As we enter the fall season, Discovery Place invites you to borrow our resources for your Sunday School classes and small groups! We have lots of exciting and challenging resources from which to choose. Listed below are some of our more recently purchased studies and brief descriptions of each.
Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose, Rediscover Your Joy by Bob Goff. If you have enjoyed his other studies, Everybody Always, Love Does, and Dream Big, you’ll want to consider this DVD study. We all live with a massive amount of distraction: desperate headlines, smartphone scrolling, an endless to-do list. Your undistracted life is an adventure waiting to happen. How will you live with undistracted purpose and unstoppable joy? (5 sessions. Includes DVD, study guide, and hardcover book.)
Reckless Love: Jesus’ Call to Love Our Neighbor by Tom Berlin. Love God more deeply by learning to love your neighbor better. Tom Berlin will guide you to follow the Greatest Commandment and learn how your love for the people around you can give you a new experience of loving God. (6 sessions. Includes DVD, leader guide, and book.)
Romans: In the Grip of Grace by Max Lucado. Have you ever felt that you did something that could not be forgiven -- that God’s grace could not extend to your situation? As the apostle Paul reveals in his letter to the Romans, God’s grace is always sufficient to meet your needs and cover your mistakes and misdeeds. (6 sessions. Includes DVD and study guide.)
Scripture and the Wesleyan Way by Bishop Scott J. Jones and Rev. Arthur D. Jones. The Bible was central to John Wesley’s faith and the Christian movement he founded. In this study you will discover a Wesleyan approach to the Bible and the Christian life through a Bible study using Wesley’s own words. (8 sessions. Includes DVD, leader guide, and book.)
Spiritual Warfare is Real by Jim Cymbala. The author guides us on how to recognize we are in a spiritual war, understand the enemy’s plots against us, and develop practical strategies for fighting back. As believers in Christ, we have been given everything we need to stand strong against the enemy. (5 sessions. Includes DVD and study guide.)
When Compassion Meets Action by John Ortberg and Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado. This curriculum helps you reflect on the choices you make daily and your willingness to walk through the open doors God has provided in your life. You will be encouraged to make choices that align with God’s priorities as you begin the journey toward more compassionate living. (5 sessions. Includes DVD, study guide, and Compassionate Living booklet.)
As we all work toward Building the Beloved Community, I encourage you and your congregation to study this resource,
Vital Conversations: Racism and the U.S. Church, published by the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) of The United Methodist Church. Those of you who stopped by the Discovery Place table at Annual Conference in June received a free copy of this DVD and workbook. If you didn’t get one, contact me and I’ll be sure to send you a copy. The study contains 8 sessions, and the last session is by our own Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi.
Borrowing from Discovery Place is easy – and FREE except for the cost of the return postage! You may place an order through the online catalog on our website, www.discovery-place.org, email discovery@susumc.org, or call 7177-766-7968. I look forward to hearing from you!
Serving Christ with you,
Joni Robison
