Experiencing Community

Melody Carlson is the best selling author of more than seventy books, including the TrueColors series and the eight part Diary of a Teenage Girl series. She has two grown sons and enjoys an active lifestyle of hiking, skiing, and biking. She lives in the beautiful Oregon Cascade Mountains with her husband and Labrador retriever.

TURN YOUR GROUP INTO A COMMUNITY. Why do some groups produce life-long relationships while others never move beyond the acquaintance level? Much of the difference lies in what issues are discussed during those first few group gatherings. Including all the essentials for launching (or renewing!) a successful small group, Experiencing Community will help you discover what it means to be a community of Christ-followers. By discussing how you will function together as one, what it means to love one another, and how to grow spiritually through shared ministry and insight, your group will grow closer as you grow closer to God. The Pilgrimage Series The life of following Christ was never meant to be solitary. The early Christians pursued it in groups not much larger than your small group, meeting in homes for the first two hundred years of the movement. So whether you've joined a small group to know a few people well, to learn in a more concentrated setting, or to focus your collective gifts toward a specific end, you are following a time-tested format for spiritual growth. The PILGRIMAGE SERIES is designed to foster spiritual growth in a group setting. By incorporating relationship-building material into each session, PILGRIMAGE guides will help your group translate learning into practice.