Network Participant's Guide: The Right People, in the Right Places, for the Right Reasons, at the Right Time

by Bruce L. Bugbee

Discover your spiritual gifts, personal style, and God-given passion for serving in the body of Christ Network, the leading course for discovering spiritual gifts and empowering people for ministry has been revised and updated. This material, developed in partnership with the Willow Creek Association, helps churches appropriately guide people to the place of ministry that best reflects who they are. Churches will see increased participation, greater effectiveness, more enthusiasm, and less burn-out in their congregation. Believers in their church will discover the spiritual gifts God has given them. They will have a better understanding of God's will for their lives because of gaining a better understanding of who God created them to be. This complete seminar in a box includes a leader's guide; a participant's guide; a DVD with drama vignettes; and a CD-ROM with a coach's guide, a user's guide, and a PowerPoint. Participants will be assessed on their personal style, spiritual passion, and gifts. Network works with any size group, from small groups of 4 to 12 to large groups of 15 to 150. The six Network sessions can be presented successfully in three flexible three sessions of two hours each; six sessions of forty-five minutes each; or one- two- or three-day retreats.

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I co-led a 6 week class using this book and most participants found it to be very helpful material. Having been published in 2005, it does feel dated at times. I think a real danger (if followed too dogmatically) is that this book becomes a Christian personality test and the mysteriousnesd and wildness of the spiritual gifts get domesticated. That said, I learned some new things about myself through this guide and I'd recommend it as a framework.

[Hannah Kicklighter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book! It was so useful into getting to know myself as a person better and realizing the gifts, talents, and skills God has already given me!

[Barb Hegreberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The BEST course for finding your spiritual gifts.

[Jessica (JT) · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Bible study Community Group went through this book and DVD set. I can't say I recommend the DVDs, but the workbook was wonderful. It would be pretty easy to skip the portions with the DVD questions if you want to avoid that part. They had horrible acting and bad production values. We ended up just laughing at those portions. If you want it to be taken seriously, just stick with the workbook.

The workbook takes you through a nice set up of explaining what spiritual gifts are and how they are used by God before giving you the quiz which determines what your gifts are. After you get your results, it then gives opportunities to explain each gift with common pitfalls you might want to watch out for. The last portion of the book is an opportunity to look for places to serve and ways to utilize your gifts in your life and in the church. It provides lots of opportunities along the way for group discussion.

I definitely recommend this to anyone who would like to learn more about their spiritual gifts, especially groups looking for something a little different to study.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful book, highly recommend it to all .