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Book Synopsis Chrismons - They Point to Jesus by : Diane L. Gibson
Download or read book Chrismons - They Point to Jesus written by Diane L. Gibson and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides patterns, instructions and background information for twenty different Chrismons, or "monograms of Christ." It also includes a church program for presenting and explaining the meanings of these Christian symbols. The program includes children and adults and incorporates the singing of the Christmas hymns. ... a worship service ... a learning experience ... a dramatic presentation Diane L. Gibson is a graduate of Concordia Teachers' College, River Forest, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. In addition to teaching in Lutheran schools, she has directed adult and youth choirs and special children's programs in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Book Synopsis It's So Christmas-See! by : Janet Burton
Download or read book It's So Christmas-See! written by Janet Burton and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology provides a wide range of dramatic and worship material for seasonal celebrations. There are numerous Thanksgiving resources, including a children's Sunday school learning event, a children's message, a brief responsive reading, a one-act drama, and a sermon. For Christmas there are six plays of various lengths for a variety of ages and cast sizes, as well as a "hanging of the greens" worship program and an engaging story that can either be read to young children or performed as a play.
Book Synopsis Worship Innovations Volume 1 by : Janet Burton
Download or read book Worship Innovations Volume 1 written by Janet Burton and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worship in today's mainline churches is changing faster than many ministry leaders would like, yet not fast enough to satisfy many laypeople who want to experience something fresh when they attend worship. While older members may resist losing valued traditions, younger people often want things done in new ways. Worship Innovations: Hanging The Greens For Christmas finds a middle ground with new approaches to valued traditions of holiday worship. Beginning with a step-by-step guide for initiating a "Hanging the Greens" celebration, Janet Burton offers nine creative, easy-to-produce programs in which all ages of the church family can participate in the process of decorating worship areas for the Advent and Christmas seasons. She also includes five plans for breathing new life into using the Advent wreath. Best of all, these practical ideas are very flexible and easily adapted to fit the worship style of almost any congregation. It's a perfect way to usher in the holiday season and prepare for the birth of the Savior! In this sage book, Janet Burton gives an exhaustive study and ideas for any church to make Hanging of the Greens a worshipful, meaningful experience. It is chock-full of biblical insights. Dr. W.E. (Bill) Thorn Nationally known pastor, evangelist, speaker, and humorist The reader will be immediately caught up in Janet Burton's enthusiasm for her subject. You'll find yourself -- as I did -- caught up in Hanging The Greens For Christmas as an excellent option for innovative worship. I am impressed with the variety of approaches... each program is fresh and innovative. And in this day when our families need much nurturing, it's good to see that Janet Burton has used the opportunity to make a strong family emphasis in her presentations. Rev. J. Kenneth Robinson Writer and minister of music and education Janet Burton has been a pastor's wife and Christian educator for 45 years. For 20 of those years she served as Minister of Education at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, where her husband was pastor. She has been a regular faculty leader in the area of adult ministries at Glorieta Baptist Conference Center, and in churches throughout Texas, New Mexico, and other midwest and southern states. Author of three books and a contributor to five others, Mrs. Burton's specialty is Sunday School Bible study curriculum. She has 17 quarters of lessons and many articles to her credit. In addition, she has contributed weekly or monthly columns to three Christian newspapers. Burton studied Christian education at Wheaton College in Illinois, and at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Download or read book A Chrismon Service written by Ellen Edgar and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This service portrays the drama of redemption through Chrismons, which are symbols of Christ. (The word Chrismon is derived from Christ and monogram.) Designs include a butterfly, a crown, a Jerusalem cross, and 14 others.
Book Synopsis In Search of Christmas by : Elizabeth Morris-Pierce
Download or read book In Search of Christmas written by Elizabeth Morris-Pierce and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of holiday material provides you with a complete collection of resources for drama, worship, and young people. It includes a wide range of resources from across the denominational spectrum. Copying privileges are included for all six segments. Come! See What God Has Done is a Thanksgiving children's event designed to heighten awareness of God's many blessings. Six learning centers -- each including posters, projects, a guided experience, follow-up activities, and a closing prayer -- focus on such topics as families, nature, our religious heritage, and our bodies. Intended for kindergarten through sixth grade, this is an ideal activity for your church school and can be held during a single session. A Chrismon Service portrays the drama of redemption through symbols of Jesus in the form of Christmas ornaments. (The word "Chrismon" is a combination of the words "Christ" and "monogram.") As appropriate scripture passages are read, each symbol is presented and explained; worshipers participate in the service by hanging them on the Chrismon tree. Eighteen designs are included so that you can make your own Chrismons based on such symbols as the Epiphany star, the Christmas rose, and the angel. The ABC's Of Christmas offers four easy programs for Christmas worship, celebrating angels, bells, colors, and gifts. Each incorporates scripture, carols, and simple props together with dramatic readings to create a meaningful worship experience that will linger in the memory long after Christmastime passes. The Angels' Point Of View is a play in two acts that looks at Jesus' conception, birth, and flight into Egypt from their perspective. Originally developed for a junior high Sunday school class, this piece is excellent for older youth and can be performed in a variety of settings. There are thirteen speaking roles, and complete directions for assembling props, costume, and scenery are included. In Search Of Christmas is a light, contemporary drama that intersperses a series of brief dialogues between a husband and wife, two teenagers, and others illustrating how we can lose the real meaning of Christmas with faith-affirming conversations among individuals who have kept the season's true spirit of joy and giving. Roles can be doubled up for the small congregation, and only a few basic props are needed. Last Year In Bethlehem: The Story Of Eli The Shepherd reminds us that the story of Christ's birth is more than a holiday tradition. It combines a dramatic monologue with hymns and candlelight for a moving Christmas Eve worship experience. On the first anniversary of the first Christmas, a gruff but friendly shepherd tells of the night that changed his life. Suggestions for costuming, makeup, and staging are included, along with historical background on shepherds during Jesus' time. O Holy Night brings together scripture, song, and poetic readings to create a touching Christmas Eve worship service that can involve several participants without requiring lengthy rehearsal. It is an especially attractive option for smaller churches without many resources, but this enchanting service will be a glorious experience for any congregation.
Book Synopsis Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship by :
Download or read book Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship written by and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to empower preachers as they lead their congregations to connect their lives to Scripture, Connections features a broad set of interpretive tools that provide commentary and worship aids on the Revised Common Lectionary. For each worship day within the three-year lectionary cycle, the commentaries in Connections link the individual lection reading with Scripture as a whole as well as to the larger world. In addition, Connections places each Psalm reading in conversation with the other lections for the day to highlight the themes of the liturgical season. Finally, sidebars offer additional connections to Scripture for each Sunday or worship day. This nine-volume series is a practical, constructive, and valuable resource for preachers who seek to help congregations connect more closely with Scripture.
Book Synopsis Celebrating the Lectionary® for Preschool and Kindergarten 2015-2016 by :
Download or read book Celebrating the Lectionary® for Preschool and Kindergarten 2015-2016 written by and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the Lectionary for Preschool and Kindergarten provides 15-minute Lectionary-based catechetical sessions. It includes a CD-ROM with reproducible send-home pages for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation that families can use to live the message of the Lectionary and celebrate the seasons of the liturgical year.
Book Synopsis Taking Caesar out of Jesus by : Robert M. Wills
Download or read book Taking Caesar out of Jesus written by Robert M. Wills and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus is the center of Christian faith and the Bible is its holy book, its sacred scriptures. For hundreds of years, this meant that Jesus was divine and the Bible was a divine product. This remains the primary perspective for many Christians today. However, it has mutated appreciably for others. It is not that Jesus is no longer thought of as the center of Christian faith or the Bible as Christianitys sacred scriptures. Those remain true for everyone. However, studies in biblical criticism and the historical Jesus suggest Jesus was a Palestinian Jew a human being -- not different in that respect from you and me. Divinity was bestowed upon him by his followers, and eventually took the form of imperial divinity after the example of Caesar. This presents a conundrum for Christianity. What, for instance, is Christianity to do with a human being at its center? How has Christianity accommodated imperial rule? What do we do with those imperial titles by which he is known Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and Son of God? Taking Caesar out of Jesus presents a new portrait of Jesus based on solid historical evidence assembled from the works of hundreds of critical biblical scholars. As the subtitle proclaims, Jesus emerges from this book as a new figure, relevant to the 21st century. Some will say this new perspective destroys Christianity. Others will find Jesus to be far more believable and compelling. Anyone will find this progressive approach to uncovering the historical Jesus thought-provoking. This book, however, goes beyond biblical criticism and a new portrait of the historical Jesus. It confronts the Christian proclamation that Jesus is humanitys savior including the notion that it needs a savior. It suggests that the historical Jesus never embraced the well-known notion of divine salvation. To the contrary, Jesus embraced Judaisms wisdom tradition. In the wisdom tradition, a person deals with the exigencies of life by developing a new vision of reality, and by acting differently. Jesus did not provide an instruction manual for living; rather, he pointed us in the direction of self-management. As described in this book, this new way of living, taken from Jesuss parables and aphorisms, will startle some, and stir others toward greater maturity and responsibility for their own lives.
Book Synopsis Connections: Year C, Three-Volume Set by : Joel B. Green
Download or read book Connections: Year C, Three-Volume Set written by Joel B. Green and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 1925 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to empower preachers as they lead their congregations to connect their lives to Scripture, Connections features a broad set of interpretive tools that provide commentary and worship aids on the Revised Common Lectionary. For each worship day within the three-year lectionary cycle, the commentaries in Connections link the individual lection reading with Scripture as a whole as well as to the larger world. In addition, Connections places each Psalm reading in conversation with the other lections for the day to highlight the themes of the liturgical season. Finally, sidebars offer additional connections to Scripture for each Sunday or worship day. This nine-volume series is a practical, constructive, and valuable resource for preachers who seek to help congregations connect more closely with Scripture. This eBook set contains Year C, volumes 1, 2, and 3.
Book Synopsis Celebrating Christmas by : AMY. BOUCHER PYE
Download or read book Celebrating Christmas written by AMY. BOUCHER PYE and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Winsome, compelling artwork gives us an image to ponder while the text gently leads us to embrace the spiritual discipline of celebration* A melding of the biblical story of Jesus' birth with cultural components of Christmas roots our celebrations both in Christ and in our ordinary experiences* A thoughtful gift for family (parents, grandparents, grown children), friends and godchildren
Book Synopsis Forbid Them Not Year C by : Carolyn C. Brown
Download or read book Forbid Them Not Year C written by Carolyn C. Brown and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising 52 reproducible full page worksheets related to each Sunday's worship theme and based on the Revised Common Lectionary, these resources show how to create meaningful worship experiences for children. Includes suggestions for prayers, litanies, and sermon illustrations. Indexed for non-lectionary use. Forbid Them Not, Year A #9781426730726 Forbid Them Not, Year B #9781426739026
Book Synopsis New International Lesson Annual 2010-11 by : Jerome F. D. Creach
Download or read book New International Lesson Annual 2010-11 written by Jerome F. D. Creach and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard resource for teachers of the Uniform Lesson Series. This resource provides 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans for an entire year's worth of material. Includes: Lesson analysis Bible background, occasional quarterly maps or timelines, and index to background Scriptures Articles for teachers on spiritual formation Eight pages of Bible interpretation and step-by-step lesson plans "Faith in Action" section to suggest ways to put lesson concepts into action The only lesson commentary with popular and easy-to-understand New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) and New International Version (NIV)
Book Synopsis In Days to Come by : George Hovaness Donigian
Download or read book In Days to Come written by George Hovaness Donigian and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people end their celebration of Christmas on December 25, but George Donigian reminds us that the celebration is only beginning. Donigian offers meditations that begin with Advent and continue through Epiphany (January 6), also known as the 12th night of Christmas. Like the surprises of an Advent calendar, the meditations touch on many subjects. Some topics include "An Editor," "A Counting Song," "Prudence," and "Chrismons." Instead of putting away your nativity scenes and other Christmas decorations on December 25, celebrate all the days to come. In Days to Come offers devotional meditations based on a merger of several Christmas traditions: Advent calendars, ancient Advent prayers known as the "O Antiphons," the traditional celebration of Christmas on December 25, and the Armenian Orthodox celebration of Christmas on January 6. The meditations—4 per week—count down from the first week of Advent to Epiphany. While each reading stands alone, the meditations are rooted in a weekly theme. Donigian's writing style is conversational, and given his diverse interests, the conversation ranges widely. In Days to Come encourages us to move with the Incarnation of Jesus Christ into the new year and into mission and ministry.
Book Synopsis The Expected One, Revised and Updated by : Scott James
Download or read book The Expected One, Revised and Updated written by Scott James and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Christmas, Christians all over the world observe Advent, a season that reminds us of the love, hope, joy, and peace found only in Jesus Christ. Through this short and sweet family devotional (especially helpful if you’re teaching little ones with short attention spans), Scott James brings to light the many promises of Christ―from birth to ascension―that demonstrate His love for us during this Christmas season. These daily devotions, which can be used by both families and individuals, are timeless and moving reminders of the true gift of Christmas. The Expected One is a perfect (and doable!) gift for any growing family or beloved friend who needs meaningful and biblical reminders of all Jesus is for them during the busy and the bustle of the holiday season, setting Him back in the center of it all.
Book Synopsis Celebrating The 12 Days of Christmas by : Chris Marchand
Download or read book Celebrating The 12 Days of Christmas written by Chris Marchand and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The song “The 12 Days of Christmas” is a mainstay of the holiday season, but the practice of celebrating Christmas as a twelve-day festival fell out of fashion long ago in most cultures. In Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas, author Chris Marchand explores the history behind the season and individual feast days from December 25 to January 6, and then offers suggestions for how you can celebrate it with your family, church, or community. Along with this, he provides answers to many of the nagging questions surrounding the holiday, such as the history behind the twelve-days song, why December 25 was chosen as the date, and what to do about its supposedly pagan origins. The challenge before us is to first help people see Christmas as a holiday that begins, rather than ends, on December 25, and then to together figure out how to reinvent Christmas in the present by learning how it was celebrated in the past.
Book Synopsis O Come, Emmanuel by : Kendra Tierney
Download or read book O Come, Emmanuel written by Kendra Tierney and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Church School Herald-journal by :
Download or read book The Church School Herald-journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
