Leader's Guide for Exploring the Way: Introduction to the Spiritiual Journey - Softcover

Bryant, Stephen D.; Thompson, Marjorie J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0835898075 ISBN 13: 9780835898072

Publisher: Upper Room Books, 2005

Synopsis

This user-friendly Leader's Guide provides complete guidance, content, and background material for each of the weekly meetings covered in Exploring the Way: Participant's Guide. Also included is general information about Christian spirituality and disciplines. It's the perfect (condensed) orientation to Companions in Christ!

All weekly group gatherings follow the same basic outline: * Opening time of welcoming, centering, and worship (10 minutes) * Teaching narrative (20 minutes) * Deeper explorations into a specific spiritual practice (20 minutes) * Closing worship (10 minutes)

Find the tools you need in this comprehensive Leader's Guide to make your group study both thought provoking and full of lively discussion, including a full explanation of spiritual formation, a complete list of materials needed, and an outline for each session with scripts of what to say.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen D. Bryant was the World Editor and Publisher of Upper Room Ministries from 1997 to 2009 and is currently directing international ministry initiatives for the General Board of Discipleship. Before his election as editor and publisher, Bryant served as Director of Spiritual Formation for The Upper Room and as the International Director of The Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis movements. His vision of small groups as important settings for spiritual formation and his experience in the contemplative life as well as local churches provided the inspiration for the Companions in Christ series. Bryant was instrumental in shaping the foundational 28-week resource and continues to shape and co-write the subsequent titles in the series.
Marjorie J. Thompson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director to Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of Upper Room Ministries. Companions in Christ is a small group resource for spiritual formation in local congregations, suited to ecumenical use. Marjorie has exercised a ministry of teaching, writing and spiritual guidance for many years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0835898075
• ISBN 13: 9780835898072
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 108