A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions
A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions

Author: Keith Willhite

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0825446651

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastor Weddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform. Written with the needs of the busy pastor in mind, this popular and newly updated handbook includes everything necessary to conduct a variety of weddings and funerals, along with other common events such as Communion, baptisms, dedications, and ordinations. Helpful aids for weddings include services, vow renewals, messages, prayers, guidelines for vows, information on marriage laws, and, new in this edition, a service and message for second marriages. Guidance for funerals covers orders of service, quotations and reflections, and eulogies for a variety of circumstances, incorporating those with evangelistic appeal, untimely deaths, and suicide. New to this edition are funerals for service members, victims of violence, accidental deaths, cancer, and community tragedies. Additional new resources include blessing services for a home or special event and guidance for speaking at fraternal organizations. Pastors of all denominations will benefit from the services, advice, and resources in this sought-after handbook.

A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions
A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions

Author: Aubrey Malphurs

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0825477026

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastor Weddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform. Written with the needs of the busy pastor in mind, this popular and newly updated handbook includes everything necessary to conduct a variety of weddings and funerals, along with other common events such as Communion, baptisms, dedications, and ordinations. Helpful aids for weddings include services, vow renewals, messages, prayers, guidelines for vows, information on marriage laws, and, new in this edition, a service and message for second marriages. Guidance for funerals covers orders of service, quotations and reflections, and eulogies for a variety of circumstances, incorporating those with evangelistic appeal, untimely deaths, and suicide. New to this edition are funerals for service members, victims of violence, accidental deaths, cancer, and community tragedies. Additional new resources include blessing services for a home or special event and guidance for speaking at fraternal organizations. Pastors of all denominations will benefit from the services, advice, and resources in this sought-after handbook.

Minister's Service Manual for Contemporary Church Celebrations
Minister's Service Manual for Contemporary Church Celebrations

Author: Jerald J. Daffe

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 9780871486202

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An aid for ministers and worship leaders responsbile for administering church ordinances and guiding church celebrations. It contains traditional and innovative services for marriages, funerals, dedications and other special occasions. It is an invaluable tool for experienced and developing ministers.

The Special Service Worship Architect
The Special Service Worship Architect

Author: Constance M. Cherry

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1441242872

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book takes the principles found in Constance Cherry's successful The Worship Architect--in which she provided dynamic blueprints for designing worship services--and applies them to special services in the life of the church. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, offers theological reflection, practical guidance, and suggested resources to help worship leaders and ministry students in training to create meaningful special services related to the sacraments, life passages, and other occasions. Cherry sets forth a process concerning worship design for special services and demonstrates how this process is conducive to virtually any style of worship practiced today in a myriad of Christian communities. She includes a model order for each service type, including weddings, funerals, baptisms, child dedications, Holy Communion, and more. The book not only explains what leaders do in order to preside at special services and how to do it, but also why they make certain choices. Each chapter includes discussion questions, practical exercises, and a basic glossary.

How to Make Big Decisions Wisely
How to Make Big Decisions Wisely

Author: Alan Ehler

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0310106516

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Our decisions determine our lives. Invest in a company that goes bankrupt and you lose your life savings. Say the wrong thing in an interview and you miss the job of the lifetime. Make no decisions and you miss every opportunity. In today's rapidly changing world, the cost of poor decisions (and no decisions) is higher than ever. In How to Make Good Decisions Wisely, author and scholar Alan Ehler lays out a clear approach to making big decisions based on the Bible and recent discoveries in neuroscience and decision science. He presents a simple, four-step process that can be followed to make any kind of decision, whether personal, professional, or relational. Making big decisions can rewrite lives, careers, families, churches, and businesses. A lot is at stake. Learn how to choose well.

Leading Leaders
Leading Leaders

Author: Aubrey Malphurs

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0801091780

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How can well-meaning but sometimes ill-prepared laypeople guide the path of a church body? A leadership expert provides the secret, which lies in offering effective, practical training.

Advanced Strategic Planning
Advanced Strategic Planning

Author: Aubrey Malphurs

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0801091810

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Now it its second edition, this helpful guide offers a nine-step strategic thinking and acting model and numerous useful ideas for equipping a church to carry out its mission.

Minister's Service Manual
Minister's Service Manual

Author: Samuel Ward Hutton

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2003-10

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0801091667

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An essential tool for pastors of any denomination on how to prepare for worship services, weddings, funerals, benedictions, dedications, baptisms, and more.