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Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Published: 2004-05
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781574556438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe resources in this parish guide offer practical guidance for building more welcoming and inclusive parishes. Contains copies of published documents and related resources.
Author: Matthew Soerens
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2018-07-03
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0830885552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.
Author: Patrick R. Keifert
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781451415506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an astute rethinking of theology and pastoral ministry that overcomes sentimental notions of hospitality.
Author: Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781574553758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for both ordained and lay ministers at the diocesan and parish levels, this document challenges us to prepare to receive newcomers with a genuine spirit of welcome.
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 1462765467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost church members don't see their churches clearly. In almost all of Thom S. Rainer's consultations, church members perceive their church to be friendly. But as he surveyed guests, he found that the guests typically saw church members as unfriendly. The perception chasm existed because the members were indeed friendly . . . to one another. The guests felt like they crashed a private party. Bestselling author Thom Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has a game plan for churches to become more hospitable. In a format that is suitable for church members to read individually or study together, Rainer guides readers toward a practical framework for making a difference for those who visit their church. Churches may use Becoming a Welcoming Church to assess and audit where they are on a spectrum between welcoming and wanting. Additionally, churches can use the companion book We Want You Here to send guests home with a compelling vision for what pastors want every guest to know when they visit.
Author: Thomas East
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781585957323
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Author: Richard Beck
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017-10-18
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1506438415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccessible, challenging, funny, and one of the best reads on how to love others in any situation. Love and hospitality can change the way you see the world and others. That's exactly what modern-day theologian, Richard Beck, experienced when he first led a Bible study at a local maximum security prison. Beck believed the promise of Matthew 25 that states when we visit the prisoner, we encounter Jesus. Sure enough, God met Beck in prison. With his signature combination of biblical reflection, theological reasoning, and psychological insight, Beck shows how God always meets us when we entertain the marginalized, the oppressed, and the refugee. Stories from Beck's own life illustrate this truth -- God comes to him in the poor, the crippled, the smelly. Psychological experiments show how we are predisposed to appreciate those who are similar to us and avoid those who are unlike us. The call of the gospel, however, is to override those impulses with compassion, to "widen the circle of our affection." In the end, Beck turns to the Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux for guidance in doing even the smallest acts with kindness, and he lays out a path that any of us can follow.
Author: Reau Campbell
Publisher:
Published: 1895
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephanie Spellers
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2021-03-17
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1640654259
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history." — The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry Sometimes it takes disruption and loss to break us open and call us home to God. It’s not surprising that a global pandemic and once-in-a-generation reckoning with white supremacy—on top of decades of systemic decline—have spurred Christians everywhere to ask who we are, why God placed us here and what difference that makes to the world. In this critical yet loving book, the author explores the American story and the Episcopal story in order to find out how communities steeped in racism, establishment, and privilege can at last fall in love with Jesus, walk humbly with the most vulnerable and embody beloved community in our own broken but beautiful way. The Church Cracked Open invites us to surrender privilege and redefine church, not just for the sake of others, but for our own salvation and liberation.
Author: Brett C. Hoover
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2014-08-15
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1479854395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes parish life in a smallish midwestern town where the one Catholic parish accommodates two distinct cultural groups: recent Spanish speaking immigrants mostly from Mexican and English-speaking natives of mostly German or Irish descent. Discusses the strategies for interaction between the two groups: separate services in English in Spanish, but use of the same facilities that requires some degree of cooperation and mutual acculturation.
