Church Publishing: 819 books
Parables, Prayers, & Promises
Daily Devotions on Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
PREFACE: A few years ago somebody asked me how I could be so sure of my love for Jesus, a historical figure whom I can never meet. I had a really hard time answering this question in a way that did not sound fanciful and cliché. My love grew and deepened out of a relationship, and that relationship...
Celebrating the Eucharist
A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In this first new Eucharistic customary in nearly 20 years, Patrick Malloy, an Episcopal priest and liturgical scholar, presents a clear, illustrated guide for the presider and other leaders of the liturgy, contemporary in approach but based on ancient and classic principles of celebration. Like its...
Loonie
Crazy Talk about Faith and Finances
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The relentless pull to buy more stuff, our love/hate relationship with money, and the disconnect between how we spend our time and money and what makes life meaningful—LOONIE covers these topics and more using humour and a chatty style
Worship in the City
Prayers and Songs for Urban Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Chosen to reflect the urban context, Worship in the City’s rich collection of prayers and songs shows that in its diversity and creativity, the city can offer an environment that is good for the soul.
A Good Ending
A Compassionate Guide to Funerals, Pastoral Care, and Life Celebrations
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Wow, that was a good funeral. Comments like this are not an accident but the result of care and planning, contends David Sparks in A Good Ending. This practical book gives advice and ideas for every step along the way, from supporting the dying person, to planning a funeral, life celebration, or memorial,...
by Byron D. Stuhlman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
A liturgical manual that discusses each service of the Church according to shape, theology, past practice, and varieties of local expression. The book contains helpful material not only for clergy and worship committees, but also for church musicians.
The Vestry Handbook
Third Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Vestry Handbook was first published in 1988 and a revised edition was published in 2000. Over that span of time it has sold nearly 90,000 copies and continues to sell well each year. Inevitably, such a working guidebook becomes out of date if not revised at regular intervals. The Canons of the...
Music and Vital Congregations
A Practical Guide for Clergy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Congregations that are alive and vibrant have vital music programs. How did they get that way? There are sensible and practical steps to develop such a program which begins with a clear vision of the end product. This new book addresses the many interrelated issues of defining and embracing the leadership...
Faithful Celebrations
Making Time for God from Mardi Gras through Pentecost
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
• Experiential activities for celebrating secular and sacred seasons of the year • For use in churches, schools, camps, at home Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together—at church, at home, in our communities. Holidays and family events are times for celebration,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
While this one-volume guide is especially useful for Christian educators, showing them how to teach week by- week according to the ethos and tradition of the Episcopal Church, it also provides a valuable and useful reference tool for all church leaders and members in connecting Christian faith to...
Faithful Celebrations
Making Time for God from Advent through Epiphany
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together – at church, at home, in our communities. Holidays and family events are times for celebration, learning, rituals, food, and fun. This edition of Faithful Celebrations focuses on Advent, the Annunciation, Our Lady of Guadalupe,...
Faithful Celebrations
Making Time with Family and Friends
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
• Add meaning to family celebrations and create new ones • Multiple resources for church, home, and community celebrations • Multi-generational Holidays and family events are times for celebration, learning, rituals, food, and fun. This edition of Faithful Celebrations focuses on the months...
A Priest's Handbook
The Ceremonies of the Church, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
The definitive reference work that simplifies liturgical officiating and celebrating of the rites of the Episcopal Church. A Priest's Handbook explains the appropriate use of vestments, color, altar preparation, as well as gestures and movements during the various services. It also explores the particular...
In the Company of Christ
A Pilgrimage through Holy Week
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
With In the Company Christ, Sister Benedicta Ward, a church historian, guides us through the history of Christian procession. Through the practice of pilgrimage we live the resurrection, and join a wide Christian community. Pilgrimage is a way into the eternal Jerusalem, a way into the Gospel. Over...