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Lectionary Worship AIDS, Series VI, Cycle B

Author : H. Burnham Kirkland
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788018906
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship AIDS, Series VI, Cycle B written by H. Burnham Kirkland and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing to lead a congregation in worship Sunday after Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, an invocation/collect, a prayer of confession, and suggested hymns. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, meaningful worship. The creative task of a worship leader requires useful resources, both practical and spiritual, for use in public worship as well as personal devotions. This volume provides a source for meditation, prayer, and fellowship with God and the people of God. The genius of the book is couched in the connection Kirkland makes between his own spirituality, the poetry of the biblical texts, and the spiritual quest of the worshiper and the worship leader. Ernest S. Lyght United Methodist Bishop New York, New York Every busy pastor appreciates well-organized and theologically sound help when planning worship each week. Kirkland's vast pastoral experience and deep spiritual commitment can greatly enhance worship in our congregations. Lectionary Worship Aids will prove to be a very useful tool in every pastor's study. F. Herbert Skeete United Methodist Bishop Emeritus Riverdale, New York During more than fifty years in the ministry, H. Burnham Kirkland has served as the pastor of eight local congregations and as a missionary in the Philippines, as well as district superintendent, conference program director, and treasurer of World Missions of the United Methodist Church. A graduate of the College of the City of New York and Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Dr. Kirkland also holds honorary doctorates from Philippine Wesleyan University and DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana). Now retired, he lives in Lakeland, Florida.

Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle C

Author : James R. Wilson
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788010247
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle C by : James R. Wilson

Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle C written by James R. Wilson and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resources in this one-volume library provide a variety of paragraphs and sentences, prayers and calls, and hymn suggestions based on all three Scripture readings for every Sunday of the year. For each Sunday in the lectionary there are: three responsive calls to worship, three collects, three prayers of confession and three sets of hymn suggestions.While most congregations keep the order of worship consistent from week to week, it is important to continually refresh the components and make them relevant to the day's lessons. This book makes it possible to focus worship on the same lesson on which the sermon is based, or it allows emphasis to be placed on one of the lessons the preacher has not chosen to preach about, or portions can be combined from all three to provide a unity in the lessons.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : James R. Wilson
Publisher : CSS Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780788008160
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by James R. Wilson and published by CSS Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parables provide insights and lessons that are timeless. When they are employed in preaching the hearer receives images which are easy to remember. Preaching the parables provides a means of communicating the teachings of Jesus to modern Christians.

Lectionary Worship AIDS

Author : H. Burnham Kirkland
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788019619
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship AIDS written by H. Burnham Kirkland and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, an invocation/collect, a prayer of confession, an offertory prayer, and suggested hymns. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, meaningful worship. The creative task of a worship leader requires useful resources, both practical and spiritual, for use in public worship as well as personal devotions. Lectionary Worship Aids provides a source for meditation, prayer, and fellowship with God and the people of God. The genius of the book is couched in the connection Kirkland makes between his own spirituality, the poetry of the biblical texts, and the spiritual quest of the worshiper and the worship leader. Ernest S. Lyght United Methodist Bishop Every busy pastor appreciates well-organized and theologically sound help when planning worship each week. Kirkland's vast pastoral experience and deep spiritual commitment can greatly enhance worship in our congregations. Lectionary Worship Aids will prove to be a very useful tool in every pastor's study. F. Herbert Skeete United Methodist Bishop Emeritus During more than fifty years in the ministry, H. Burnham Kirkland served as the pastor of eight local congregations and as a missionary in the Philippines, as well as district superintendent, conference program director, and treasurer of World Missions of the United Methodist Church. A graduate of the College of the City of New York and Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Dr. Kirkland also holds honorary doctorates from Philippine Wesleyan University and DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana). Now retired, he lives in Lakeland, Florida.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : B. David Hostetter
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 9780788000768
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by B. David Hostetter and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Give homage to the Christ. Bring him your treasures and offer him your gifts." -- Call to Worship for Epiphany of the Lord "Lectionary Worship Aids, Series III, Cycle C," follows in the CSS Publishing Company tradition of providing creative worship resources for congregations. Series III is based on the Revised Common Lectionary and New Revised Standard Version. Each Sunday offers: - Listing of the four lectionary texts for the day - Call to worship - Prayer of confession - Declaration of God's forgiveness - Exhortation - Prayer of the day - Prayer of thanksgiving - Prayer of dedication - Psalm (congregational reading) B. David Hostetter is a retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church USA. He served as a pastor and education consultant in that denomination and in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He graduated from Princeton University, received a master of arts in religious education from New York University School of Education, and graduated in theology from Presbyterian Church, Montreal.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : Frank Ramirez
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023179
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by Frank Ramirez and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a perennial favorite CSS reference. This resource is easy to use, with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, a collect, a prayer of confession, and suggested hymns. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, meaningful worship experiences.

Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle A

Author : Thom M. Shuman
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788024566
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle A by : Thom M. Shuman

Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle A written by Thom M. Shuman and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lectionary Worship Aids by Thom M. Shuman is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. Here are some of the topics covered in this lectionary book: - Worship - Worship resources - Worship services - Worship aids - Lectionary - Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary - Lectionary worship aids - Lectionary resources Preparing worship services for each Sunday can be very challenging -- especially capturing just the right balance between reverence for God and relevance to our everyday lives. In Cradled in God's Heart, the newest edition of CSS' Lectionary Worship Aids series, Thom Shuman provides a wide range of responsive and pastoral prayers that's sure to help busy pastors and worship planners strike the perfect chord in developing their own services. Shuman's poetic prayers are filled with vivid imagery that reminds us of God's all-encompassing love and forgiveness, and his penetrating sensibility helps link the holy with the mundane realities of modern existence. With a complete set of thematically unified worship material keyed to each week's lectionary texts, this is a resource that will be used again and again throughout the year to create truly inspiring worship experiences. Thom M. Shuman is the pastor of Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a graduate of Eckerd College and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Shuman's poems and prayers appear in several journals, and his Advent devotional book The Jesse Tree was published in the fall of 2005 by the Iona Community in Scotland (www.ionabooks.com). He is a regular contributor to The Immediate Word on www.sermonsuite.com. Thom also ""blogs"" at: www.prayersfortoday.blogspot.com www.occasionalsightings.blogspot.com (observations/devotions) www.lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com (lectionary books, lectionary liturgies and lectionary worship resources) Lectionary Worship Aids is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : Ralph J Mineo
Publisher : CSS Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780788030901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by Ralph J Mineo and published by CSS Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A structured liturgy is essential to regular worship; it encourages responses and prayers directly from and for the congregation. This holy rhythm allows for echoes of the lectionary readings, to create a worship service that brings each participant closer in their relationship with God. Ralph Mineo has compiled Lectionary Worship Aids, Series X, Cycle B: Echoes of the Word, his second volume in a three-volume set, to help other pastors and worship leaders create a holy cadence that echoes the lectionary readings, so that the message each week would resound throughout each service. Each liturgical piece offers a unique Call to Worship, Prayer of the Day, Confession & Forgiveness, and Prayers of Intercession that harken back to the readings for each individual week. Mineo has also taken the liberty of including a selection of hymns for each week, helping to plan out the service in a way that invites the congregation to participate in spreading the Holy Word. This volume is intended to serve as a springboard for the work of worship leaders, preparing a service that allows for deeper connections between the congregation and the messages from our Heavenly Father.

Lectionary Worship Workbook

Author : Chuck Cammarata
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023721
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Workbook written by Chuck Cammarata and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this comprehensive library of creative liturgical material, your Sunday services will transform worshipers from mere spectators into active participants in each week's liturgy. The prayers and conversation-like responsive litanies in this diverse collection are guaranteed to breathe new life into the lectionary texts and truly make a difference in the hearts and lives of the people in your pews. For every Sunday and other major occasions throughout the church year, there are numerous calls to worship, prayers of confession, assurances of pardon, prayers of dedication, pastoral prayers, and benedictions - all specifically tailored to the day's readings - that penetrate straight to the heart of the scripture and discern Christ's message for our everyday lives. Each chapter also includes a helpful list of recommended hymns and praise songs that reinforce the main themes and ideas expressed in the prayers. This innovative workbook is a rich source of thought-provoking material that can be used as written or easily adapted to fit your individual circumstances - you'll use it again and again to keep your worship services fresh, passionate, and stimulating. Book jacket.

Lectionary Worship Aids, Series V, Cycle C

Author : Dallas A. Brauninger
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788015982
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids, Series V, Cycle C written by Dallas A. Brauninger and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing with her classic and easy-to-use format, Dallas Brauninger has prepared a handy worship tool which provides pastors and worship planners with a worship theme for each of the three scriptural texts for each Sunday and major observance in Cycle C. Also included for each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text are: Call To Worship Collect Prayer Of Confession Hymn Suggestions An index lists hymn tunes, hymn titles, and the worship hymnals they are drawn from. Dallas A. Brauninger, a graduate of Albion College, received her Master of Divinity degree and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary. A full-time writer, she has served churches in Colorado and Nebraska. She and her husband, both ordained ministers in the United Church of Christ, live in Friend, Nebraska.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : Heth H Corl
Publisher : CSS Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780895367600
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by Heth H Corl and published by CSS Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lectionary Worship Aids, Series C is a complete worship planning resource. You may plan your entire worship service around the theme of one of the lessons, then use this book for the Call to Worship, Collect, Prayer of Confession, hymn selections, all based upon the scripture text you have chosen to unify your service. Topical and scriptural indexes make it easy for you to select worship elements for any celebration. What have others said of Heth Corl's work? These services work with traditional forms of worship in a fresh way that should be helpful in many parishes. Study of these materials should guide the parish minister into the values of preaching from a lectionary designed for celebration of the church year. Dr. E. Edwin Burtner Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio We are fortunate enough to have an increasing number of competent resources available for planning and preparing for worship services. To these resources Heth Corl has made a valuable contribution. Dr. James F. White Professor of Christian Worship Perkins School of Theology, S.M.U., Dallas, Texas Heth H. Corl is a United Methodist pastor in Dayton, Ohio. A graduate of Bluffton College and the United Theological Seminary, he previously served congregations in Perrysburg, Upper Sandusky, Peoria, Findlay, Dunkirk, and Van Wert, Ohio. He has served on various committees of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is married to Karen (need Dunn) of Fostoria, Ohio, and they are parents of three children, Deborah, Kathi, and Rebekah.

Lectionary Worship Aids, Series Ix, Cycle C

Author : George Reed
Publisher : CSS Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780788026744
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids, Series Ix, Cycle C written by George Reed and published by CSS Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revised Common Lectionary is not just to provide a guide to scripture reading during the church year. It can help shape the entirety of our worship. The themes for each Sunday service, as created by the lectionary, can be further explored and appreciated through Reed's poetic prayers and responsories, as well as through musical selection suggestions. By involving all of the senses in worship, congregations can gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the various themes highlighted in the lectionary, themes such as grace, mercy, justice, and others. "Lectionary Worship Aids" allows ministers and worship leaders to tie the entire worship experience together for their congregations. Reed's insights will prove invaluable in leading congregations into the presence of God not only on Sunday but also on holidays and other special occasions. Topics covered in this resource include: - Calls to Worship - Suggested Hymns - Collects for the Day - Prayers of Confession George Reed, OSL has served as a minister in the United Methodist church for over thirty years. He holds degrees from Wright State University and United Theological Seminary, both located in Dayton, Ohio. He has also taken graduate studies at the Institute of Formative Spirituality at Duquesne University. After ministering in various UMC churches in Ohio, Reed is now serving as an interim pastor at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Bellevue, Ohio. He is a contributor to "The Immediate Word," which is part of the online pastoral resource "SermonSuite" (www.sermonsuite.com) as well as the "Sermons on the Gospel Readings" series. Reed and his wife have three grown children.

Lectionary Worship Workbook

Author : Beverly S. Bailey
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023160
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Workbook written by Beverly S. Bailey and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is a wonderful place to use all of our God-given senses, and this inspiring collection of liturgical resources utilizes art, music, drama, silence, and even aromas to retell the marvelous story of God's covenantal relationships with humankind. As a starting-off place for pastors and worship planners, this innovative workbook is certain to keep the creative juices flowing with new methods of making worship moving and relevant for all your parishioners. For each Sunday there's a complete selection of written liturgical material (calls to worship, prayers, choral readings, and benedictions) to supplement and strengthen your worship services -- all specifically tailored to the week's scripture readings. But that's not all! There's also a wealth of musical suggestions, including hymns chosen from a variety of denominational hymnals and appropriate anthems for the choir. By focusing all of the elements of worship in ways that really connect with the people in your pews, these resources will breathe new life into the scriptures. Anyone who contributes to worshipers hearing the Good News -- pastors, musicians, artists, lay readers, and directors of drama groups -- should have a copy of this must-have volume in their library. Beverly S. Bailey is a certified Christian educator and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is currently the director of Christian education at Rockville United Church, a congregation affiliated with both the PCUSA and the United Church of Christ, and she has been a musician or educator at six churches in the metropolitan Washington DC, area. Bailey served as the workshop leader for a "Creative Worship Techniques" class at the 2002 Interim Ministry National Conference, and she has led workshops for the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators. Bailey is also a partner in New Paths to Ministry, a group of artists and educators who lead workshops and retreats on merging faith and the arts. A former staff writer for Homiletics magazine, Bailey was part of the creative team for the Something Old, Something New curriculum series (Abingdon Press). She earned a B.M.E. from Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, and an M.A. in Christian Education from Union Theological Seminary/Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia.

Lectionary Worship Aids

Author : B. David Hostetter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781556735561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship Aids written by B. David Hostetter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lectionary Worship AIDS

Author : Dallas Brauninger
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788013645
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship AIDS written by Dallas Brauninger and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy worship resource provides pastors and worship planners with a worship theme for each of the three scriptural texts for each Sunday and major observance in Cycle B. Also included for each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text are a Call To Worship, Collect, Prayer Of Confession, and Hymn Suggestions. An index lists hymn tunes, hymn titles, and the worship hymnals they are drawn from.

Thoughts from Along Life's Journey

Author : James R. Wilson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411629620
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Thoughts from Along Life's Journey written by James R. Wilson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-04-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetic works containing reflections, observations and feelings accumulated over the years in a life committed to the Christian walk of faith.

Lectionary Worship AIDS

Author : Frank Ramirez
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023632
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lectionary Worship AIDS written by Frank Ramirez and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105 NRSV) Coming up with fresh, meaningful worship material each Sunday that illuminates scripture and preaching themes is a pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy pastors and worship leaders will love this all-new edition of a perennial CSS favorite. It's an easy-to-use reference offering several prayers relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, a collect, a prayer of confession, and suggested hymns. Supplemental material includes alternate verses for several familiar hymns, as well as an anointing service, a communion and feetwashing service, and a lamentation service for the anniversary of 9/11. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, thematically unified worship experiences in which hymns, prayers, and scripture all work together to dance in and around God's Word. Lord, listen to your people praying. Your faithfulness is evident all around us, in the green of the hill, in the rushing of the rivers, and in the life that surrounds us. The birds who eat the seeds we leave out, and the birds who plunder the fruit we thought we would save for ourselves, are both yours. The bears who forage in the woods and who rummage through our trash are yours, also. Lord, this is your world and not ours, and surely your presence is in this place, whether or not it suits our purposes. We praise you, Lord, for who you are, and not what we would have you be. We love your world for what it is, and not what we would make it do for us. We praise you for your people as you made us, not by whom we would exclude, condemn, or deny. God of glory, your wisdom is sufficient for us this day. Amen. (sample prayer from Proper 10) Frank Ramirez is an author and pastor in the Church of the Brethren who has written numerous books, articles, and short stories. A graduate of LaVerne College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez has served congregations in Indiana and California, and is currently pastor at Everett Church of the Brethren in Everett, Pennsylvania. His other CSS titles include Partners In Healing, A Call To Worship, He Took A Towel, The Christmas Star, and Coming Home.