Finding the Flow: A Guide for Leading Small Groups and Gatherings (Paperback)

~ (Author), Jenn Peppers (Author), Joseph Myers (Foreword)
Key Phrases: momentum stage, small group facilitators, new facilitators, Holy Spirit, Creating New Streams, Charting the Course (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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"Here is the total package! If you lead a small group or oversee a small groups ministry of any kind, you need this book, especially if you're bored with the old 'tried and true' methods. Here is a guide for growing groups in this postmodern era. The authors--who write engagingly and with uncommon transparency, wisdom and grace--provide readers all they need to make small groups successful. They show how groups can be God's mechanism for profound spiritual transformation. The section on helping group leaders understand themselves before they facilitate groups is worth the price of the book. . . After reading a few pages, you will wish that you were in a group that Jenn and Tara were coleading." ----William W. Klein, professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary

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"Practical yet profound. Finding the Flow is a necessary companion for anyone involved in small group leadership and development."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830810943
• ISBN-13: 978-0830810949
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #228,242 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice work!, February 28, 2009

By	Kevin Colon (Boulder, Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is an amazing resource for leaders and groups. In it you'll find the foundational elements of group life taught to you in fresh ways and with new language. You'll also find insight on what's new in group life and how groups are changing and morphing for a new generation.

My favorite part is that at the end of each chapter there are exercises and questions that really help you dig into how you do and lead groups. Actually...there are provoking questions scattered all through the book. So if you like thought challenging questions, great writing and good tools for you and your leaders. Go get this book right now!

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book, November 18, 2009

By	Brian Lewis (Oklahoma, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book was probably worth reading but definitely not the best book I have ever read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Finding the Flow, July 15, 2009

By	Colin R. Noyes (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For over 15 years I worked in the area of small groups and during that time I read much of what was written on the subject from both a Christian and a secular perspective. Recently, when I picked up "Finding the Flow", I was less than excited about another Christian book on the subject of small groups.

I was in for a pleasant surprise. From the moment I began reading I was hooked. The openness and honesty of these two authors is fantastic. No politically correct "Christianeeze", no follow the bouncing ball and you will have a perfect Small Group Ministry, no avoiding the hard questions. And that doesn't mean it lacks depth. The life and ministry experience that Miller and Peppers bring to this book will give those involved in small group ministry real practical guidance.

Buy the book, read and enjoy. And if you're a pastor or small group ministry leader, then buy enough books to use it as a training resource for all of your small group facilitators. They will thank you for it.