Seven Simple Steps to Green Your Church
Seven Simple Steps to Green Your Church

Author: Rebekah Simon-Peter

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 142672442X

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You’re concerned about care of Creation, and you want to help. Start by greening your church! This little handbook takes you, step by step, through the process of making your church more environmentally friendly. Areas of focus include: The Resurrected Life: Recycling Let There Be Light: Lighting Praise the Lord: Worship Jesus Saves: Electricity and Energy Efficiency To Everything There is a Season: Heating and Cooling The Wells of Salvation: Water Train Up a Child: Christian Education What Would Jesus Drive: Vehicles and Travel Bread of Life: The Kitchen Gifts of Administration: The Office Go and Do Likewise: Missions The Gardener of Eden: Grounds Rebekah Simon-Peter, an ordained United Methodist pastor with a degree in Environmental Studies, worked as an acid rain researcher and volunteer naturalist before receiving her call to ministry. After more than a decade of pastoring churches, she is now a sought-after presenter, sharing the “green” gospel with churches, interfaith groups, and community groups. She lives in Rawlins, Wyoming, where she is the director of BridgeWorks, a ministry that specializes in building bridges of understanding.

7 Simple Steps to Green Your Church
7 Simple Steps to Green Your Church

Author: Rebekah Simon-Peter

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1426702930

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You are concerned about the care of creation, and you want to help. Take a year and green your church! Here you will find step by step approach to greening your church. You will gain insight and inspiration from the people in the book who are succeeding in developing a creation consciousness in their congregations. Develop one in yours, too. Includes examples of sustainability in the scriptures, challenges at home, and success stories from a variety of denominations. Order today and help your congregation take its first steps toward being a Green Church. "I can't imagine a church of any size that will not benefit from using this book. It is lively, easy to read, and wonderfully practical. Get it and use it!" J. Ellsworth Kalas, author of Parables From the Back Side To help your congregation understand more about what it means to be a green church and to live green from a theological perspective check out the Green Church resources from Rebekah Simon-Peter and for all age levels.

Organix
Organix

Author: Bob Whitesel

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1426740824

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Does your leadership style fit new ways of doing church--leadership that is organic and elastic and that finds ways to seize God-given opportunities? Looking back and drawing on the ancient Christian tradition, Bob Whitesel describes seven traitsfor successful leadership, which he characterizes by seven symbols: O (the Greek symbol theta) - the first letter of the Greek word theos stresses that God is the source of the burden for others and provides the power to help them. Rx (the medical prescription symbol) - an emphasis on addressing the spiritual and physical health of leaders. G (a stylized "G" for "graffiti")- the edgy, colorful, and artful collages that help define contemporary organizations. A (inspired by the recycle symbol) - the idea of recycling places, experiences and people rather than discarding them. N - emerging networks that connect people more quickly, efficiently, precisely and continuously. I - an emphasis on "incarnation", a going "in the flesh" to serve others rather than sending surrogates. X (the Jerusalem cross with a number in each quadrant) - four types of measurement observed in Jerusalem (Acts 2:42-47), which at their core point to Christ's work on the cross. Taken together, thesesymbols spell out the word "organix" and represent a fundamentally new way tothink about your church and how you can best lead.

Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom
Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom

Author: Gerry Spence

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-11-16

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780312303112

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Offers a guide to personal freedom, urging readers to recognize the slave within, recapture the perfect self, and cultivate an irreligious attitude.

Green Church
Green Church

Author: Rebekah Simon-Peter

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1426726333

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“God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.” -Genesis 1:31 Climate change is in the news. But what does it mean for Christians, and how can they help? Green Church answers these questions in ways that are both hopeful and engaging. Citing Scripture and science, Rebekah Simon-Peter weaves in personal stories of Sabbath, gardening, recycling, camping, and the power of faith. She challenges us to consider our role in the care of Creation and to help save the earth for future generations. For a webinar on how to use the Green Church family of products, visit www.webinars.cokesbury.com Become a fan at www.Facebook.com/GreenChurch

There's Hope for Your Church
There's Hope for Your Church

Author: Gary McIntosh

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0801014069

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Veteran church consultant calls church leaders back to the hope that God can and does restore churches, equipping them with practical tools to bring about healthy growth.

When Your Church Feels Stuck
When Your Church Feels Stuck

Author: Chris Sonksen

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1493407805

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Every pastor wants their church to grow, but the reality is that most churches are stagnant or shrinking, leaving most pastors frustrated, weary, and discouraged. They continue to search for answers at conferences, in books, and on websites, but they don't find them. They don't realize that the answers that can actually make a difference in their ministry are the ones they need to give themselves. When Your Church Feels Stuck poses seven unavoidable questions church leaders must answer before they can chart the unique path to growth for their church. These challenging questions address the key subjects of mission, strategy, values, metrics, team alignment, culture, and services, and the way pastors answers these questions will help them discover the real reasons their churches are stuck--and what steps to take to facilitate real growth.

The Jew Named Jesus
The Jew Named Jesus

Author: Rebekah Simon-Peter

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1426774532

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Author Rebekah Simon-Peter says "Jesus was born a Jew, raised a Jew, lived a Jew, died a Jew, and resurrected a Jew. He was no backsliding Jew, but an observant Jew. He honored and observed the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays. But most of all, he honored and observed the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, or what we call the Old Testament . . . How could he do anything but love his own people? I believe it’s important for the church to own that and to claim it proudly. Jesus was Jewish—through and through. Why is that important? I believe how we see, name, and claim Jesus has everything to do with how we see, name, and claim each other." Simon-Peter, an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, was born and raised a Jew, first Reform, then later Orthodox. She challenges Christians to rethink Jesus’ identity as a Jew, and in the process, to consider ways traditional Christian theology has contributed to anti-semitism. How can we continue to heal the breaches between Jews and Christians? How can the biblical texts enrich our understanding of Jesus as a practicing Jew? How can our Christian faith deepen and grow as we consider ways to respect Jesus’ identity as a faithful Jew?

The Unstuck Church
The Unstuck Church

Author: Tony Morgan

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0718094476

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Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.

Faithful Presence
Faithful Presence

Author: David E. Fitch

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0830899413

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How can the church engage the world, not by judgment nor accommodation but by becoming the good news in our culture? Offering seven distinct spiritual practices, David Fitch helps you re-envision church, what you do in the name of church, and the way you lead a church. Reimagine the church as the living embodiment of Christ, reflecting God's faithful presence to a desperate world.