This is a must for anyone involved in facilitating groups. It is a practical and accessible book that seeks to equip and refresh facilitators with new tools and methods of inspiring others.

This film shows how the simple visual image of a tree can be used to analyse problems, whether big or small. The problem tree helps individuals and groups discuss the root causes and symptoms of a particular issue or problem and thereby gain a greater understanding of issues they would like to address.

 

This is the story of the woman who touched the cloak in her own words, describing her transforming encounter with Jesus, who healed her and restored her to her community. This film has been used to envision church members to work alongside their communities to respond to the needs of the vulnerable and marginalised.

In the heat of the midday sun, a Samaritan woman of ill repute, despised by her own community encounters Jesus at a well. She is expecting condemnation but she is confronted with sincerity. This film is her account of that conversation at Jacob’s well which led to her own transformation and subsequently the transformation of her community.

In his own words, Peter describes his short walk towards Jesus on the water as the storm raged around him,  Peter’s walk is an invitation to all those who want to step out in faith and experience more of the power and presence of God.  This film has been used to help church members reflect on taking a risk in faith and how failure can be a means of growth.

This film tells the story found in  2 Kings 4: 1- 7 from the point of view of the widow. It tells of her desperate situation and her encounter with Elisha who helped her put the little she had into God’s hands to create an abundance of oil which would save her sons from slavery and help her to live an independent life. This film has been used to help churches identify and reflect on their own resources which can be used for the good of their churches and communities.