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During my tenure as Director of Faith Formation, the Augustine Institute developed an excellent video series about the search for God called \u201cThe Search\u201d (https:\/\/watch.formed.org\/the-search<\/a>). An excellent evangelistic tool, \u201cThe Search\u201d dovetailed beautifully with Pope Francis\u2019 apostolic exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel. I developed an adult formation class to consider what it means to search for God on the one hand and to engage in the evangelistic mission of the Church on the other, calling it simply, \u201cThe Search and the Joy of the Gospel.\u201d Below is a link to the study guide as well as links to the two sources used in the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Search at formed.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Joy of the Gospel, an apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my tenure as Director of Faith Formation, the Augustine Institute developed an excellent video series about the search for God called \u201cThe Search\u201d (https:\/\/watch.formed.org\/the-search). An excellent evangelistic tool, \u201cThe Search\u201d dovetailed beautifully with Pope Francis\u2019 apostolic exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel. 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