GEPC’s Book of the Month for April is Side by Side by Edward T. Welch. There are several copies available for loan from our church library, and it is also available for purchase from Amazon. If you are interested in being a part of a discussion of this book at the end of the month, sign up at the bottom of the page! 

Side by Side | Edward T. Welch

      Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstances and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.

     Written out of the conviction that friends are the best helpers, this accessible introduction to biblical counseling will equip believers to share their burdens with one another through gentle words of wisdom and kind acts of love. This book is written for those eager to see God use ordinary relationships and conversations between ordinary Christians to work extraordinary miracles in the lives of his people.