A Passover Seder

A Passover Seder

A community group celebration.  Susan and I have been hosting a home group from our church and going through the newest Celebrate Salvation study guide together since the turn of the year. It’s the first book in Course 2, entitled Awakening, and we’ve all...
Transformation 2021

Transformation 2021

Earlier today I followed through on an invitation I received last month to present to a group of about 25 mature men who are active in their churches and meet regularly on Thursday mornings. Their meetings have been all hosted safely on Zoom since COVID-19 hit. After...
New groups Zooming!

New groups Zooming!

I just got off a Zoom call with about a dozen Western NY small group leaders (not those anonymous folks in the stock picture above) who were discussing how they and their Celebrate Salvation discipleship groups were doing. Currently there are 12+ groups up and going...
Course 1 Complete

Course 1 Complete

Leaders’ Guide with books and handouts We’re excited to announce our new Leaders’ Guide! Available in an 8-1/2 x 11 ring-bound volume that opens flat for writing and/or copying content, it contains all the three study guides in Course 1 of our Joy of...
Starting groups

Starting groups

The Joy of Christian Discipleship course was designed for separate men’s and women’s groups (see Group Leadership Suggestions handout) meeting weekly with 2-12 (ideally 3-8) committed members, including 1 or 2 seasoned leaders. Each workbook has 12 weekly...
A quiet launch

A quiet launch

After 6 months of prayer and planning, writing and editing, formatting and working with our printer, the three study guides – Saved, Sanctified, and Sent – along with their associated handouts and worksheets in our Joy of Christian Discipleship Course are...