Description: Ideal growth and development tool for small congregations in all mainline denominations Simple, clear exercises and techniques to help leaders and members pinpoint problems and claim and identify gifts and values of their shared history, in order to engage in a ministry of renewal, welcome, and growth Topics include: Relationships and Identity - understanding the starting point for rebuilding and outreach Grief and Healing - unpacking concerns that might be inhibiting growth Providing Safety and Security - engendering trust, beginning with leaders Inviting Growth - plans and exercises to cultivate invitation and inclusion of newcomers Understanding Gifts through Storytelling - helping leaders identify their future through variety of teaching and learning styles. View Bishop Gallaghers blog spot at mamabishop.blogspot.com
Description: If you have asked questions like: What happens when a bishop dies? What garments are appropriate for the bishops, overseers, elders, etc. of my ministry? What conduct is appropriate? then you certainly need The Bishopric in your library of references.
Description: This revised edition of the classic text on Episcopal Church history brings the story of the Church up-to-date with a new chapter on the 1990's. This new chapter pays special attention to the Church's renewal efforts, Presiding Bishop Browning's time in office, the issue of homosexuality, changing leadership dynamics, liturgical change, and Lambeth 1998.
Description: Intercession is an essential element of both public and private prayer. Using the Book of Common Prayer and the major elements of the Prayers of the People, Plater explains the construction of everyday litanies.
Description: Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.
