Lenten Worship for Young Adults


Book Description

Each of these six worship services includes a meditation of about fifteen minutes, as well as prayers, suggested hymns, and responsive readings. - A service based on the Seven Last Words - A call to service - An evening service for Lent - A service based on theological ideas - A service based on Baptism - A service based on Holy Communion No formal rehearsal is required and each service involves between four and seven participants. Ellery Lane, a Methodist pastor, in addition to authoring numerous publications for worship, preaching, and youth programs has served as a counselor and chaplain.







The Grace of Les Miserables


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Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is a truly epic story. Whether you’ve tackled the 1,400-page 19thcentury novel, witnessed the Broadway musical (and memorized its soundtrack), or seen the several screen adaptations of it, you already know the power of its story. In the six-week study The Grace of Les Misérables, author and pastor Matt Rawle dives into six ideals found in the story—grace, justice, poverty, revolution, love, and hope—each represented by a character in Hugo’s story. As these imperfect and relatable characters interact, we can see how these ideals work together (perhaps even in spite of each other) out in the world. In keeping with his previous works, Matt Rawle brings us to the intersection of Church and Pop Culture by drawing parallels between the iconic story and musical and our Christian calling, inspiring us to both understand our faith and live it out in the world. A DVD, Leader Guide, youth resources, and Worship Resource Flash Drive are also available for a six-week study.




Lent in Plain Sight


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God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear Gods quiet voice. In this devotion for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus final days. Each week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture, prayer, and reflection. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Lent in Plain Sight reminds Christians to open ourselves to the kingdom of God.




Common Worship: Times and Seasons President's Edition


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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 Companion to the Book of Common Worship


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Published during the tenth anniversary of the Book of Common Worship (1993), The Companion to the Book of Common Worship is a practical guide, answering questions such as how do I use the Book of Common Worship to its fullest advantage? and how can the Book of Common Worship form a congregation into a community that glorifies and enjoys God?




Isaiah 40-55


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Isaiah 40 55 contains some of the best-known, most-cherished, and theologically significant texts in the Bible. Isaiah 40 55 provides us with the vocabulary and conceptual framework to understand the nature and purpose of the Father s mission in and through his Son, Jesus, with the Spirit.




Young Children and Worship


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The authors have devised an exciting way to introduce three- to - seven year olds to the wonder of worship. Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God's name; proclaim, give thanks to and go in God's name.




The Lenten Spring


Book Description

Forty meditations on Great Lent based on liturgical, scriptural and patristic texts.