Swimming Hole Press

03/01/2022

Check out our NEW "Breaking News" website - we help you connect the news stories you read about to the Bible! Get together with a friend or friends and use these sessions to yourself and what is happening today! Go to... https://LymanColemanBreakingNews.homesteadcloud.com

27/09/2021

With all the racial tension and discord in our society today, do you sometimes wish people of different races and cultures could just sit down and talk and get to know each other? Lyman Coleman and Swimming Hole Press has in fact developed sharing group material to do just that. In cooperation with a pastor from George Floyd's neighborhood, we have put together Bible-based sharing material entitled, "Breaking Down the Dividing Walls: A Relational Bible-Based Guide for Community Healing". Check it out on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Down-Dividing-Walls-Bible-Based/dp/1639444793/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Breaking+Down+the+Dividing+Walls&qid=1632702599&s=books&sr=1-1

19/09/2021

A recent report out of Harvard indicates that, "36% of all Americans—including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children—feel “serious loneliness.” Not surprisingly, loneliness appears to have increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic." Under the direction of small group guru Lyman Coleman, we produce books for use in both church and community groups to help people connect with each other in either remote or in-person groups. Check out our material written for women at https://www.amazon.com/Women-Grace-Wonder-Stories-Today/dp/1636490255/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=women+of+grace+and+wonder&qid=1632085341&s=books&sr=1-2

13/09/2021

Here is an interesting article on loneliness in the church, especially among single women...
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/is-the-church-breeding-loneliness

Swimming Hole Press has just recently put out an excellent resource for small groups. Check in out! https://www.amazon.com/Women-Grace-Wonder-Stories-Today/dp/1636490255/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Women+of+Grace+and+Wonder&qid=1631493069&s=books&sr=1-2

Women of Grace and Wonder: Stories from the Past for Women of Today

03/02/2021

Lyman Coleman was the premier voice in small groups for generations, and now he has developed material to bring people together in the midst of Social Distancing and Covid-19. Want to learn more about Lyman Coleman or Swimming Hole Press? Here is the place!

If you would like to learn more about Lyman Coleman, Swimming Hole Press or our small group book, LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS, sign up here!

30/11/2020

Frustrated with fellowship groups that meet remotely? Maybe you need a material specifically written for remote groups! Working with Lyman Coleman, small group guru of the 1970’s to 1990’s, we have developed a book of materials we call LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: Keeping in Touch in a No-Touch World. This book contains two years’ worth of material, for helping people feel closer, even when in virtual groups. By considering Bible passages in Genesis, Psalms, the Gospels and Acts, participants learn to see themselves in these stories and passages, and in the process use them to transform their lives in a caring fellowship. NOTE; This is not traditional Bible study -- examining the Bible in order to learn church doctrine. Rather it is relationship-centered-- opening the opportunity to honestly explore ourselves, our relationship to each other and our relationship to God. It is not just for "church people". It is for seekers of all kinds who want to explore their spirituality as part of a holistic, centered life. And for groups that at some point transition back to in-person meetings? The material is easily adapted to that as well! It is recommended that each group member have their own copy so they can consider passages and topics ahead of time, as well as consider their responses more fully.
You can see this material on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Love-Time-Coronavirus-Keeping-No-Touch/dp/1636490247/ref=sr_1_2?crid=UTSWYS09D75J&dchild=1&keywords=love+in+the+time+of+coronavirus&qid=1605738370&s=books&sprefix=love+in+the+time+of+coron%2Caps%2C251&sr=1-2
The book sells for $12.99 plus taxes and shipping. For church groups who order at least 4 copies, I will send 2 additional copies from my author supply free as a bonus. You would just have to let me know by contacting us on Facebook at Swimming Hole Press.

12/11/2020

Want to learn more about "Love in the Time of Coronavirus"? Here is our book trailer:

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