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Planning Small Groups with Purpose

Autor: Steve Gladen

Número de Páginas: 245

Small groups are a great way to promote the spiritual formation of church attendees. But leading them well can be hard work, especially if you don't have a plan. This practical resource helps pastors and small group point people develop and implement a 12- to 18-month strategic plan for their ministries in order to keep it healthy and growing. Developed at Saddleback Church, this completely customizable plan works for any church size and any denomination. Readers answer 22 questions that help them understand their vision, the purpose of their ministry, and how to connect members, grow numerically and spiritually, measure progress, develop leaders, create opportunities to serve, and much more. By the time they're done, readers will have developed their own personalized planner for the next year to 18 months so that they can feel prepared, confident, and purposeful about their small group ministry.

El Poder Transformador de los Grupos Pequeqos

Autor: Henry Cloud , John Townsend

Número de Páginas: 304

El PODER TRANSFORMADOR DE LOS GRUPOS PEQUENOS les muestra a los lideres como dirigir grupos que lleven a cabo su potencial para transformar vidas. Ya sea un grupo de estudio biblico, grupo de apoyo, o un grupo creado para un area especifica de la vida, usted aprendera habilidades y procesos biblicos que seran utiles para el desarrollo de las personas."

Small Groups with Purpose

Autor: Steve Gladen

Número de Páginas: 240

Over the past fifteen years, small groups have become a vital way to build community in large churches. Nowhere has this been more apparent than at Saddleback Church. Now Steve Gladen, pastor of small groups at Saddleback, shares the secrets of that ministry's incredible success in creating small groups with purpose. This practical book walks church leaders through the questions they need to answer to develop their own intentional small group strategy. Built around the most commonly asked questions, Small Groups with Purpose outlines the step-by-step process of creating a successful small group ministry. Because it is built upon principles and not methods, this plan can be implemented in any size church. Each chapter ends with a list of questions for readers to answer to help them assess their current situation and their desires for the future. Personal stories, Scripture, and examples ground the discussion and show the system in action. Pastors and small group leaders will find this book instrumental in making small groups work in their churches.

Leading Small Groups with Purpose

Autor: Steve Gladen

Número de Páginas: 240

For the new small group leader, the seasoned leader who feels their small group lacks purpose, or the leader who is itching to move their small group to the next level, Leading Small Groups with Purpose is the road map to follow. Steve Gladen, author of Small Groups with Purpose and pastor of small groups at Saddleback Church for more than a decade, takes small group leaders step-by-step toward a healthy, dynamic group with focus and purpose. Every chapter includes ideas that small group leaders can implement immediately as well as ways to shape their small groups over time. Gladen helps leaders define success clearly, develop a personal leadership plan, invite members into the group, and shepherd members through fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism, and worship. He also includes a chapter devoted to addressing problems proactively and using them as opportunities for growth. Includes a foreword by John Ortberg and a free small group assessment tool ($12.50 value).

Making the Most of Small Groups

Autor: Debbie Diller

Número de Páginas: 233

Author Debbie Diller turns her attention to small reading groups and the teacher's role in small-group instruction. Making the Most of Small Groups: Differentiation for All grapples with difficult questions regarding small-group instruction in elementary classrooms such as: How do I find the time? How can I be more organized? How do I form groups? How can I differentiate to meet the needs of all of my students? Structured around the five essential reading elements - comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary - the book provides practical tips, sample lessons, lesson plans and templates, suggestions for related literacy work stations, and connections to whole-group instruction. In addition to ideas to use immediately in the classroom, Diller provides an overview of relevant research and reflection questions for professional conversations.

Una iglesia con propósito

Autor: Rick Warren

Número de Páginas: 394

En este libro usted conocerá el secreto que impulsa a la iglesia de más rápido crecimiento en la historia de los Estados Unidos. ¿Qué impulsa a su iglesia? A cada iglesia la impulsa algo. Tradición, finanzas, programas, personalidades, acontecimientos, personas e incluso los mismos edificios pueden ser la fuerza que controla una iglesia. Sin embargo, Rick Warren cree que para que una iglesia sea saludable debe convertirse en una iglesia con propósito, edificada sobre la base de los cinco propósitos que Jesús dio a la iglesia en el Nuevo Testamento. "El aspecto importante está en la salud de la iglesia, no en el crecimiento", declara Warren. "Si la iglesia es saludable, crecerá de manera natural. Crecimiento saludable y constante es el resultado de balancear los cinco propósitos bíblicos de la iglesia." En este libro usted conocerá el secreto que impulsa a la iglesia bautista de más rápido crecimiento en la historia de los Estados Unidos. La iglesia Saddleback comenzó con una familia y ha llegado a tener una asistencia de más de diez mil personas cada domingo en apenas quince años. Al mismo tiempo, planto veintiséis iglesias adicionales, todo esto sin llegar a...

Small Groups

Autor: John M. Levine , Richard L. Moreland

Número de Páginas: 572

Research on small groups is highly diverse because investigators who study such groups vary in their disciplinary identifications, theoretical interests, and methodological preferences. The goal of this volume is to capture that diversity, and thereby convey the breadth and excitement of small group research by acquainting students with work on five fundamental aspects of groups. The volume also includes an introductory chapter by the editors which provides an overview of the history of and current state-of-the-art in the field. Together with introductions to each section, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, make the volume ideal reading for senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in group dynamics.

Simplify Your Writing Instruction

Autor: April Smith

Número de Páginas: 263

Set up your writing block quickly and easily with a simple, research-based framework Schools need their writing instruction simplified. Most classrooms share writing time with another subject, making it difficult for students to receive the direct writing instruction they need. Between the lack of time, increased gaps in writing skills, and inconsistent writing curriculum, teachers are struggling to bring their students up to grade level. Simplify Your Writing Instruction provides you with a classroom-tested framework that helps you set up your writing block within the limited time and resources you have. Step by step, this practical guide shows you how to amplify your students’ writing skills, employ simple feedback opportunities and interventions, streamline your lessons, use simple differentiation techniques to help reach students of all ability levels, and more. Author April Smith is a former teacher who has trained more than 50,000 K-12 educators on best practices for writing instruction. While in the classroom, she learned that having simple and consistent systems in place is critical. Accordingly, none of the tasks and strategies will require you to create or prep...

El Libro de Estrategias de Escritura

Autor: Jennifer Serravallo

Número de Páginas: 432

Teachers love Jennifer Serravallo's Writing Strategies Book because it breaks down the complex processes of writing and instruction into manageable chunks. Now with El libro de estrategias de escritura she brings 300+ strategies to students in Spanish. El libro de estrategias de escritura offers children clear and accessible strategies for improving their literacy skills in Spanish whether they are native Spanish speakers or learning Spanish as a second language. It can also serve as a bridge to English instruction that supports literacy growth in a child's home language. You'll discover: 300+ strategies new strategies specific to Spanish language arts meticulous translation and adaptation into Latin American Spanish authentic student work new suggestions for mentor texts relevant to Latino/a readers all new classroom visuals. This rich resource for goal-directed, strategy-based instruction is ideal for many kinds of instructional contexts, including: dual-language/two-way classrooms bilingual immersion classrooms transitional bilingual programs schools with high populations of emergent bilingual students in mainstream classrooms. Much more than a Spanish edition, El libro de...

Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

Autor: Gaye Gronlund

Número de Páginas: 280

Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the classroom. Gaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant who trains early childhood educators across the country. She is the author of six books.

The High-Performing School

Autor: Mardale Dunsworth , Dawn Billings

Número de Páginas: 384

Get three books in one! First, learn what research has identified as the 10 indicators of high-performing schools. Then, use rubrics to track how closely your school reflects those practices and learn what you can do to improve. Finally, use tools and strategies to create buy-in and involve all stakeholders, as well as monitor and report progress along the way.

'On Line'

Autor: Phil Hope , Commonwealth Youth Programme

Número de Páginas: 192

On Line is a pack of 40 training activities and information sheets about drugs for trainers of people who work with young people. The activities are primarily designed for trainers who wish to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of workers in a variety of settings who work with young people.The pack uses a wide variety of training methods, to be innovative and to open up different viewpoints. It is divided into twelve sections covering different aspects of drug use and each section contains a number of training activities.

Frameworks for Learning & Development

Autor: Karen Kearns

Número de Páginas: 485

Written to support delivery of units in the Diploma of Children’s Services, this text explores children’s development, and the skills and philosophies needed to design programs for individual children and groups. WORKING IN CHILDREN’S SERVICES SERIES Each of the books in the award-winning Working in Children’s Services Series has been written to assist students in attaining the skills and knowledge required to achieve a Children’s Services qualification. With its easy-to-read style and engaging full-colour presentation, this series is an excellent resource for students.

Simply Small Groups

Autor: Debbie Diller

Número de Páginas: 288

Make the most of small group time—in-person or online To help students progress as readers, they need personal attention from a teacher and a connection with their peers. Small groups offer both! When you work with just a few kids at a time—whether face-to-face or in a virtual setting, you provide a safe, trusting environment that encourages them to challenge themselves. In this timely handbook, author and reading expert Debbie Diller provides concrete guidance for tailoring the small-group experience to literacy instruction. You’ll learn how to assess student skills and needs, how to flexibly organize groups, and how to differentiate instruction to give every reader a pathway to success. Features include: Strategies and tools grouped by developmental reading stages At-a-glance charts for assessing current skill level and identifying next instructional steps Downloadable printables for planning and instructional use Easy adaptations for use in online learning Reflection prompts and guiding questions Whatever your instructional setting, you and your students need the relationships that are best forged in small groups. With this book, you’ll build those relationships and...

Information-Powered School

Autor: Sandra Hughes-hassell , Anne Wheelock

Número de Páginas: 156

Provides articles and tools for school librarians to teach children information literacy, discussing such topics as curriculum mapping, collection mapping, information-powered professional development, community engagement, and resource development.

¿Quién Es Este Hombre?

Autor: John Ortberg

Número de Páginas: 0

En vísperas de su crucifixión, daba la impresión de que la influencia de Jesús sobre el mundo se había extinguido. Sin embargo, fue al contrario: acababa de comenzar. En su obra ¿Quién es este hombre?, John Ortberg revela la forma tan profunda e irreversible en que Jesús ha causado un impacto en la civilización y en los corazones de los seres humanos.

Leading Small Groups That Thrive

Autor: Ryan T. Hartwig , Courtney W. Davis , Jason A. Sniff

Número de Páginas: 272

Nearly every church is trying to help their congregants build relationships with others, grow as disciples, and/or engage in meaningful service through small groups. Many have argued that these small groups are the preferred vehicle for relationship building, disciple making, and membership assimilation in the local church, especially in large, multisite churches. Leading Small Groups That Thrive shows small group leaders, step by step, how to plan for, launch, build, sustain, and multiply highly effective, transformational, healthy small group experiences where people grow spiritually together. Based on a large-scale research study of small group pastors, leaders, and members, Leading Small Groups That Thrive gives church leaders both what they want--practical, straightforward, actual small group member voices and experiences, and compelling guidance on how to build transformational groups complemented with real-life examples and data of successful small groups--and what they need--substantial, challenging insights and a data-driven model grounded in the latest research on church small groups.

The ACA Encyclopedia of Counseling

Autor: American Counseling Association

Número de Páginas: 676

This premiere counseling reference book is ideal for students, educators, supervisors, researchers, and practitioners seeking to quickly update or refresh their knowledge of the most important topics in counseling. More than 400 entries span the 2009 CACREP core areas used in counselor preparation, continuing education, and accreditation of counseling degree programs, making this a perfect text for introductory counseling classes or for use as a study guide when preparing for the National Counselor Exam. This encyclopedia makes counseling come alive through its user-friendly writing style; instructive examples that connect readers to practice, teaching, supervision, and research; and its helpful cross-referencing of entries, boldfaced important terminology, and suggested resources for further study. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]

Medical Education at a Glance

Autor: Judy Mckimm , Kirsty Forrest , Jill Thistlethwaite

Número de Páginas: 120

Covering the core concepts, activities and approaches involved in medical education, Medical Education at a Glance provides a concise, accessible introduction to this rapidly expanding area of study and practice. This brand new title from the best-selling at a Glance series covers the range of essential medical education topics which students, trainees, new lecturers and clinical teachers need to know. Written by an experienced author team, Medical Education at a Glance is structured under the major themes of the discipline including teaching skills, learning theory,and assessment, making it an easy-to-digest guide to the practical skills and theory of medical education, teaching and learning. Medical Education at a Glance: Presents core information in a highly visual way, with key concepts and terminology explained. Is a useful companion to the Association for the Study of Medical Education’s (ASME) book Understanding Medical Education. Covers a wide range of topics and themes. Is a perfect guide for teaching and learning in both the classroom and clinical setting.

Modifying the Four-Blocks® for Upper Grades, Grades 4 - 8

Autor: Sigmon

Número de Páginas: 242

Help students in grades 4 and up become better readers and writers using multilevel instruction with Modifying the Four Blocks(R) for Upper Grades. This 240-page book includes instructions for modifying strategies to meet the needs of older students and age-appropriate activities for each of the four blocks! It also features tips for scheduling, model lessons, and reproducibles to make implementation easier. The book supports the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model.

Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Merchant Marine And Fisheries. Subcommittee On Fisheries And Wildlife Conservation And The Environment

Número de Páginas: 1086

Laudato Si

Autor: S. S. Francisco

Número de Páginas: 203

La nueva Encíclica del papa Francisco, Laudato si’, sobre el cuidado de la casa común, se centra en el cuidado de la tierra y las relaciones humanas que en ella se desarrollan. Es un texto con un fuerte acento social en torno al concepto de ecología integral, como paradigma capaz de articular las relaciones fundamentales de la persona: con Dios, consigo misma, con los demás seres humanos y con la creación. En el centro del recorrido de la Laudato si’ encontramos este interrogante: “¿Qué tipo de mundo queremos dejar a quienes nos sucedan, a los niños que están creciendo?” y sobre ella se plantea una serie de preguntas sobre el sentido de la vida, el trabajo y las relaciones sociales, entre otras. Si bien el mensaje de Francisco generará un impacto sobre las importantes y urgentes decisiones en el ámbito político ambiental, el texto posee una eminente riqueza “magisterial, pastoral y espiritual” propios de su naturaleza, cuya amplitud, profundidad y mensaje no pueden reducirse al aspecto de las determinaciones de las políticas ambientales.

Planning for Teaching Success

Autor: Jonathan Ryan Davis , Maureen Connolly

Número de Páginas: 181

Planning for Teaching Success: 30 Practical Teaching Strategies for All School Contexts is designed for all K-12 educators, pre-service teachers, and teacher preparation faculty. This book will provide readers with accessible tools that can help them develop meaningful lesson and unit plans in efficient ways. Discover step-by-step breakdowns of how to implement each impactful strategy as well as professional reflections from varying contributors representing two different grade-levels from across the globe. Education students and novice teachers can learn from the in-depth descriptions of how to implement each strategy. Veteran teachers will be inspired by contributing teachers’ professional reflection regarding why and how they utilize each strategy. If you are looking for practical ideas from the field, look no further - this is a book designed to build your teaching toolbox with planning strategies that you will use for years to come.

Creating Curriculum in Early Childhood

Autor: Julie Bullard

Número de Páginas: 308

Creating Curriculum in Early Childhood explores the backward design model of curriculum development, equipping readers with the tools and methods they need to effectively apply backward design in the early childhood classroom. Clear yet comprehensive chapters walk new and veteran educators through an effective method for curriculum design that promotes meeting standards through intentional teaching while engaging children in developmentally appropriate, interest-based education focused on big ideas and conceptual understanding. Featuring desired results, assessment methods, and teaching techniques specific to birth to age eight, this critical guide also includes practical tips for educators new to the method. Designed to help students and practitioners alike, this powerful textbook combines early childhood philosophy and developmental research with highly practical descriptions, rationales, and examples for developing curricular units using backward design.

Creative Curriculum for Preschool

Autor: Diane Trister Dodge , Laura Jean Colker , Cate Heroman

Número de Páginas: 0

The new Spanish version of the best-selling The Creative CurriculumA(R) for Preschool, 4th edition.

El Grupo Celular Lleno del Espíritu

Autor: Joel Comiskey, Ph.d.

Número de Páginas: 216

El centro de atención de muchos grupos celulares hoy en día ha pasado de ser una transformación dirigida por el Espíritu a ser simplemente un estudio bíblico. Pero utilizar los dones espirituales de todos los miembros del grupo es vital para la eficacia del grupo. Con una perspectiva nacida de la experiencia de más de veinte años en el ministerio de grupos celulares, Joel Comiskey explica cómo tanto los líderes como los participantes pueden ser formados sobrenaturalmente para tratar temas de la vida real. Pon estos principios en práctica y ¡tu grupo celular nunca será el mismo!

Inclusion Lesson Plan Book for the 21st Century

Autor: Toby Karten

Número de Páginas: 162

This Teacher Training Edition is for use by both instructors and their students in training sessions on inclusion practices. It is specifically designed for college professors and staff trainers who teach lesson planning skills as part of their pre-service or in-service courses. The content parallels the original Inclusion Plan Book, but is organized for training purposes and includes professional activities to examine inclusion practices for whole class, small groups, and individual students. It contains additional downloadable forms for inclusion documentation and online resources that are valuable tools for any "teacher-in-training" staff development program. Purchase multiple copies for your in-service professional learning experiences or have your college bookstore order copies for students taking your inclusion course.

The School Counselor’s Study Guide for Credentialing Exams

Autor: Rita Schellenberg

Número de Páginas: 564

The School Counselor’s Study Guide for Credentialing Exams is the only study guide on the market based on the ASCA School Counselor Competencies, CACREP Standards, NBCC NCSCE content requirements, and the NCATE and NBPTS Standards. Designed to help users build knowledge and skills that are transferrable to any test format, it can be used to prepare for the NCSCE, Praxis II School Counseling Specialty Exam, NBPTS School Counseling national certification exam, Comprehensive School Counselor Education program exams, and state certification exams for professional school counseling. Each chapter aligns with one of the eight CACREP content areas for school counseling and covers in depth the material necessary to succeed on any of the exams. Also included in each chapter are case scenarios, guided reflection questions, and actual exam practice questions. A full-length practice exam is provided at the end with answers and explanations for correct and incorrect responses. Additional resources include a glossary of important terms and lists of ethical codes and competencies for various school counseling related organizations. Students and professionals seeking a professional school...

Revisiting the Reading Workshop

Autor: Barbara Orehovec , Marybeth Alley

Número de Páginas: 164

Strategies and activities to develop an effective reading workshop program.

Strategic Planning Training

Autor: Jeffrey Russell

Número de Páginas: 240

This title is an all-in-one, 'how-to' guide for developing strategic planning, thinking, and decision making competencies of CEOs, managers, supervisors, and frontline employees. It offers a practical set of interactive and customizable learning modules that serve as a roadmap for directing the right framework, culture, and philosophy in your organization. The accompanying CD-ROM includes handouts, checklists, assessments, and customizable PowerPoint(tm) slides.

Inclusive Group Work

Autor: William Pelech , Robert Basso , Cheryl D. Lee , Maria Gandarilla

Número de Páginas: 391

Inclusive Group Work offers an innovative approach to working with intervention groups and task groups by redefining the concept of diversity and reframing core group work concepts. Appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses, this book introduces readers to the foundations of group practice with an emphasis on social justice. The book presents diversity as a relational concept that is at the heart of all group interactions. Individual identity is complex, and in order for all members to be treated equally their individuality must be accepted and respected. Using this framework, the book discusses the values and ethics of social work with groups, explores the stages of group work including planning, and presents both basic and advanced skills such as conflict resolution and the use of self. Theories are put into practice in three chapters of case studies that show in-detail how diversity can be employed as a strength in multiple settings to achieve the wide variety of goals groups pursue. Through this new approach, students and practitioners alike will learn how to harness diversity to engage and maintain participation in inclusive group processes.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry

Autor: Bill Donahue , Russ G. Robinson

Número de Páginas: 258

Assessment and solution for seven commonobstacles to building small groups.It’s one thing to start a small group ministry. It’s another tokeep the groups in your church healthy and headed in thesame direction. Whatever your church’s approach maybe—whether it is a church with groups or of groups—sooner or later, as a leader, you’ll need to do sometroubleshooting. That’s when the expert, to-the-pointguidance in this book will prove its worth.The beauty of this book lies in its unique diagnosticprocess. It allows you to assess, diagnose, and correctseven common “deadly sins” that can drain the life fromyour church’s small group ministry.In The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry, whatwould take you years to learn through trial and error isdistilled into some of the most useful information you canfind. Drawing on the knowledge they’ve gleaned fromworking inside Willow Creek Community Church, fromconsulting with hundreds of churches, and fromconducting conferences and seminars worldwide, smallgroup experts Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson furnishyou with proven, real-life solutions to the toughestproblems in your small group ministry. This is not theory—it...

The Facilitator's Fieldbook

Autor: Tom Justice , David Jamieson

Número de Páginas: 482

An invaluable guide that provides you with the comprehensive tools and knowledge you need to help your teams--and, ultimately, your organization--succeed. The completely revised third edition of this longtime go-to resource for novice and experienced facilitators provides new team-building exercises as well as updated information on virtual meetings, mediation, strategic planning, and much more. Loaded with procedures, checklists, guidelines, samples, and templates, The Facilitator’s Fieldbook covers all the key areas of successful team management, including: establishing ground rules planning meetings and agendas, brainstorming, resolving conflict, making decisions, and helping groups optimize their time. You’ll also gain tips on maintaining the tone and flow of meetings, and will learn to determine when to delegate projects to individuals rather than assembling a group. Collaborative projects have become an increasingly prevalent feature of modern business strategies and workplace dynamics. But intentional, strategic facilitation is essential to making sure these groups and teams are effective.

Groups that Thrive

Autor: Joel Comiskey , Jim Egli

Número de Páginas: 128

Role-Play Simulations

Autor: Alexander R. Bolinger , Julie V. Stanton

Número de Páginas: 177

Role-play simulations are a popular method for active learning in business education. Instructors in a variety of business disciplines use role-plays to facilitate student engagement and promote more dynamic class environments. In this book, the authors provide instructors of all experience levels with frameworks for understanding role-play simulations and implementing them in their classes.

Primary Professional Studies

Autor: Alice Hansen

Número de Páginas: 411

Primary teacher training is challenging. Trainees must be prepared to consider teaching in innovative ways, while remaining focused on the unchanging requirements of children’s learning. The fourth edition of this popular core book supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS who need to take account of the diverse aspects of primary professional studies. This is a comprehensive, core text for the primary professional studies module. It begins with an exploration of the curriculum and reviews the current curriculum. The text moves on to look at ′The Developing Child′ encouraging students to focus on child-centred teaching and learning and explores the needs and learning journeys of all children. The fourth edition includes new chapters on technology and learning, mindfulness in the classroom, reflective practice and completing research and writing assignments for primary teacher training.

Small Group Facilitation

Autor: Judith Kolb

Número de Páginas: 283

Supporting Education

Autor: Karen Kearns

Número de Páginas: 680

The new edition of Supporting Education is the perfect handbook for anyone who works with qualified teachers in a role supporting the education and development of school children. Supporting Education, 3e is written to support the Certificate III in Education Support qualification, from the streamlined CHC Community Services Training Package. It provides Education Support Workers with an overview of child development and how children learn, as well an introduction to the key learning areas. The text also links to new online support resources and information to help with teaching and class prep time. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/learning-solutions

Women and Missions

Autor: Lucia P. Towne

Número de Páginas: 922

Una vida con propósito

Autor: Rick Warren

Número de Páginas: 435

A groundbreaking manifesto on the meaning of life. The most basic question everyone faces in life is 'Why am I here?'. What is my purpose? Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God---and His eternal purpose for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God's purposes for putting us on earth. 'The Purpose-Driven Life' takes the groundbreaking message of the award-winning 'Purpose-Driven Church' and goes deeper, applying it to the lifestyle of individual Christians. This book helps readers understand God's incredible plan for their lives. Warren enables them to see 'the big picture' of what life is all about and begin to live the life God created them to live. 'The Purpose-Driven Life' is a manifesto for Christian living in the 21st century---a lifestyle based on eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using Biblical stories and letting the Bible speak for itself, Warren clearly explains God's 5 purposes for each of us: We were planned for God's pleasure---experience real worship. We were formed for God's family---enjoy real fellowship. We...