The Discovery Series: A Christian Journey

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Video Teaching Series in English and Spanish

Confirmation Classes
Continuing Christian Formation
Basics for New Christians

The Discovery Series is designed to help every Christian discover their own path to a life in Christ. The series places a remarkable resource into the hands of all congregations, regardless of their size or available staff.

Five courses provide comprehensive training for Baptism, confirmation, spiritual gifts assessment, discipleship and worship (with instructed Eucharist). The series is an invitation to spiritual growth and lays the groundwork to begin or continue a spiritual journey.

The Discovery Series: A Christian Journey is very flexible. You may structure an hour-long program, several morning-long classes or a weekend retreat to complete the confirmation class. Selected segments may be used to enhance your current education programs, such as Baptism preparation, adult education programs, prayer, or for your Sunday Christian formation hour.

A facilitator’s video and workbook pages with small group lessons are also included with the series.

No particular training is needed for someone to facilitate the group except preparation for each class. Materials include five courses, a facilitator’s video (how to set up the classroom), and a printed Facilitator’s/Participants’ Guide. The participant pages are available online for those who purchase the series so they can be copied locally. Each course has two to four segments (about 15 minutes), each of which is intended to be followed by group work (about 45 minutes), led by a local facilitator, using copies of the Facilitator’s and Participants’ Guide.

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The Discovery Series: A Christian Journey in DVD format: $379 plus a $12 s/h. Upon receipt of payment, the series will be mailed to you and you should receive it in about one week.

You can also order by sending a check to Episcopal Diocese of Texas, Attention: Office of Communications, 1225 Texas Ave., Houston, TX 77002-3504.

The Diocese of Texas will underwrite the cost of the series to the extent that Spanish-speaking congregations need to pay only $150 for the series plus $12 s/h.

For more information call at 800.318.4452 or 713.520.6444 or email: comm@epicenter.org.

Five video programs, 16 segments

The Path to Episcopal Worship includes an instructed Eucharist, a history of the Episcopal Church and information about the Church’s traditions and governance. It can be shown to newcomers, visitors and life-long Episcopalians to explain the symbolism in our worship and the polity of the Church. Three segments.

I. A Journey of Faith includes basic information about the Bible, the Trinity, the Kingdom of God, who Jesus is, the Creeds and Baptism. The Baptism segment may be used as a stand-alone piece. Four segments.

II. A Path to Spiritual Maturity includes an in-depth discussion about the importance of Bible study and different forms of prayer, both personal and corporate. This video, when combined with courses I and Episcopal Worship, provides training for confirmation that may be completed in 11 one-hour sessions, three afternoon classes or a weekend retreat. Four segments.

III.Our Spiritual Gifts provides a guided tour of assessing spiritual gifts, defining ministers as “all of us” and instilling the importance of personal involvement in ministry, both in and beyond the congregation. Two segments.

IV. The Great Commission shows how our stories are reflections of ancient stories in the Bible and teaches participants how to share their own stories with friends, neighbors and coworkers, making disciples who make disciples. Three segments.