STARTING to Go Where God Wants You to Be--Student Edition: 6 Small Group Sessions on Beginning Life Together

STARTING to Go Where God Wants You to Be--Student Edition: 6 Small Group Sessions on Beginning Life Together
by Doug Fields, Brett Eastman

STARTING to Go Where God Wants You to Be--Student Edition: 6 Small Group Sessions on Beginning Life Together
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Author: Brett Eastman, Doug Fields
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-12
ISBN: 0310253330
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties

Book Reviews of STARTING to Go Where God Wants You to Be--Student Edition: 6 Small Group Sessions on Beginning Life Together

Book Review: Jam Packed For Growth With Many Goodies
Summary: 5 Stars

We are up and running with this brand new book in Miami. This book is the first in a series outlining the 'Purpose-Driven' model's five purposes. While the first lesson highlights the 'Great Commandment' (Love God/Love People) as our overarching purpose, the remaining five lessons introduce the specific purposes of Connecting (Fellowship), Growing (Discipleship), Serving (Ministry), Sharing (Evangelism), and Surrendering (Worship). The remaining five books flesh out each of those purposes. Each lesson also has elements of all five purposes. For instance 'discipleship' will be the Bible Study portion, whereas 'sharing' will stimulate thought in how to reach out to the 'unconvinced' with what you have learned. If you don't believe in purpose, you're going to hate this material!

Each book can be used as a tool for other group and individual growth experiences. The group can read and reread articles on 'keeping your group from becoming a clique,' how to do small group prayer, what their group covenant is (which has places for all to sign each others book) as well as have a handy reference to member's contact info. Individually they can memorize printed scripture, Keep a prayer log, journal, and much more. It almost negates the need for Fields' HABITS pack, which I ordered concurrently with this series. HABITS does offer a few extras, like the 'Bank O Blessings' and allows for more flexibility and variety on the individual disciplines. But in my opinion, except for the tithing option, you would be doing overkill by using both materials at the same time.

There is more material in each lesson than you could possible do in an hour or hour and a half. While we are encouraged to 'pick out the best' and allow the repetition that is built into the whole series to do its work, our ministry has decided to try splitting each lesson into two weeks. We effectively meet for 50 minutes at church (because we operate on 'Spanish time' here in Miami!) and have found a way to split the material without overkill. Helping us are 5 surveys (on . . . what else . . . the five purposes) in the the back that we will have the youth complete and use as the basis of the discussion during the second part of each lesson. (the second week of each). Since this series is hot off the press, it remains to be seen if this will be an effective application of the series. We are hoping so, and find it helps out our small ym budget a bit too.

You can also get the DVD set that covers each lesson with both teaching time (done by the pros) and training time. If you or your leaders weren't comfortable teaching to set the stage for each lesson in a large group setting (before your break into small groups, as is the method some use) then you could use the DVD to do it for you. I have only seen Doug's first lesson. Other speakers, like Efrem Smith, also teach. Doug did to a fine informational job, but the setting of the video shoot is, in my opinion, not the best to show to teens. He never looks into the camera, and he is sitting down speaking to 2 individuals that, while not cheesily over enthusiastic, are too far the other way: mildly interested. Maybe other sessions are different. The other minor weak point is that Doug mentions you can go to www.youthspecialties.com/lifetogether for more tips, etc. It doesn't exist, and YS doesn't know what is up (they are checking into it) either. Maybe it got canned post production of the DVD.

In all, I highly recommend this series.

Summary of STARTING to Go Where God Wants You to Be--Student Edition: 6 Small Group Sessions on Beginning Life Together

IMAGINE a group of students sharing this goal---to know Jesus Christ deeper and to make him known to others! IMAGINE them doing as the disciples did---fellowshipping, growing, serving, sharing, and worshiping together! IMAGINE yourself in this kind of caring, committed community---revolutionizing your life and those in the group! The Life Together series is the beginning of a relational journey, from being a member of a group to being a vital part of an unbelievable spiritual community. These books will help you think, talk, dig deep, care, heal, share...and have the time of your life! Life...together! Starting to Go Where God Wants You to Be, the foundational and get-acquainted volume in this exciting series, lays it all out for teenagers---how you will experience the rewarding excitement of understanding God's will and building community. Six compelling sessions lead you to know where God wants you: closer to Jesus. YOUTH LEADERS the Life Together series is a revolutionary small group resource that will change the lives of your students. Six related books overflow with Bible-based sessions to encourage and equip them. Check out the incredible Life Together DVD resources! Doug Fields and Brett Eastman share tips and approaches based on the books' contents, and about communicating with kids. Also on each DVD are Bible teachings, directly related to passages in the books' sessions, conducted by the most respected names in youth ministry---Doug Fields, Mike Yaconelli, Duffy Robbins, Efrem Smith, Helen Musick, and Marv Penner. 12 'conversations' with Doug and Brett, 12 detailed Bible teachings---these clips are invaluable resources for anyone seeking to share God's Word effectively to teenagers. Each DVD has almost three hours of the best small group teaching for youth you can imagine!

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