Lighting candles is joyful. Playing outside is joyful. Singing holiday songs is joyful. Learning new traditions is joyful. Whether it's celebrating a holiday, sharing a meal, or learning new things, The Joyful Book inspires readers of all ages to spread the joy near and far, to loved ones and friends. With his renowned blend of warmth, humor, and heart, Todd Parr encourages young readers to look for ways that joy surrounds them in some of the world's most widely celebrated holidays, from Hanukkah to Kwanzaa to Lunar New Year.
Life crises can throw you into a tail-spin—a lost job, a failed relationship, a struggling business, a financial mess. Where do you start? How do you pull it together? How do you begin again? Tom Holladay experienced a catastrophe first-hand when a sudden flood in California destroyed his home, his church, and the homes of many church members. Tom and his congregation had to rebuild, and they used the principles in the book of Nehemiah to get back on their feet. Now a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, Tom will help you discover seven principles for putting it together again that will give you the direction you need to get rolling on that fresh start. Holladay will walk you through seeing every problem as an opportunity, facing the obstacles head on and taking your first step, knowing how to expect and reject opposition, build on your success, and dedicating yourself to the One who rebuilds our souls. The task of starting again can seem impossible. And sometimes you just need to rebuild your confidence and regain a sense of purpose. If you’re trying to find the emotional energy, but you just don’t have it in you, let Holladay encourage you. He understands how difficult and rewarding the business of rebuilding is. This book is your encouraging how-to guide to starting again and stepping into a better future.
Cushnir demystifies the concept of living in the present moment and offers 100 easy, specific practices designed to bring awareness to one's thoughts and actions. 24 color photos.
Churches are provided with the resources they need to liven up any Christmas event. Each reproducible book contains a wealth of plays, poems, and skits designed for any size church.
Christmas is a special time of the year. The carols especially bring people together. Every professional singer releases a Christmas album and stand-bys are featured in most albums. This book looks at carols old and new and meditates on the words of each carol. The emphasis is on the baby in Bethlehem's manger, the baby who came to redeem us from our sin. It also includes the four songs of Christmas--Mary's Song, Zechariah's Song, the Song of the Angels, and the Song of Simeon. These carols and meditations are part of the "To Hymn" series.
How can the celebration of Holy Communion add depth and meaning to your church's Sunday worship? What would transform the Lord's Supper in your congregation from a routine ritual into a vital, dynamic experience? In Seasons of Communion, Paul Escamilla leads you through a process of discovering the rich and vibrant possibilities for sharing the Eucharist in worship through the seasons of the year. Seasons of Communion provides hands-on, practical tolls for deepening and enriching the celebration of the Lord's Supper in your local church setting, guiding pastor, Sunday school class, or planning group through studying or planning worship for each season of the year. Your congregation will be invited to experience the joy and power of the sacrament in new ways as you utilize this workbook either as a simple, stimulating study-discussion guide or in planning and sharing actual services of Holy Communion. An ideal workbook for pastors, music directors, Christian educators, worship committees, and others who plan worship; also an easy-to-use study guide for adult Sunday school classes and other study groups wanting to explore and discuss the Christian year and the sacrament we call Holy Communion.
The SCM Studyguide: Liturgy, 2nd Edition is an introduction to liturgy that considers the basic 'buliding blocks' needed to grasp the subject area. It outlines the essential shape and content of Christian worship and explores a range of liturgical dynamics of which both students of liturgy and leaders of liturgy need to be aware. This 2nd edition of the popular Studyguide is fully revised, updated and expanded. The book takes account of new developments in scholarship, engages with new contexts for liturgical celebration (notably, fresh expressions as part of a mixed economy of church), encompasses recent revisions in liturgy and seeks to broaden the engagement beyond the British context to consider the wider global context.
