Publication Date: 2009
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Transformation Study Series
This DVD contains a series of five Bible Studies for your use in a series of session meetings, or a retreat, or a series of meetings with a Long Range Planning or Visioning Committee, or in any other way that seems appropriate to your setting. The intention is that each session might take your group…
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Nourish: Food + Community
With beautiful visuals and engaging stories, Nourish explores the provocative question: What’s the story of your food? By providing a “big picture” view of our food system, Nourish reveals the many ways that food connects to our environment, our health and our communities. Most importantly, Nourish offers specific action steps that viewers can take to…
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Dirt! The Movie
A look at man’s relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color –everything needed for our survival. For most of the last ten thousand years we humans understood our intimate bond with dirt and the rest of nature. We took care of the soils that took care…
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A Social Creed for the 21st Century
This booklet provides Biblical, theological and historical background as well as current application ideas for each of the Social Creed affirmations. It also has questions for discussion.
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Stepping Out in Faith
This resource tells the stories of nine smaller membership congregations that have stepped out in faith and experienced transformation. These congregations demonstrate that change is possible even with limited resources and support. Spiritual discernment, changing demographics, pastoral leadership, and church building issues are all addressed. Discussion questions follow each story and the resource concludes with…
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2009 Children’s Mission Yearbook For Prayer & Study
Weekly information, activities, scripture, and prayer focusing on the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the United States and around the world.
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Call to Worship: Beauty, Justice, and Liturgy
Volume 42, Issue #3. Features/Authors are listed, Columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken v Inspector Brunetti’s Dilemma Torvend, Samuel 1 Liturgy for the Meantime Smith, Ted 6 Violence, Beauty, and the Eucharist Hotz, Kendra G.; Mathews, Matthew T. 15 The Work of Our Hands: Walking Toward the Cross with Jesus Sokolove, Deborah 25 Three Good…
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Call to Worship: Year C
Volume 43, Issue #1. Features/Authors are listed, Columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken v Seeing the World through Scripture-colored Glasses Flemming, Matthew 1 The Work of Our Hands: Reframing the Framer Rider, Kelly 9 Calvin as Liturgical Theologian Moore-Keish, Martha 17 The Reform of Church Prayers Gambrell, David 26 New Songs of Celebration Render Morgan,…
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Rich Before We Were Born
The late ecumenical theologian Lukas Vischer recovers Calvin’s comprehensive appreciation for the goodness of God’s creation, and provides a timely resource for contemporary stewardship of all of life.
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Discerning Your Call And Your Gifts For Ministry
From the Foreward: In the past two decades since the Preparation for Ministry process was formalized in the Book of Order, there have been significant changes in society and in the church. We now have more women in seminary than men. More than two thirds of our inquirers and candidates are second or third career…
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Growing Healthy Churches
From the Introduction: Growing Healthy Churches is the fifth volume in a continuing series produced by the Board of Pensions. Like its predecessor volumes, this resource is dedicated to supporting healthy ministers and ministry across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) […] […]  This fifth volume focuses on how the church might “grow.†It is well known that since the…
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Here is the Church, Here is the Tall Steeple, Look Inside and …?
Explores the challenges of declining membership and generational gaps.