Six Spiritual Needs In America Today (Discussion Guide)
For A Small Group Format
Arley K. Fadness

A George Gallup, Jr., poll revealed the following six spiritual needs of Americans in the '90s:
the need to believe that life is meaningful and has purpose
the need for a sense of community and deeper relationships
the need to be appreciated and respected
the need to be listened to and heard
the need to feel that one is growing in faith
the need for practical help in developing a mature faith

This book contains a series of six brief dramas with accompanying sermons that address each of these six needs. By speaking directly to those heartfelt concerns of Americans today they provide a perfect Lent or summer series that will boost worship attendance.

The six needs are obviously rooted deeply in the human psyche and call for renewed attention. This creative, Christ-centered combination of plays and preaching is life-situation proclamation at its best. It meets us where we are and moves us to become what we can be.
Bishop Emeritus Lowell Erdahl

In 25 years of ministry I have never had a Lenten series that stimulated so much interest and response. Our Lenten attendance was the highest it has ever been ...
Rev. Howard Skulstad Eagle Lake, Minnesota

Arley K. Fadness is a graduate of the Boeing Drafting School, Augustana College, Luther Theological Seminary, and McCormick Theological Seminary. He has served as pastor of ELCA congregations in Arizona, South Dakota, and Minnesota. He is the author of several books published by CSS Publishing Company and Onesimus Press.