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The Theology of The United Church of Canada

Author : Don Schweitzer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771123974
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Theology of The United Church of Canada written by Don Schweitzer and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Church of Canada has a rich and complex history of theological development. This volume, written for the general reader as well as students and scholars, provides a comprehensive overview of that development, together with an analysis of this unique denomination’s core statements of faith and its contemporary theological landscape. When the Methodist, Congregational, and Local Union Churches in Canada, as well as most of the Presbyterians, came together as The United Church of Canada, the theological commonalities between them were significant. Over the succeeding decades, this made-in-Canada denomination has continued to define its convictions through consensus-building and large-scale studies. This volume, written by leading scholars, outlines key faith perspectives in areas such as creation, the Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, sin, mission, and sacraments. No book like this has appeared in over seventy years, and readers will find insight here that is unparalleled in its scope. In creative tension with each individual member’s freedom of conscience, the United Church as a whole has continued to express its commonly held faith in dialogue, continuity, and critical interaction with the faith of the worldwide, historic Christian community.

Faith on the Move

Author : Julie McGonegal
Publisher : The United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 1551342545
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Faith on the Move written by Julie McGonegal and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our spiritual practices carry us through the times of transition in our lives, when we wander in a metaphorical desert. For migrants, refugees, and immigrants, the journey is more than a metaphor. Daily reflections by diverse contributors invite us to reflect on and embody God’s welcome and love for people who are on the move for a variety of reasons. A study guide for groups is included.

After Evangelicalism

Author : Kevin N. Flatt
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773588574
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis After Evangelicalism by : Kevin N. Flatt

Download or read book After Evangelicalism written by Kevin N. Flatt and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when Canadians were arguing about the merits of a new flag, the birth-control pill, and the growing hippie counterculture, the leaders of Canada's largest Protestant church were occupied with turning much of English-Canadian religious culture on its head. In After Evangelicalism, Kevin Flatt reveals how the United Church of Canada abruptly reinvented its public image by cutting the remaining ties to its evangelical past. Flatt argues that although United Church leaders had already abandoned evangelical beliefs three decades earlier, it was only in the 1960s that rapid cultural shifts prompted the sudden dismantling of the church's evangelical programs and identity. Delving deep into the United Church's archives, Flatt uncovers behind-the-scenes developments that led to revolutionary and controversial changes in the church's evangelistic campaigns, educational programs, moral stances, and theological image. Not only did these changes evict evangelicalism from the United Church, but they helped trigger the denomination's ongoing numerical decline and decisively changed Canada's religious landscape. Challenging readers to see the Canadian religious crisis of the 1960s as involving more than just Quebec's Quiet Revolution, After Evangelicalism unveils the transformation of one of Canada's most prominent social institutions.

Celebrate God's Presence

Author : United Church of Canada
Publisher : Etobicoke, Ont. : United Church Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9780886223656
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Celebrate God's Presence written by United Church of Canada and published by Etobicoke, Ont. : United Church Publishing House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The End of Youth Ministry? (Theology for the Life of the World)

Author : Andrew Root
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493420178
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The End of Youth Ministry? (Theology for the Life of the World) written by Andrew Root and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root, a leading scholar in youth ministry and practical theology, went on a one-year journey to answer these questions. In this book, Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century. Informed by interviews that Root conducted with parents, this book explores how parents' perspectives of what constitutes a good life are affecting youth ministry. In today's culture, youth ministry can't compete with sports, test prep, and the myriad other activities in which young people participate. Through a unique parable-style story, Root offers a new way to think about the purpose of youth ministry: not happiness, but joy. Joy is a sense of experiencing the good. For youth ministry to be about joy, it must move beyond the youth group model and rework the assumptions of how identity and happiness are imagined by parents in American society.

Lesser Evils

Author : Alydia Smith
Publisher : The United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 1551342650
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Lesser Evils written by Alydia Smith and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your faith inform your daily choices? Lesser Evils reflects on the decisions we make every day, from “Do I take this parking space?” to “Do I wear this mask?” to “Do I choose to forgive you?” Daily scripture, reflections, personal questions, and prayers for individual devotions or group study explore how to attempt to seek wisdom and do good as followers of Jesus. A study guide for groups is included.

Thriving Churches

Author : Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd
Publisher : The United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 1551342596
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Thriving Churches written by Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THRIVING CHURCHES tells the story of two United Church ministers who travelled across Canada visiting flourishing United Churches to uncover the reasons for their success. Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd, minister at Westworth United Church in Winnipeg, visited urban churches, and Tammy Allan, minister at Olds-Sundre Pastoral Charge, Alberta, visited rural churches. They found these churches shared a number of features that helped them not only survive but also thrive through challenging times. Filled with concrete examples from congregations of all sizes, this book will inspire. Also included is an eight-session study guide on spiritual attributes of thriving churches.

Why I Believe

Author : Alydia Smith
Publisher : The United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 1551342456
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Why I Believe written by Alydia Smith and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this devotional, a variety of members and friends of the church told us about their personal faith journeys. We are excited to share their candid, thoughtful reflections. What does it mean to follow Jesus, remain faithful, and choose hope, especially during times of uncertainty and doubt? Daily devotions for the season of Lent include a scripture passage, personal reflection, song suggestions, reflection question, and prayer, Study guide included.

A Church with the Soul of a Nation

Author : Phyllis D. Airhart
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773589309
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book A Church with the Soul of a Nation written by Phyllis D. Airhart and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its design, as critics have charged? A Church with the Soul of a Nation explores this question by weaving together the history of the United Church with a provocative analysis of religion and cultural change.

It's Good To Be Here

Author : David Giuliano
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525527126
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book It's Good To Be Here written by David Giuliano and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Good to be Here: Stories we tell about cancer is a courageous and deeply personal book about the author’s 25 year journey with cancer. It is part memoir, part spiritual meditation in which Giuliano challenges the ubiquitous and one dimensional “battle with cancer” narrative, with alternative narratives about temples, treasure, light, pilgrimage, wolves and love. It is a fiercely honest, at times funny, book about the metaphysics of medicine and the power of story to heal.

Sorry

Author : Maggie McLeod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770648036
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Sorry written by Maggie McLeod and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes it is not so hard to say sorry. Sometimes it is very hard. What matters most is meaning it when you say it. You likely know what its like. You likely remember a time when someone said sorry to you. Maybe youve heard about a church saying sorry as well. One surprising year, the United Church of Canada people did just that. The church has members in Newfoundland, Yukon, and everywhere in between. The people who attend have Asian, Indigenous, African, and European ancestry Canadians are from everywhere! This is the story of why the United Church people apologized for the suffering caused by the Indian Residential Schools.

The United Church of Canada

Author : Don Schweitzer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554583764
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book The United Church of Canada written by Don Schweitzer and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its inception in the early 1900s, The United Church of Canada set out to become the national church of Canada. This book recounts and analyzes the history of the church of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion in the 1960s. A chronological history is followed by chapters on the United Church’s worship, theology, understanding of ministry, relationships with the Canadian Jewish community, Israel, and Palestinians, changing mission goals in relation to First Nations peoples, and changing social imaginary. The result is an original, accessible, and engaging account of The United Church of Canada’s pilgrimage that will be useful for students, historians, and general readers. From this account there emerges a complex portrait of the United Church as a distinctly Canadian Protestant church shaped by both its Christian faith and its engagement with the changing society of which it is a part.

With Or Without God

Author : Gretta Vosper
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1554689309
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book With Or Without God written by Gretta Vosper and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envisioning a future in which the Christian church plays a viable and transformative role in shaping society, Gretta Vosper argues that if the church is to survive at all, the heart of faith must undergo a radical change. Vosper, founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and a minister in Toronto, believes that what will save the church is an emphasis on just and compassionate living -- a new and wholly humanistic approach to religion. Without this reform, the church as we know it faces extinction. Vosper addresses the issues of spiritual fulfillment, comfort and connection in the modern world through a thoughtful and passionate discourse. She urges a renewal of old doctrines but does so with dignity and respect. Offering difficult but penetrating insights into a new generation of spiritually aware -- and spiritually open -- people, With or Without God offers a startling model for a renewed church as a leader in ethics, fostering relationships, meaning and values that are solidly rooted in our own selves.

Hanging Onto Hope: Reflections and Prayers for Finding "Good" in an Imperfect World

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Author : Melannie Svoboda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627853293
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Hanging Onto Hope: Reflections and Prayers for Finding "Good" in an Imperfect World written by Melannie Svoboda and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flower growing through a crack in the pavement... two small sparrows perched on a roof... seed catalogs in February... Our world is yearning for signs of hope, and with images like these, Melannie Svoboda helps us open our hearts to hope, even in the darkest of times. Hope, she says, is rooted in our deepest longings and desires. "Hope begins with the awareness that we are not yet fulfilled-no matter how successful we may be or how many items we have checked off our bucket list." Each chapter of this beautiful book offers powerful reflections on hope in contexts of faith, love, courage, prayer, pain, sorrow, and more. Sr. Melannie also offers short prayers, questions for personal reflection or group sharing, and even suggestions for music videos to accompany your prayer. With all the demands of our contemporary world, this enlightening book offers an opportunity to pause, rest, and renew our trust in God. Book jacket.

Balaam's Unofficial Handbook of the United Church of Christ

Author : Balaam's Courier Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780829817973
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Balaam's Unofficial Handbook of the United Church of Christ written by Balaam's Courier Staff and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The staff of Balaam's Courier, the unofficial General Synod daily publication since 1975, provides a handbook of the basics of the UCC for new member and confirmation classes and anyone who has ever struggled to explain the UCC to others. Written with a light touch, but a passion for the life and work of the UCC-and sprinkled with black-and-white cartoon illustrations-it gives historical, biblical, and theological insights into issues that have challenged the church throughout the ages. Book jacket.

A History of the Churches in the United States and Canada

Author : Robert T. Handy
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Churches in the United States and Canada written by Robert T. Handy and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The religious histories of both the USA and Canada contain many dramatic themes. This study of the way the churches faced the movement of peoples into and across a vast continent tells much about their present size and characteristics in both Canada and the United States.

More Voices

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Publisher : United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 9781551341484
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book More Voices written by and published by United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Voices, a 288-page songbook with 225 songs suited for today's contemporary worship, has something for everyone Powerful Canadian hymns African calls to worship French contemplative chants Foot-stomping praise The songs are grouped in liturgical order making worship planning easy. Includes user-friendly scriptural, first-line, and topical indexes.