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Take the next step in living a life of purpose and community with the creators of the best-selling Doing Life Together small group Bible studies.

The unique multi-media format of the Doing Life Together series has struck a chord with a new generation of small groups. Experiencing Christ Together uses the same powerful combination of audio/video teaching tools and traditional small group Bible discussion to help you take your small group to the next level of growth and intimacy. And each study provides valuable leader helps to make it easy to lead.

Synopsis of Surrendering to Christ Together

The ultimate paradox of the Christian life is that victory comes through surrender.

Many of us aspire to a life of abandonment to God and his purposes, but we find the daily grind and our own habits get in the way.

Jesus knew he set the bar high, but he did not leave us without guidance. In these six sessions, you will learn from his teaching and example the character qualities essential to a "life less ordinary" - a life of worshipful surrender.

This guide explores six heart attitudes that will motivate groups to passionately embrace God’s agenda: trust in God’s power and wisdom; the desire to have their lives count for something; humility; wild gratitude; a commitment stronger than the costs; and confidence in their eternal survival. Because worship is the only sensible response to what you’ll learn, this guide is also packed with creative ideas to take groups to new depths of worship.

This volume includes video talks by these popular teachers: John Ortberg, Donna Jones, Delanyo Adadevoh, Dave Gibbons, Jim Burgen and Mike Breaux.

Each DVD is  carefully coordinated for a seamless lesson. Each of the six sessions includes:

• Leader Lifter—pre-session video training talk, offering weekly insights and practical techniques for leading small groups

• Creative Element—a personal story, interview, drama, or music video related to the weekly topic

• Introductory Question—to get the conversation flowing

• Dynamic Teaching—featuring well-known teachers such as John Ortberg, Tony Campolo, Gordon MacDonald, Stormie Omartian, Henry Cloud, and others

• Bible Study—gets to the heart of the matter with discussion and application

• Worship Music—featuring the songs of Maranatha! together with lyrics, uplifting video images, and visual introductions by popular Christian artists

Experiencing Christ Together helps your group explore the five biblical purposes of a high-impact Christian life—fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism, and worship. Jesus perfectly lived out God’s purposes for his life, and he taught his followers how to do the same. As you walk in the footsteps of those first disciples by listening to and watching Jesus through these studies, you and your group will be transformed.

One small group leader put it this way: “The Experiencing Christ Together series has motivated me more than any other Bible study that I have ever been to. This Bible study gets to the heart of the matter—my character in Christ—and that has created action on my part.”

ISBN: 0-310-26198-8

The study guides are also available, sold separately (There is also a curriculum kit which incorporates the videos and the study guides together). For further details, do pay us a visit @ Tan Boon Liat Building, 315 Outram Road, #09-03. Or give us a call @ 62279700.

About the Authors:

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.

Dee Eastman is the coleader of the women’s Bible study at Saddleback Church called “The Journey.”

Todd Wendorff is pastor in the Maturity Department at Saddleback Valley Community Church.

Denise Wendorff co-leads a women's Bible class at Saddleback Valley Community Church called The Journey.

Karen Lee-Thorp has written or cowritten more than fifty books, workbooks, and Bible studies. Her books include A Compact Guide to the Christian Life, A Compact Guide to the Bible, and Why Beauty Matters. She was a senior editor at NavPress for many years and series editor for the LifeChange Bible study series. She is now a freelance writer living in Brea, California, with her husband Greg Herr and their daughters, Megan and Marissa.