Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 2

In Week Two of the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, Elizabeth Tomlin discusses the importance of hospitality and developing our charisms.

For the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, we're discussing Catholic Mom contributor Elizabeth Tomlin's book, Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women's Groups.

In this week's Book Club episode, Elizabeth talked about the importance of hospitality and sharing our charisms. Check out page 66 of the book for a brief exercise the members of your women's group can do to discover their charisms! Elizabeth also talked about the difference between a facilitator and a leader of small group—and reassures us that facilitators never have to be subject experts, but just willing to keep the conversation moving. Learn more by watching the Book Club video below and reading chapters 3 and 4 of Joyful Momentum.

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Here's how the Book Club works:

We'll have four live Book Club video presentations, simultaneously on Facebook Live and YouTube, that you can tune in to (or watch later) to participate. These will be on Tuesdays at 3 PM Eastern—we're skipping the Fourth of July. Mark your calendar for these remaining Book Club dates:

• July 11 (Chapters 5 and 6)
• July 18 (Chapters 7 and 8)

On the Saturdays following the Book Club live presentations, we always share the video here on the Catholic Mom website. You can even sign up for Book Club emails that bring you right to the videos every Saturday.

There's no charge to participate, though we do encourage you to read the book in order to have the best experience. Why not invite a friend to watch together, and then share ideas about how to create or revitalize a women's ministry in your community?

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Bonus Links

Visit Elizabeth Tomlin's website, JoyfulMomentum.org

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Purchase your copy of Joyful Momentum at your local Catholic bookseller, on Amazon.com, or directly from the publisher, Ave Maria Press.

Download the free Study Guide based on this book.

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