All Saint's Day Worship Experience

All Saint's Day Worship Experience

Author: Steve Baney, M. Div.

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-10-24

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1300335084

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All Saints Day is traditionally celebrated on November 1 or the following Sunday to remember and honor those who have died and gone to heaven. This worship experience is designed as a large group gathering or as an open-house. Worshippers progress individually through seven stations, each designed to engage with an additional aspect of death and heaven. Station topics include A video sharing the story of a friend's death (optional) God's presence in tragedy Return from death Burdens and wounds Our limited perspective The valley of the shadow of death Burial as a beginning Remembering those who have died Included in this text are the complete instructions for setting up each station, as well as a list of additional supplies you will need (such as a piece of foil, etc.). You'll also find instructions to be copied and placed at each station, explaining to worshippers how to experience each element of worship.


How Great a Flame!

How Great a Flame!

Author: James C. Logan

Publisher:

Published: 2005-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780881774726

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Logan connects the passion of the historical figure, John Wesley, to reach out to people with the good news of Jesus Christ with the current realities of the church. In the challenges of a time when people seek spirituality and yet, dismiss the church as not spiritual, Logan dispels this notion and shows how grace and concepts of societies invite others into deeper relationships with God. In describing current church problems, Logan offers practical prescriptions for healthy congregational ministries in outreach and evangelism.


Common Worship: Times and Seasons President's Edition

Common Worship: Times and Seasons President's Edition

Author: Common Worship

Publisher: Canterbury Press

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 0715122436

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This revised, expanded edition of the Common Worship President’s Edition contains everything to celebrate Holy Communion Order One throughout the church year. It combines relevant material from the original President’s Edition with Eucharistic material from Times and Seasons, Festivals and Pastoral Services, and the Additional Collects.


The Liturgy of Life

The Liturgy of Life

Author: Ricky Manalo

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2014-12-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0814663338

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Everyday worship practices—from praying the rosary to moments of recognizing the beauty of God's creation, from being moved by the power of music to praying Vespers on an iPad—not only take place at different locations and during different days of the week but also dynamically interact with one another. The Liturgy of Life examines the interrelationship between the practice of Sunday Eucharist and the many nonofficial worship practices that mark the everyday lives of Christians who continually negotiate the boundaries of official teaching on liturgy. Drawing on the writings of theologians and sociologists of lived religion and data from an ethnographic research project, this timely work stretches the contextual horizon of liturgical scholarship and presents a provocative and dynamic paradigm of Christian worship for the twenty-first century.


Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018

Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018

Author:

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1640652353

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Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.


The Making of an Ordinary Saint

The Making of an Ordinary Saint

Author: Richard Foster

Publisher: Monarch Books

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0857216538

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Nathan Foster has lived with the spiritual disciplines all his life, but has had to find his own unique path. As he sought - sometimes rebelliously - to develop habits that would enable him to live more like Jesus, he encountered problems both personal and universal. Gradually he discovered creative new ways to practice disciplines such as fasting, meditation and simplicity, to live as Jesus lived. With a foreword from Nathan's father Richard, who provides a fresh introduction to each of the disciplines, The Making of an Ordinary Saint invites us to be formed into the likeness of Christ's character.


Common Worship

Common Worship

Author: Church of England

Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13: 9780715120002

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The Common Worship Main Volume is the primary worship and service book for the Church of England. It contains material used on Sundays by most churches: a variety of Communion services and non-eucharistic forms of worship, as well as the basic Baptism service and the Psalms. Full contents: The Declaration of Assent The Calendar A Service of the Word Morning and Evening Prayer on Sunday Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer Night Prayer (Compline) Night Prayer (Compline) in Traditional Language Prayers for Various Occasions The Litany The Litany from the Book of Common Prayer Authorized Forms of Confession and Absolution Creeds and Authorized Affirmations of Faith Holy Communion including A Form of Preparation, Order One, Order One in Traditional Language, Order Two, Order Two in Contemporary Language, Supplementary Texts, Seasonal Provisions Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child Holy Baptism Collects and Post Communions Collects and Post Communions in Traditional Language Rules Lectionary The Psalter Canticles


Our Membership Vows in the United Methodist Church

Our Membership Vows in the United Methodist Church

Author: Mark Stamm

Publisher: Upper Room Books

Published: 2015-05-04

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0881777706

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A resource for both newcomers to the United Methodist Church and those who have been members for decades, Our Membership Vows is a wonderful reflection on the vows each member takes upon joining the church. Members make covenant to uphold the vows, and each one is discussed in this easy-to-read booklet. A great gift idea for churches to give to new members.