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by Peppy Dutart (Author)
Empower Leaders to Foster Safe Spaces for Meaningful Conversations on Brokenness and Renewal, Offering Practical Tools and Insights for Navigating Vulnerability and Establishing Healthy Boundaries in Group Discussions for Lasting Transformation.
The Grape Smash Leader's Guide equips pastors, small-group leaders, and facilitators to walk patiently with people through The Grape Smash Workbook: A Six-Week Journey Through Brokenness Toward Renewal. Designed for group settings, this guide provides clear, session-by-session guidance that helps leaders create environments where participants feel safe to be honest about their struggles and begin taking faithful steps toward restoration.
Grounded in Scripture and shaped by decades of pastoral experience, the Guide emphasizes an unhurried approach to spiritual formation. Leaders learn how to cultivate spaces where vulnerability is respected, silence is honored, and healthy boundaries are maintained. Trauma-aware guidelines help protect the sacred "Hush" of the room, allowing participants to reflect deeply and engage the journey without pressure or performance.
The Guide also provides theological grounding for the Grape Smash metaphor and introduces the core frameworks that shape the journey: the Next Faithful Step, the Four Anchors, and the 3 R's-Repent, Renew, and Resist. Detailed facilitation notes for each week help leaders navigate conversations around mixed brokenness, guiding participants with wisdom and care.
Through biblical stories such as David, Peter, and Naomi, participants discover that seasons of pressure and loss are not signs of God's absence, but often the very places where His redemptive work begins.
Rather than offering quick fixes, The Grape Smash Leader's Guide helps leaders walk patiently with people in the winepress, trusting that transformation unfolds over time as individuals learn to take their next faithful step toward renewal.
