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Lay Pastoral Care Giving
Tim M. Farabaugh
A distinguished historian, academic and occasional evangelist I know was hushed by his stunned wife after he said to a friend he was visiting in the hospital, "I hope you don't die." A sentiment delivered sincerely but oh-so-awkwardly.
Expressing care to someone in need—whether within the community of faith or beyond—may seem the most natural thing in the world. For some, it is; for others, it's less so. All can improve.
Learn to reach out with God's love and care for others as outlined in th...
Extending the Table
A Guide for a Ministry of Home Communion Serving
Mark Stamm
"Who is missing?" Mark Stamm says this is a quesion the church should ask every time its members gather around the Lord's Table.
Participation in the Lord's Supper is not a ritual action we perform as isolated individuals, Stamm points out. Instead, we partake of the sacrament with the whole church in mind, even those who cannot attend.
In Extending the Table Stamm
discusses historical, theological, and pastoral questions about home Communion
demonstrates the central role Communion has play...
The Africana Worship Book (Year C)
Safiyah Fosua, Valerie Bridgeman Davis
Completing the series, The Africana Worship Book (Year C) offers the same diversity as the 2 other volumes with all new material from new voices.
Safe Sanctuaries
Reducing the Risk of Abuse in the Church for Children and Youth
Joy Thornburg Melton
The Only Resource of Its Kind Is Now Two Bestsellers in One!
Tragically, churches have not always been safe places for children or youth or vulnerable adults.
With this in mind, attorney, pastor, and author Melton outlines a process for developing policies and procedures to recognize and reduce the risk of abuse in the church. Safe Sanctuaries combines and expands information from two of her earlier groundbreaking books, which focused, separately, on children and teens.
"Safe Sanctuaries is t...
Mainline or Methodist?
Rediscovering Our Evangelistic Mission
Scott Kisker
Where do we go from here?
The dynamic history and identity of the United Methodist Church is lost among the pluralistic landscape in America today.
As a living organism, the church can expect to evolve with the culture that surrounds it. The problem, according to lifelong member and author Scott Kisker, is that the United Methodist Church seems to have lost its missional foundation as it climbed to mainline American Protestant church status.
Trying to be both mainline and Methodist is a dead...
Aging and Ministry in the 21st Century
An Inquiry Approach
Richard H. Gentzler Jr.
The church is in the hands of its elders. While the popular perception is that the aged are needy and infirm, Gentzler affirms that the majority of older adults have plenty to give. The church needs to tap into their wisdom, energy, experience, and talents.
Gentzler stresses that older adult ministries need to be by and with elders as well as for them, since participants will represent all stages of retirement and activity levels.
In addition to the practical issues of programming, Gentzler t...
Fear Not
Learning from Your Cancer
Judy Gattis Smith
Though cancer is a devastating experience, it can be a time of personal growth and self-understanding. With a wise heart gained from her own experience with cancer, Judy Gattis Smith guides cancer survivors to work through such questions as:
Why me?
How have my priorities changed because of my diagnosis?
Where is God in what is happening?
How do I find inspiration and daily strength to deal with my cancer?
Fear Not is a guided personal workbook that will help you work through the big ques...
A Year with John Wesley and Our Methodist Values
F. Douglas Powe Jr., Henry H. Knight III, Henry H. Knight, ...
Do we act, live, and breathe our faith? What do United Methodists believe? Do people notice a difference between the way United Methodists practice faith in the church and in the world? A Year with John Wesley and Our Methodist Values is an engaging and provocative study of the practices of discipleship that are of "the Methodist way." Brief scholarly reflections on Wesleyan themes are followed by short essays making recurring Wesley tenets timely and relevant to today's world. Covering on...
7 Myths of the United Methodist Church
Craig Kennet Miller
Sanctuaries that once were filled with 300 people of all ages now have only 30 in worship attendance. The youngest attending may be 60-something.
The nondenominational church meeting across town in former commercial property is growing as fast as it can add folding chairs. Some of your own members may be a part of that group.
Things have changed. But opportunities abound for the United Methodist Church and other mainline denominations.
7 Myths of the United Methodist Church looks at the attit...
Celebrating the Offering
Melvin Amerson, James Amerson
In a culture where it's easy to think of ourselves as self-made, we need a reminder that all blessings have been given to us by a generous God.
In many congregations, the offering happens without much forethought. We may even consider it a crass interruption to the spiritual flow of worship. But it's actually an important, biblical part of the service. It gives us a chance to focus on giving thanks and giving back to the God who has so generously given to us.
If you're looking to revitalize ...