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Colour in and Wipe Off Again and Again!
£3.25
Caring for the Dying and Bereaved (New Librar...
£9.99
A Peckham Parable
£3.99
Putting promises into action
£7.99
Reaching Out to the Elderly and Isolated (Gro...
£3.95
Taking Care of the Preacher's Greatest Asset ...
£5.00
A gift for all the family
£4.99
Preaching Biblical Stories in Present Tense
£8.99
The Call of the Jericho Road (3rd ed.)
£6.99    £9.99
Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church
£14.99
Let's Go to Mass! (Aileen Urquhart)
An unusual and innovative, colourful book introducing young children to the Eucharist. This new edition contains the revised texts of the liturgy and is an ideal companion for children. The wipe-clean surface means that they can "use" the book each week afresh.
Colour in and Wipe Off Again and Again!
£3.25
Letting Go ( Ian Ainsworth-Smith & Peter Speck)
'Letting Go' holds a central place within the pastoral literature for carers of the dying or bereaved. Since publication of the first edition, research and new multi-professional approaches to care require more than ever that those in ministry develop a good grasp of current understanding and models of grief, while retaining their own identity as the 'holy person' within a secular setting.
Caring for the Dying and Bereaved (New Library of Pastoral Care)
£9.99
Living Outside the Box (Bob Hurley)
Talking about local history, this book features the church growth of All Saints Church, Peckham.
A Peckham Parable
£3.99
Living Your Confirmation ( Pete Maidment & Paul Butler)
A funkily designed confirmation gift book for the teenage market (11-16). Using the promises made in the confirmation service as a structure, this book focuses on keeping going as a Christian beyond the day itself.
Putting promises into action
£7.99
Loneliness (S. John Dawson & Pete Rugen )
While the western world enjoys greater life expectancies than ever before, a by-product of a breakdown in social structures is an increased rate of loneliness among the elderly. The church effectively has a mandate to care for vulnerable people- such as the lonely- in society. This sensitive study suggests that thanks to its community presence and mission to be totally inclusive of all, the local church is in a strong position to combat loneliness, reaching out to show the love of Jesus.
Reaching Out to the Elderly and Isolated (Grove Pastoral: P143)
£3.95
Look After Your Voice (Mike Mellor)
As a hammer is to a carpenter, a scalpel to a surgeon, a trowel to a brick mason or a needle to a tailor--so the voice is to a preacher. Man's voice is the primary means God uses to deliver His Word to mankind, yet how often we, who are called to impart the most important truths in the world, are apt to neglect, if not wilfully abuse our all-vital 'tool of the trade'. Can there be any more pitiful sight in all nature than a God-sent preacher who is forced to be silent? We are not thinking here, however, of a silence brought about by pressure from ungodly sources, but that which has been enforced because of the preacher's own negligence concerning his voice. Mike Mellor's goal is not to produce another speech book (of which a good number can be found, usually aimed at actors or singers) but that something of our high calling as God's spokesmen may be re-kindled and, as a consequence, our desire to care for the frail vehicle God has designed to convey his Word may be increased.
Taking Care of the Preacher's Greatest Asset (Ministering the Master's Way)
£5.00
Making the most of your child's baptism (Ally Barrett )
Making the Most of Your Child's Baptism is a short full colour guide for parents bringing their child for baptism in the Church of England. In this baptism guide you'll find a full explanation of the baptism service, its meaning and symbolism. Making the Most of Your Child's Baptism is ideal for anglican churches to gift to parents who ask for their children to be baptised. It follows the Common Worship Baptism service and is full colour throughout, making it attractive for parents and godparents as they prepare for their child's baptism. Aimed at those not familiar with church, Making the Most of Your Child's Baptism is structured around the service itself and includes questions to think about and follow up activities for parents, godparents and children.
A gift for all the family
£4.99
Marking Time (Barbara K. Lundblad)
The preacher is too often caught between biblical and contemporary time. Residing first in one, then in the other, the preacher must somehow find a way to bring the two times -- separate as they might seem -- together. The temptation of course is to capitulate to one side or the other of this tension. The preacher can reside solely in the biblical time, offering the congregation what amounts to weekly lectures on history and archeology, spiced up with the occasional moralistic conclusion. Or, setting up shop permanently in contemporary time, she or he can offer commentaries on society and culture that occasionally tip their hats in the direction of Scripture. A third way, contends Barbara Lundblad, lies in marking time, a way of allowing biblical time to speak to the contemporary world and vice versa. When the preacher marks time, he or she admits that there can be no one-to-one correspondence between the world of the text and the world of the congregation. Nevertheless, the preacher demonstrates that when the biblical text is let loose upon our day to day existence, it challenges and judges, redeems and sanctifies it, infusing it with new meaning. Likewise, contemporary situations, needs, and experiences open up new possibilities within Scripture, allowing the congregation to see truth in the text they had never before discovered there, allowing them to discern the leading of the Spirit through the text and into the present moment. In this volume, which grows out of Lundblad's 2000 Beecher Lectures delivered at Yale Divinity School, the author presents both an argument for the ongoing intersection of the biblical and contemporary worlds, and examples of how that intersection might take place.
Preaching Biblical Stories in Present Tense
£8.99
MESSY COOKS PB (BUTCHER JANE)
A handbook for Messy Church catering teams.
£5.99
Ministries of Mercy (Timothy Keller)
Why would someone risk his safety, upend his schedule, deplete his bank balance, and become dirty and bloody to help a person of another race and social class?

And why would Jesus tell us, “Go and do likewise”?

The Good Samaritan didn’t ignore the battered man on the Jericho road. Like him, we’re aware of people in need around us—the widow next door, the family strapped with medical bills, the homeless man outside our church. God calls us to help them, whether they need shelter, assistance, medical care, or just friendship.

Tim Keller shows that caring for these people is the job of every believer, as fundamental to Christian living as evangelism, discipleship, and worship. But he doesn’t stop there. He shows how we can carry out this vital ministry as individuals, families, and churches.

Review

"There was a point in my pastoral ministry when I looked for a steady hand on mine as I tried to navigate the swirling waters of mercy ministries, in an urban setting, alongside a deep commitment to heralding the God's word in the exposition of Scripture. Not surprisingly, I found it in Tim Keller's Ministries of Mercy. The very title was a bright light in the fog of those days. I think others will find it to be the same for them even 25 years later."--John Piper, Founder and Teacher, www.desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminar
The Call of the Jericho Road (3rd ed.)
£9.99
Ministry in Three Dimensions: (Steven J.L. Croft)
n Ministry in Three Dimensions, Steven Croft outlines the challenges - greater geographical and social mobility, and older, smaller congregations, for example - that today’s society presents to the churches, explaining that models of mission and ministry which were once perfectly adequate no longer work in this new situation. The author identifies some of the potentially harmful ways in which attempts have been made to meet these new challenges, suggesting the use of secular management models as one such false trail. Far better and more fruitful is to recover a biblically-based understanding of ministry. In scripture and through Church history he explores the dimensions of ministry indicated by three different Greek words found in the New Testament: diakonia, presbyteros and episcope, uncovering the rich tradition surrounding what it means to be an ordained leader in the Church. Steven Croft draws out insights from which a new, relevant understanding of ordained ministry can be built across the denominations, and explores how to put these insights into practice, suggesting ways in which each minister can balance the three dimensions in their own setting.
Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church
£14.99
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