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Walking With Nehemiah Your Community Is Your Congregation Joseph W. Daniels Jr. Are the streets our sanctuary? Are our communities our congregation? Answered honestly, most churches would have to say, “no,” and yet even John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, is known for saying, “the world is our parish.” How do we turn our attention away from internal issues and opportunities and more toward those who aren’t members of our congregations? How can we make our events more compelling for those who aren’t part of our church? Walking with Nehemiah ponders these questions and helps us contemplate how we can create worship that reaches the people of our own communities. Abingdon Press.

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Forge Guide for Missional Conversation Series Scott Nelson The mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors, their neighborhoods, and their communities with the gospel. In these guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries where you are—which is why God has a church in the first place. InterVarsity Press.

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$8.00; $5.60 Mission: Living for the Purposes of God Vision: Living Under the Promises of God Power: Living by the Spirit of God Culture: Living in the Places of God Community: Living as the People of God

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Wesleyan Stewardship Churchwide Studies about the book

In this essential little book, pastor and author James A. Harnish presents Wesley’s concepts and beliefs in plain, useful language, suitable for individuals to grapple with and groups to discuss and act upon.

Leader Guide.

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John Wesley boils fiscal responsibilities down to just three rules: Earn all you can. Save all you can.

Give all you can. Sounds simple, right? Yes, but not easy, especially in today’s culture of consumerism.

This 21st century translation of Wesley’s money management philosophy will give everyone in your congregation—children and teenagers as well as adults of any age—a new way to think about money, not only during your stewardship program, but for the rest of their lives.

Program Guide Flash Drive 9781630883980 $34.99;$27.99 Program Guide Download 9781630883997 $34.99;$27.99

Churchwide study guides, a leader guide, a DVD, and a Program Guide flash drive are available for this four-week program.

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Treasure A Four-Week Study on Faith and Money Jacob Armstrong

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Slaughter guides participants through a four-week all-church stewardship program based on his popular book shiny gods. You’ll reassess priorities and create a culture and a lifestyle of faithful living and giving and make a meaningful contribution to the world. And, to help parents educate and model generosity for their kids, first includes components for children and youth.

Abingdon Press.

9781426762024 first Devotional $8.99; $5.84 9781426763632 first Youth Study Edition $8.99; $5.84 9781426763687 first Children’s Leader Guide $16.99; $11.04 first Program Guide Flash Drive with Booklet 9781426765544 $29.99; $23.99 9781426761942 shiny gods Participant Book $14.99; $9.74 9781426762017 shiny gods DVD $39.99; $31.99 9781426761966 shiny gods Leader Guide $11.99; $7.79 9781426775734 Program Kit (includes one each of items listed above) $99.99; $79.99

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This book can remove the terror from stewardship, helping leaders focus on deep spiritual conversion and a clear, compelling mission before they design pledge cards. In this part handbook, part workbook, part spiritual guidebook, a former monk and now popular consultant Charles LaFond combines road-tested strategies and sample campaign documents with a spiritual director’s sensitivity. Morehouse Publishing.

9781426782114 Program Guide Flash Drive $34.99; $27.99 9781630880682 Program Guide Download $34.99; $27.99 9781426793417 Kit $79.97; $59.99 9781426781988 Daily Readings $9.99; $6.49 9781426782138 DVD [CC] $34.99; $27.99 Also available as streaming video content at Cokesbury.com 9781630884918 Session 1 $3.99 9781630884925 Session 2 $3.99 9781630884932 Session 3 $3.99 9781630884949 Session 4 $3.99

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The Church Money Manual Best Practices for Finance and Stewardship J. Clif Christopher sh fla

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Here is the most up-to-date and easy-to-use handbook for churches seeking better ways to manage finances. Brief and straightforward chapters each focus on a specific problem or issue. The book covers topics of day-to-day operation and the perennially critical themes related to church money management and stewardship. Abingdon Press.

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NEW Propel Good Stewardship, Greater Generosity Clayton L. Smith Propel offers solutions beyond the church’s walls to reach all areas of training and resources to support and sustain vital ministry, scholarship, education, and mission. Through creating a culture of generosity, Clayton Smith outlines detailed models to increase giving through various outlets including planned giving, vision casting, and capital campaigns.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March.

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Conversation Starters

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Tattered and Mended The Art of Healing the Soul Cynthia Ruchti

Think Like a 5 Year Old Reclaim Your Wonder & Create Great Things Len Wilson

Glow-in-the-dark hope. That’s how author and broadcaster Cynthia Ruchti describes how God meets us in the depths of our despair with the promise of transformation. In her newest book she helps us realize that even wounds we fear are damaged beyond repair can be healed through Christ who takes our ragged edges and missing pieces and mends us into something both whole and beautiful.

Abingdon Press. Coming in July.

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“I’m not creative!” You hear people say that all the time. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. In Think Like a 5 Year Old, you’ll learn that in seeking God, creativity is the active ingredient of faith, and that you can jumpstart your faith, business, and personal life by simply reclaiming the creativity of a child. Abingdon Press.

Coming in June.

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Faith in Food Changing the World One Meal at at Time Susie Weldon and Sue Campbell

What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover What It Means and Why It Matters Rabbi Evan Moffic

Eating is a moral act: our choices of what, when, and how we eat have a huge impact on the earth, our fellow human beings, and other living creatures. This book presents a unique vision, combining essays, Scripture, storytelling, recipes, initiatives, and general wisdom in one beautifully produced book, all seeking to change our relationship with what we eat and how we obtain our food. Altogether this is a groundbreaking collaboration among Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, and Hinduism, alongside secular organizations, to get people thinking, acting, and eating with a new consciousness. Bene Factum Publishing.

Why should Passover, a Jewish holiday, matter to Christians? Because it mattered to Jesus. It was at a traditional, Jewish Passover meal after all, that our cherished ritual of Communion originated. And after learning about the spiritual heritage we share with Judaism, you may even be moved to integrate an authentic Jewish Passover Seder into your own preparation for Easter. Abingdon Press.

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Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water One Woman’s Journey to Experience Christianity Around the Globe Amanda Hudson

Live a Story Worth Telling A FaithWalkers Guide Bill Blankschaen Politicians, athletes, and writers talk of leaving a legacy. As people grow older they realize the importance of living a life that matters but don’t know where to begin. It begins with faith, and this powerful book serves as a field guide to take along on that journey. Blankschaen challenges readers to dare to live their own story and to make that story worth repeating.

Every life is a journey, but if we choose it, that journey can be a grand adventure that lasts long after we are gone. Abingdon Press.

Coming in May.

“There are lessons to be learned from other countries that are not visible in our own culture,” writes Amanda Hudson in Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water. Take an armchair tour of Christianity in our world in this compelling book about the places we meet, what we share, and how we can learn to cross borders to discover that the steps to do so make all the difference.

Abingdon Press. Coming in March.

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The Parables of Paul The Master of the Metaphor J. Ellsworth Kalas

Awaken the Outlaw, Magician, and Hero Inside Disrupt Normalcy, Destroy Limitations, and Unlock Your Future Ben Stroup

Paul had his own compelling way of sharing Jesus’ message with others, through the use of the metaphor—a brief, imaginative word picture that shows the same truth as a longer story. From casting himself in the role of a slave, to presenting the Christian as a soldier or an actor, or even showing how we are vessels in the King’s house, Paul’s gallery of enriching, life-changing story pictures paints for us an indelible picture of the Christian faith.

Abingdon Press. Coming in April.

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Who are you? A person who stirs things up, performs transformational acts, or rides in to save the day? Ben Stroup says as Christians we are all three. We find these characters in the Bible because each is present within us, and it is only when we discover the combination of these personas in our own stories that our gifts, abilities, notions, and hunches can lead us to a place of satisfaction and fulfillment. Discussion questions throughout the book encourage individual or small group reflection.

Abingdon Press. Coming in April.

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Small Victories Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace Anne Lamott

Burning Bush 2.0 How Pop Culture Replaced the Prophet Paul Asay

Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. She offers a new message of hope, joy, and grace that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us—our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives.

Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations. Profound and hilarious, honest and unexpected, the stories in Small Victories are proof that the human spirit is irrepressible. Riverhead.

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Burning Bush 2.0 is a whimsical and sincere examination of the ways God communicates with us—sometimes subtly and secretly— through our media and entertainment streams. Asay examines how faith and God’s fingerprints mark movies and music, television and technology. Through word and picture, God still speaks to us through unsuspecting voices—in ways we’re best able to hear—even if we don’t fully comprehend it completely in the moment. Includes study guide. Abingdon Press. Coming in April.

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The Way of Tea and Justice Rescuing the World’s Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History Becca Stevens

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Rev. Becca Stevens started the Thistle Stop Café to minister to and empower women survivors. But when she discovered a connection between cafe workers and tea laborers overseas, she embarked on a global mission called “Shared Trade” to increase the value of women survivors and producers across the globe. In this journey of triumph, Becca sets out to defy the odds and prove that love is the most powerful force for transformation on earth. Jericho Books.

“All spiritual paths can be walked more gracefully by avoiding the pitfalls of disillusionment and not getting distracted by the bright lights of ego that have led countless priests far afield. Following simple road signs like courage, humility, forgiveness, compassion, and faithfulness that others have put at the crossroads for me has made the work possible and left me grateful.

I want to pass along through these letters a tradition of a priesthood that is grounded in the idea that love heals and healing is the centralmost sacrament of the church.”

Morehouse Publishing. Coming in June.

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Letters from the Farm A Simple Path for a Deeper Spiritual Life Becca Stevens

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Biblical Studies

OVER 1100 CHURCHES are Experiencing a New Covenant Here’s what people are saying about the power of in-depth Bible study that centers on our relationships with God, with each other and with the world: “I’ve already seen…relationships across the typical dividing lines…I’ve also seen some cool intergenerational relationships. It’s connecting people who previously had no connection beyond Sunday morning service.” —Fuquay-Varina UMC, North Carolina “They (participants) see that there’s something amazing and fun happening as they’re learning about the Bible. It’s the transformation they’re seeing in their friends and they want to come figure out what is so interesting.” —Carson UMC, Carson, Iowa “It has encouraged people who haven’t been in Bible study in a long time...it’s brought people back...it’s been a welcomed change.” —Athens First UMC, Athens, Georgia

The Covenant experience will guide participants in a comprehensive, in-depth study of the whole Bible over 24 24 weeks in three 8-week modules. Unlike other studies, it emphasizes the biblical concept of covenant as a unifying pattern through all the books in the Old and New Testaments. It underscores the unique relationship that God chooses to have with us as God’s people. This relationship is grounded in the faithfulness of God’s love and on our ongoing commitment to stay in love with God while we share signs of that love with others.

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Covenant represents a relationship—a living, breathing conversation. And we invite you to join it.

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Participant Guides (Set of 3)

Broken into three 8-week modules, each dealing with a different aspect of what covenant means: Creating; Living; Trusting. Includes one Leader Guide, three Participant Guides, Covenant Meditations, and three DVDs with Implementation Guide.

9781426772269 Kit $234.99

Includes a Creating, Living, and Trusting Participant Guide. Each guide shows what to read and offers space to interact personally with the daily Bible readings, the prayers, and the weekly covenant meditations. Order one per participant.

9781426772153 Participant Guide Set $49.99

DVDs (Set of 3)

Also available individually and in large-print editions:

Comes with eight pages of episode summaries and three DVDs, one for each module—Creating, Living and Trusting. Cohosts for the 24 sessions are Shane Stanford and Christine Chakoian.

9781426786785 DVD Set $179.99

Leader Guide Contains comprehensive and detailed direction for each meeting experience plus leader helps.

9781426772238 Book $24.99

For more information, contact your Cokesbury Community Resource Consultant or visit CovenantBibleStudy.com.

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Meditations In addition to the once-weekly meditation in the Participant Guides (on Day Six), a set of 66 additional Covenant Meditations is included in this book.

9781426772207 Book $9.99

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The Bible in a Changing World Church’s Teachings for a Changing World, Volume 2 Sarah Dylan Breuer

The Word & Life series guides Korean readers to study the Bible more deeply. Personal meditation and quiet time will be enhanced, and it will help readers change their lives by listening more closely and understanding God’s Word. With study guides included, this series is designed for both individuals and small group study. Cokesbury.

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Teacher and popular lectionary blogger Sarah Dylan Breuer introduces the story behind the Scriptures and invites readers to become engaged interpreters of God’s word. This book is rich with content, grounded in Episcopal tradition, and geared to both the classroom and daily life.

Morehouse Publishing. Coming in March.

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The reference to “outside the gate” meant something very specific to Hebrew people and in this book for individuals or small groups, you’ll find out exactly what that was…as well as what it tells us about our current life as Christians. Each of the seven chapters included in the study are divided into three parts; one section focuses on the original meaning, another section talks about how it relates in today’s world, and the third section provides discussion questions and activities. Abingdon Press.

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Featuring insights from Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe’s popular “Be” series, each 8-week study is designed for small groups and includes engaging questions and practical applications that will help you connect God’s Word with your life.

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These six-week programs bring all ages together for dinner, fellowship, study, and conversation about key Bible stories. Vol. 1: Creation, The Fall, The Flood, Father Abraham, Ten Words, and The Great Commandment. Vol. 2: Beatitudes, The Least of These, Great Commission, The Last Supper, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Kits include Pastor’s Program Guide with CD-ROM (not sold individually), Teen Talk Youth Leader Guide, Small Talk Leader Guide (for children), Devotional Book, and one pack of Table Toppers. Abingdon Press.

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Abingdon Press.

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Between packed schedules and the daunting weight of the average Bible, students need a simple, organized way to deepen their relationship with God on a daily basis. Each edition works like a daily journal with 31 relevant devotionals that only take about 10 minutes to complete. Students will read a Bible passage, get some questions to chew on, some suggestions to help them pray, and then space to reflect. It’s easy to read and easy to stick with. Group Publishing.

On the other side of the wardrobe, C. S. Lewis took us to a land of giants, dwarfs, white witches and, of course, a lion. His delightful stories of high adventure are the framework around which Lewis wove lessons of lion-sized relevance for Christians and non-Christians alike. Bringing Narnia Home, by noted Lewis scholar Devin Brown, is a wise and whimsical look at the important values taught in the Narnia series. It’s the perfect book for the Narnian in each of us, and a great choice for book groups, church groups, and high school studies.

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Grapple will help them examine tough topics in meaningful ways so they understand and own their faith. Each week, they engage with memorable Bible passages and characters, grapple with issues that surface, and discover a path that leads them straight to Jesus.

Each volume includes a CD and DVD. Group Publishing.

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From the road to Damascus to the sun-drenched lands of modern-day Greece and Turkey to a Roman prison, go with Adam Hamilton as he follows the journeys of Paul in this six-week DVD study about Christianity’s greatest teacher and missionary. The Call is a complete churchwide program with study components for adult, youth, and children ministries and can be tailored for any size group. Everything needed to conduct a six-session study of Paul’s travels and teachings geared to youth ages 13-18, including current examples. Can be used with the adult-level DVD. Abingdon Press. Coming in July.

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Who was Jesus, really? Wouldn’t associating with him have meant joining a rebel movement?

Doesn’t it still? Mike Slaughter brings his edgy, powerful style to this all-church Lenten study that challenges believers to come to terms with the real Jesus—the rebel Jesus. The youth study is designed for parallel use with the adult and children’s studies. It communicates the challenging, revolutionary message of Jesus in terms that are meaningful for youth. Can be used with the adult-level DVD. Abingdon Press.

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This 30-week experience has three 10-week segments that walk you through the ten core Beliefs of the Christian faith, the ten core Practices of a Jesus-follower, and the ten core Virtues that characterize someone who is becoming more like Jesus. Each of these chapters uses Scripture text from the clear, accessible New International Version to help you live the Story of the Bible.

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