Church Publishing Inc : 785 books
Your Living Compass
Living Well in Thought, Word, and Deed
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
• Structured holistic wellness program for individuals and groups based on a highly successful retreat model developed by priest-psychotherapist • Builds on the national network of Living Compass workshops, presentations, and publications, and soon, the 14-room Nicholas Center, a faith and wellness...
Voicing the Vision
Imagination and Prophetic Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
For more than a decade popular homiletics professor Linda Clader has been helping her students become attentive to how the Holy Spirit is speaking to them, and eventually through them to the congregation. In Voicing the Vision she shares her ideas about what preachers can do to be open and receptive...
Teaching Faith with Harry Potter
A Guidebook for Parents and Educators for Multigenerational Faith Formation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
J. K. Rowling was less obvious than C. S. Lewis or J. R. R. Tolkien in her grounding of the Harry Potter series in deeply held Christian convictions, leaving many with a strong sense that these stories are spiritual lessons but not sure how to flesh out these theological ideas for teaching, parenting,...
Our One Word
Creating Spiritual Joy and Depth
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018
• Author of best-selling book Love Feast • Chapters contain questions for group discussion and/or personal contemplation • Perfect for a Lenten practice that easily fits even a busy lifestyle Women live uniquely demanding lives as providers, managers, caretakers, and, amidst those many roles,...
Wisdom Walking
Pilgrimage as a Way of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
"Everyone has taken a pilgrimage,” says author Gil Stafford “Some pilgrimages are intentional: I walked across Ireland. Some are unintentional: I walked my mother through the final days of her life. Life is a pilgrimage. But, do we walk intentionally, embracing the transformational process?”...
Calling Clergy
A Spiritual and Practical Guide through the Search Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
The author has extensive experience as deployment officer in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. This book includes guidelines for preparation of parish profile and the work of the calling committee. The web-based appendix includes sample letters, questionnaire templates, a calendar wizard for meeting...
Praying Shapes Believing
A Theological Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer - Revised Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
• Revised anniversary edition and next entry in the Weil Series in Liturgics • Well-known book; well-respected authors • Timely, as The Episcopal Church considers the shape that prayer book revision may take 2015 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Lee Mitchell’s great standard work on the...
Dearly Beloved
Navigating Your Church Wedding
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
A down-to-earth yet spiritually grounded guide that helps couples of all ages to sort out their financial, social, familial, and religious priorities with an experienced priest before their relatives and wedding planners take over. Perceptively and with a light touch, MacBeth covers: Why have a church...
How to Hit the Ground Running
A Quick-Start Guide for Congregations with New Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The quick-start program described in this book is designed for the new rector or pastor who wants to "hit the ground running." It is also designed for principal lay leaders who will be instrumental in the transition to new leadership. The program takes the new pastor, vestry, or other leadership...
In the Shadows of Holy Week
The Office of Tenebrae
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
This helpful volume gives all necessary directions about how to do the Office of Tenebrae in the parish according to the form set forth in The Book of Occasional Services. This paperback book contains Antiphons and Psalms set to psalm tones, printed in a large format with permission to copy for congregational use.
Taking the Plunge
Baptism and Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
You’ve chosen the godparents, dressed the baby in yards of white, and headed to church for the christening. Now what? What does the sacrament of baptism mean in your child’s life – and yours? In Taking the Plunge, parents explore how the Baptismal Covenant helps to shape the experience of raising...
by Marion J. Hatchett
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This excellent planning resource contains complete listings of hymn choices from The Hymnal 1982 for all Sundays and Holy Days in the three-year Eucharistic lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer, together with hymns appropriate for Morning and Evening Prayer for everyday of the Prayer Book's daily...
by Sarah Goodyear, Ed Weissman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The Episcopal Church's rituals and foibles, character and characters, beauty and liturgy - seventeen syllables at a time. Stand, sit, kneel, stand, kneel:?It's quite a good workout for?a Sunday morning. Blessing animals?is a joyous day at church.?Who has ugly pets? - and many more! Episcopal Haiku will delight Episcopalians with its humor and universally recognizable situations.
When the Bishop Comes to Visit
An Activity Book for All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
• For use by churches during a bishop’s visitations • A resource guide for educators, parents, and families • For audiences who have enjoyed Anne Kitch’s “What We Do in Church” books A bishop comes to visit a congregation for many reasons—a parish celebration, baptism, confirmation,...