Do you know an older person who could use some encouragement? Missy Buchanan, an older adult advocate and former creativity educator, offers a bounty of simple, creative ways to increase the joy of ol
Handy, helpful prayers to use in public worship during Ordinary Time. The collection includes invocations, opening prayers, prayers of confession, and pastoral prayers for the Sundays after Pentecost.
This collection of 16 hymns and songs in traditional African styles expands the repertoire of global music for the Christian church immensely. The songs come from Zimbabwe and Cameroon and are primari
With the Christmas season approaching, Annie helps her husband attend to the community's minor medical needs, assists the local midwife with deliveries, and works on a quilt for her sister-in-laws fir
Annemarie Kendall is overjoyed when the armistice is signed and the Great War comes to an end. Her fiance, Lieutenant Gilbert Ballard, is coming home, and though he is wounded, she is excited to start
Do you have a longing to know God more intimately? Do you desire a rock-solid faith to believe God for the challenges you are facing, regardless of how you may feel? This powerful new book by award-wi
Embodied Light invites readers to ponder our Creator’s daring adventure of taking on human flesh and coming to earth to live among us. Melissa Tidwell’s penetrating reflections for Advent reveal how t
We often despair in the face of seemingly unsurmountable urban problems and continuing racial injustice. Michael Waters, who identifies as a member of the hip-hop generation living in an urban context
Help your congregation to continue their journey of 40 days of transformation. The small group element is a dynamic part of the Transformed Giving: Realizing Your Church's Full Stewardship Potential p
Leader Guide: provides process guidance for weekly group sessions. The Leader Guide understands the role of leader as facilitator of small-group sessions. Procedures for guiding sessions include: dire
: Building Up the Body of Christ Through the Gifts of the Spirit, by Charles V. Bryant. Identifies 30 spiritual gifts and shows their value for the church. Upper Room.
Each One a Minister, a revised and expanded edition of Carter's previous book by the same title, begins with a study of Ephesians. Carter engages the reader in discovering the meaning of church, minis
This revised, retitled edition details a workbook approach intended “to guide a congregation through a series of steps that will help them be clear about the mission of the church, assess their curren
This comprehensive 13-session, verse-by-verse, book-by-book study of the Bible uses a three-dimensional approach. Each 13-session volume is based on the NIV translation.1.The study book helps students
Daughters of Imani: Christian Rites of Passage for African American Young Women by Rev. Richelle White, the creator of a comprehensive mentoring program for African American girls ages 8-18 that ran f
Despite the fact that Episcopalians are among the best-educated Christian groups in the United States, they also rank among the least biblically literate denomination. The author maintains “we can do
