Developing Your SHAPE to Serve Others: Six Sessions on Ministry

by Brett Eastman, Rick Warren (Foreword by)

Overview

The way you’re wired is no accident! God designed your unique mix of gifts, natural abilities, personality, values, and life experiences to play an essential part in his kingdom. These six sessions will help you develop your God-given design at home, at work, at church, and in your community in a way that extends God’s love to others and enriches your own life immeasurably. “Doing Life Together is a groundbreaking study…[It’s] the first small group curriculum built completely on the purpose-driven paradigm…The greatest reason I’m excited about [it] is that I’ve seen the dramatic changes it produces in the lives of those who study it.” —From the foreword by Rick Warren Based on the five biblical purposes that form the bedrock of Saddleback Church, Doing Life Together will help your group discover what God created you for and how you can turn this dream into an everyday reality. Experience the transformation firsthand as you begin Connecting, Growing, Developing, Sharing, and Surrendering your life together for him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310865445
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Doing Life Together
Sold by:	Zondervan Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Brett Eastman has championed small groups and leadership development at both Saddleback and Willow Creek Community Church over the past decade. He is president and founder of LifeTogether, and one of the authors of the Silver Medallion winner Doing LifeTogether, the adult curriculum published by Zondervan.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Read Me First 11 SESSION 1 You Are God’s Masterpiece 15 SESSION 2 A Servant’s Heart 22 SESSION 3 Discovering Your Gifts 30 SESSION 4 Your Unique Personality 39 SESSION 5 Serving from Experience 47 SESSION 6 Serving with Your Whole Heart 56 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 64 APPENDIX Purpose-Driven Group Agreement 67 Small Group Calendar 69 Purpose Team Roles 70 Purpose-Driven Life Health Assessment 72 Purpose-Driven Life Health Plan 74 Spiritual Partners’ Check-In Page 77 SHAPE Worksheet 78 Memory Verses 80 Daily Devotional Readings 81 Prayer and Praise Report 82 Sample Journal Page 84 LEADERSHIP TRAINING Small Group Leadership 101 85 (Top Ten Ideas for New Facilitators) Small Group Leadership Lifters 88 (Weekly Leadership Tips) Leader’s Notes 93 About the Authors 107 Small Group Roster 108