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Reaching Out: 3 Movements of the Spiritual Life, Henri Nouwen. Book. In this book Nouwen lays out a perceptive and insightful plan for living a spiritual life and achieving the ultimate goal of that life - union with God.
The Road Home: Images for the Spiritual Journey, Sara Covin Juengst. Book. This Bible study deals with images of the road found in Scripture and explores their implications for the Christian spiritual journey.
Giving Good Gifts: The Spiritual Journey of Parenthood, George E. Conway. Book. The author uses scriptural insights and personal anecdotes to identify seven gifts that parents can give to their children to help them form healthy spiritual identities.
The Price of Faith: Exploring Our Choices about Money and Wealth, Marie Cross. Book. This book presents a holistic definition of stewardship and examines what money and wealth mean for us in our participation in the life of the church and in our personal expressions of faith.
Holy Is The Lord: Music for Lord's Day Worship. Book. This companion to The Psalter is a helpful resource for Sunday worship services that includes 3 full musical settings for services for Baptism, 22 musical settings for services of the Lord's Supper, and an assortment of congregational responses.
When We Gather: A Book of Prayers for Worship (for Years A,B, and C) Revised edition, James Kirk. Book This is a resource for pastors, worship committees, and others who plan weekly congregational worship. Now expanded and updated to conform to the Revised Common Lectionary,
Calvin for Armchair Theologians, Christopher Elwood. Book. In this concise introduction to Calvin's life and thought, Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of Calvin's key teachings within his historical context.
Raising the Roof: The Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition, Alice Mann. Alban Institute Book. This book provides information about church life on the edge of growth and offers five practical steps that apply to church situations based on her extensive study and experience.
Prayers for Contemporary Worship, Church of Scotland. Book. This book attempts to provide prayer language which is contemporary but which avoids theological reductionism; language appropriate to salvation which is in time but which is not time-bound.
Reformation Overview - Video-based Curriculum. Bring the Reformation alive and introduce your class to key reformers and major turning points with this fast-paced video curriculum series. The curriculum has six half-hour video programs that can be adapted to 12 or 13 sessions. It comes with a teacher's manual and reproducible student workbooks.
The Story of Silent Night, Video. The most recognized carol of Christmas is part of a true-to-life story told in this video. 35 minutes. It features the Vienna Boys Choir singing the carol.
Growing Older Gracefully: Practical perspectives from one on the Journey, Fred Smith. Video. 57 minutes. Fred gives his perspective on growing older with wisdom and wit and stresses that how you look at things can make all the difference. This video is in an interview format.
Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, Video. 90 minutes. More than just a biographical portrait, this video sheds light on the little-known efforts of the German resistance. It brings to a wide audience the heroic rebellion of Bonhoeffer, a highly regarded Lutheran minister who could have kept his peace and saved his life on several occasions.
Making Love Last Forever, Gary Smalley. Video. 120 minutes. In this 2 part video, Smalley identifies the most common love quenchers, and describes proven techniques for making love flourish. He identifies four risk factors facing couples today and shows you how to avoid these "love killers."
War As Crucifixion: Essays on Peace, Violence and 'Just War' from the Christian Century, H. Richard Niebuhr and Reinhold Niebuhr, James Turner Johnson, Alan Geyer, John Howard Yoder. These reflections have become classic Christian responses to modern warfare, and the questions they raise are still relevant to the quite different kind of warfare in which we find ourselves today. This volume includes essays from the 1930s to the 1990s.
Welcome! Tools & Techniques for New Member Ministry, Andrew D. Weeks. Alban Institute Book. This book will help pastors and congregations to evaluate their community of faith and it gives practical ways for any size church to become welcoming, serving and incorporating to newcomers.
Making Your Church More Inviting: A Step-By-Step Guide for In-Church Training, Roy M. Oswald. Alban Institute Book. Oswald distills the essentials of new member outreach and assimilation and presents them in a 15-session format for use in training those who will be doing these tasks in the church.
Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People, Video program. This curriculum has six 26-minute programs that help groups move beyond studying and knowing about God to experiencing God and in living spiritually transformed lives.
Voices from the Holy Land, Video produced by the Peace and Justice Ministries of the Episcopal Church in the USA. The video introduces the voices of people who live in Israel/Palentine and help participants identify with them. It introduces positions of the Episcopal Church on issues of Israel and Palestine and it invites group members to reflect on Scripture in the context of the issues and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Children and Youth
Ministry
Operation Fuzzy Squirrel, Video. 40 minutes. The Lutheran Church has produced this video for Youth Leaders. It will identify positive traits in youth ministry. Good for leader development.
Is There Enough? A Bible-based Children's Curriculum on Hunger. Presbyterian Hunger Program. Book. Five lesson plans for Pre-school, kindergarten-second grade and upper elementary dealing with hunger.
Young Lions: Christian Rites of Passage for African American Young Men, Rev. Chris McNair. Book. This resource introduces and supports a school-year-long mentoring program that offers African-American young men: positive peer group involvement, hands-on skill development, knowledge of African-American culture and history, and relationships with Christian Afr/Amer men as role models.
The Scrambling Scriptural Scavenger Hunt, Video. 30 minutes. A birthday party scavenger hunt using clues from the Bible is the focus of this video. An interactive search is initiated to uncover answers to the Gospel message and to find their free "gift". Ages 6-11.
Rainbow War, Video. 20 minutes. Three kingdoms, one Blue, one Red, and one Yellow, wage a colorful battle for supremacy in this award-winning fantasy. This colorful, animated video for all ages features spectacular special effects and stirring music performed by the Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra, London. It's a delightful allegory about tolerance and good will.
The Story of the Selfish Giant: A Christmas Parable. Video. 30 minutes. A grandfather uses Oscar Wilde's timeless tale to unlock the true meaning of Christmas for his granddaughter. As the selfish giant learns in this story of love and sacrifice, God's unselfish gift encourages us to fill with joy.
The First Three Years: A Guide for Ministry with Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds, Mary Alice Gran, Editor. Book. This is a how-to book for an effective ministry for young children. You will find over 100
articles and forms ranging from how to nurture the faith of a child, to developing health and safety procedures, to furnishing the nursery.
Labyrinths
From the Outside In: Walking to Spiritual Insight A Beginner's Guide, Donna Schaper & Carol
Ann Camp. Book. Here is your entry to the fascinating history and philosophy of
the labyrinth walk, with directions for making a labyrinth and ways to use one
creatively.
The
Westminster Handbook to Reformed Theology, Donald K. McKim, ed.
Book. This book presents clear,
concise, up-to-date articles on topics concerning Reformed tradition by the
world's foremost scholars.
Hope for the
World: Mission in a Global Context, Walter Brueggemann, ed. Book. The essays in this
volume, by respecting the specific contexts of doing ministry, hold out hope as
an evangelical antidote to despair.
The Gospel
According to the Simpsons, Mark I. Pinsky. Book. Pinsky takes the popular
television show and, through the eyes of faith, makes an incisive and loving
critique of our culture.
Seven Last
Words: Jesus Speaks from the Cross, Christopher R. Seitz. Book. Here is a series of
vignettes based on the seven last sayings of Jesus that makes for inspiring
reading during the Lenten season.
Watching What
We Watch: Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Teresa
Blythe, Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, S.J., Elizabeth W. Winslea, Donald L.
Ashburn. Book. This volume discusses the various aspects of "reading"
television, helps us to understand how television creates meanings, and teaches
us to assess the truth and value of those meanings.
Forty-Sixty: A
Study for Midlife Adults Who Want to Make a Difference, Richard H. Gentzler, Jr.
Book. This study identifies major
issues that many people face in midlife and combines information about aging
with biblical reflections.
Vital Ministry
in the Small Membership Church: Christian Education, Myrtle Felkner. Booklet.
This information is for all interested in passing on the faith to the next
generation. It discusses the vision of Christian education, the leaders, the
space, the message and how to enlist teachers and locate students.
Sister to
Sister: Devotions for and from Afr/Amer Women, Vol. 2, Linda H. Hollies, ed. Book.
This is the second volume of the best-selling book filled with stirring
inspirations for the soul.
Pentecost
Journey: A Planning Guide for Hispanic Ministries, Jeannie Trevino-Teddie. Book
with companion video. This is a series of lessons to help a church become
involved in Hispanic ministry.
Out of the
Basement: A Holistic Approach to Children's Ministry, Diane C. Olson. Book. This
book is designed to help leaders in local congregations examine their systems
of children's ministry in a comprehensive and holistic manner.
The Electric
Campfire: New Storytelling from Scripture, Video. This video for youth
does wonderfully original retelling of narratives from the Hebrew Scriptures.
The five stories are: Creation, The Flood, The Binding of Isaac, The Red Sea,
The Valley of Dry Bones.
A Tribe Apart:
A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence, Patricia Hersch. Book. The
author accompanies eight young people in their daily lives and uncovers
profound truths about adolescence. It's great reading for those working with
youth.
The
Significance of Suffering: Where Is God When We Suffer? Diogenes Allen. Video. Based on Allen's book The
Traces of God in a Frequently Hostile World, he provides thought-provoking
examination of ways that suffering can transform us while drawing us closer to
God. This 4-part series is designed for moderate to advanced adult study.
Conspiracy of
Silence, Video.
28 min. documentary on domestic violence and a model for a solution.
On the Other
Side: African Americans Tell of Healing, Alita Anderson. Book. This is a collection of
oral narratives and original artwork by the author. It presents the stories of
a diverse group who all have on thing in common - a profound experience with
the power of healing.
Israel: A
Search for Faith, Video. James Michener explores reasons why the land which gave birth to
three major religions should have "borne witness to the best of man's
aspirations and the worst in man's warring nature." His sensitive and
balanced analysis of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is the enlightening result
of careful research and intelligent curiosity.
(26 minutes) Grades: 7-12, Adult
Hope for the World: Mission in Global Context, Walter Brueggemann, ed. Book. How can Christians bear hope in a world pervaded by the differing despairs of the possessors and the dispossessed? The international scholars in this volume give remarkable answers and crucial questions.
Wrestling With
Angels. This six-session video
series hosted by well-known authors, struggles with some difficult questions of
life.
How Do I Know What To Do? Campolo
Why Don't My Prayers Get Answered? Foster
How Can I Question and Still bBelieve? L'Engle
How Do I Forgive? Smedes
Why Is Loving So Hard? Miller
What's God Up
To? Bible Stories, taught by A.J. Levine. Video. Jill-Amy
Levine asks edgy questions of familiar Bible stories, causing them to be
considered anew.
1-
The
Temptation in the Garden
2-
The
Sacrifice of Isaac
3-
David
and Bathsheba
4-
The
Prodigal Son
5-
The
Canaanite Woman
6-
Jesus
With Mary and Martha
When It's Hard
to Choose- In this six-part video program, true-to-life stories are told about
ordinary struggles we face. Well known presenters respond and prompt further
discussion.
1-
Compassion
2-
Respect
for Differences
3-
Responsibility
4-
Truth-telling
5-
Non-violence
6-
Connectedness
Pursing Peace:
It's Still the Thing to Do, Albert N. Wells. Book. In this book, Wells describes
what it takes to be peacemakers and the commonplace activities that promote
hope, freedom and peace.
To Live Is
Christ: Embracing the Passion of Paul, Beth Moore. Book. This Bible study traces the
life of the apostle Paul from his presumed childhood to his death, centering on
one man's amazing ministry.
20/30 Bible
Study for Young Adults, Abingdon Press. Book. We have 2 books in this
series:
Balance:
Living With Life's Demands, Tracey L. Henderson. This 7-session study will help
you sort through various claims on your life and put your priorities in
perspective.
Exodus:
Leaving Behind, Moving On, Barbara K. Mittman. In the 7-session study, you will
learn how God is in the midst of all our "moves" and changes.
Creation and
the Last Things: At the Intersection of Theology and Science, Gregory S. Cootsona. Book.
Foundations of Faith Series. In this book, the author explores the doctrines of
creation and eschatology (the end days) in light of contemporary science. The
relationship between creation in the beginning and the new creation at the end
of time is addressed.
Presbyterian
Worship: A Guide for Clergy, J. Dudley Weaver, Jr. Book. This Presbyterian pastor
presents a complete overview of Reformed worship. He includes helps for
planning worship, celebrating the dates of the church year, and working with
others to plan the liturgy.
Jesus
Interprets His Cross, Dr. Ken Bailey. Video series. The Christian doctrine of atonement is
explored in this tape series. 5-classes, 30 minutes each.
Tape
1 - Images of the Early Church
Tape
2 - Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53
Tape
3 - Examples from John's Gospel
Tape
4 - Jesus' Actions and Teachings
Tape
5 - Evangelists' Interpretations
The Bible From
Scratch: The Old Testament for Beginners, Donald L. Griggs. Book. This
well-known educator guides readers through the Old Testament in 7-sessions. It
is an excellent resource for any adult Christian education setting. The book
contains leader and participant guides.
God In Pain:
Teaching Sermons on Suffering, Barbara Brown Taylor. Book. This volume of teaching
sermons presents different approaches to the problem of God in pain with
sometimes heavy and always profound topics.
On the Other
Side: African/American's Tell of Healing, Alita Anderson. Book. This
is a collection of oral narrative and original artwork that presents the
stories of a diverse group who all have one thing in common - a profound
experience with the power of healing.
Sunday School
That Really Works, Jessie Schut. Book. With the voice and experience of a mentor, Schut
takes leaders through these tasks:
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Developing
a Vision for Ministry
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Passing
on a Faith Tradition
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Nurturing
the Faith of Children
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Organizing
Your S. School Program
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Recruiting
Volunteers
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Training
and Supporting Volunteers
YOUTH AND CHILDREN
Making Worship
Real, Aimee
& Bill Buchanan & Jodi Martin. Book.
This is a wonderful book that will assist leaders in guiding youth to a
Reformed understanding of worship.
Youth Discover
Your Gifts & Learn How to Use Them, Ruth VanderZee. Book. This is a 6-session
course for junior and senior high youth that will help them discover how to use
their spiritual gifts.
Blessing New
Voices, Maren
Tirabassi. Book. This is a wonderful book of prayers for and by young people.
There are program suggestions of ways to use the prayers.
Peter's First
Easter, Walter
Wangerin, Jr. Book. With simple and poignant prose, Wangerin shows us the
wonder of God's forgiveness through Peter's earthly relationship with Jesus.
Children's picture book.
Bulletin
Boards for Children's Ministry, Mary Tucker. Book. Fun, easy ideas for eye-catching
displays.
The Purple
Puzzle Tree - Set 1, Norman C. Habel. Books and CD. These six Old Testament stories are
designed to be enjoyed with their odd noises, fun songs and simple action. Ages
3 to 6
You Are Mine, Max Lucado. Children's Book.
A small wooden boy learns that you are not special because of what you have,
but because of who you are.