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Companions In Christ Offers Spiritual Formation for Adults

(October 11, 2006, GBOD) –– Upper Room Ministries will present a one-day Companions in Christ^® leader training event Friday, November 3, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, 12955 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas.

The training provides leaders with an in-depth experience in Companions in Christ^® resources and trains them in the distinctive leadership skills required when forming groups.

The Companions in Christ^® series brings a transforming, small-group experience to congregations. Most in-depth Christian studies offer knowledge about Scripture, prayer, or other areas of faith. The Companions in Christ^® series invites participants into a deeper experience of the Christian life. As the journey unfolds, participants discover classic and contemporary spiritual practices that form rather than inform the participants and encourage them in inner and outward expressions of their faith.

The Companions family has expanded to include The Way of the Child: Helping Children Experience God, a new 39-session resource, and Compañerismo en Cristo, a Spanish-language version of Companions in Christ.

Authors of the Companions series include: Stephen D. Bryant, editor/publisher of Upper Room Ministries; Gerrit Scott Dawson, senior minister of First Presbyterian Church in Lenoir, N.C.; Adele J. Gonzalez, assistant director of the Office of Lay Ministry in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, Fla.; E. Glenn Hinson, author and retired professor of spirituality at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va.; Rueben P. Job, a retired United Methodist bishop and former editor/publisher of The Upper Room; Marjorie J. Thompson, author and spiritual director of the Companions in Christ initiative in Nashville, Tenn.; and Wendy M. Wright, professor of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

The author of The Way of the Child is Wynn McGregor, certified Christian educator in the Presbyterian Church, USA.

Since its release, Companions in Christ^® has been used by more than 10,000 small groups – from a variety of denominations and locales.

The transforming impact this resource has in congregations led one clergyperson to say, “This resource may be the future of the church.”

Participants in the training event receive Companions in Christ^® resources essential for starting Companions groups in their churches. A special offer of $50.00 off registration for internet registration is available. Use coupon code #7525 when registering at www.companionsinchrist.org. For more information, contact: Sharon Conley at 1-887-899-2780 ext. 7525:

Upper Room Ministries is an ecumenical organization that produces resources for encouraging deeper spiritual formation, including The Upper Room daily devotional guide, distributed to over two million people in 44 languages, five other magazines, a line of books, and programs for youth and adults.

This article was written by Jeanette Pinkston, Media Relations Director for the General Board of Discipleship. It was based on a press release prepared by Sharon Conley, Marketing Manager for Adult Spiritual Formation Resources, The Upper Room.