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Jumping into the world of Twitter can be a little frightening at first. It’s not that it’s difficult to set up an account, but it can seem everyone who is already on Twitter has been given a secret decoder ring. The rules are quite simple really, and the benefit once trained is tremendous. Use this handy starter guide, written in Voelz’ quirky style as a set of Frequently Asked Questions, to get started. For a more complete view of social networking in ministry, read Follow You Follow Me: Why Social Networking Is Essential To Ministry , by John Voelz (Abingdon, 2012).

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Jesus loves you. That profound fact has been changing lives around the world for centuries. Yet, there are days when you don’t experience this completely in your own life. So, how do you get to the very core of that statement on a deep, personal level?   Keri Wyatt Kent wants to help you fully experience the heart of Jesus’ love in Deeply Loved . Using the gospel stories of Jesus, reflection, and personal stories, Kent will guide you through 40 days of how to create space in your life for Jesus to show up and love you. Deeply.  

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This collection of sermons explores the age-old question of why a loving God allows suffering to visit His children. Tull encourages readers to ask why in good times as well as in difficult ones, to examine God's eternal presence in times of blessed joy as well as during sorrow and care. He emphasizes scriptures and anecdotes that illustrate God's comfort and grace during all situations in our lives.

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This handbook provides thorough introductory articles on important themes in Christian theology. Along with cross-references and select bibliographies, it is an indispensable reference source.
The Handbook consists of 148 topical entries arranged alphabetically. Instead of a Table of Contents, a «Routes For Reading» page suggests related entries, and cross-referencing makes 'surfing' this volume easier than ever.

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An indispensable part of the <em>Extravagant Generosity</em> stewardship program, this&nbsp;volume, by Bishop Schnase,&nbsp;opens the Scriptures to show the joy and grace of giving. Designed to provide daily Bible reading for the four weeks of the program, it leads the reader to explore such questions as &ldquo;Why do we give,&rdquo; &ldquo;Who benefits most from our giving,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Where does true contentment come from?&rdquo; By reading and following this guide to the spiritual discipline of stewardship, church members will experience afresh the joy of serving God with their time, talents, and gifts.<br> <br> <p>Additional program components (available seperately) include:<br> <br> An overview timeline, providing quick information on what happens during each week of the stewardship campaign.</p> <p>A guidebook for leaders that covers all aspects of the campaign, from detailed plans for each of the four Sunday services to marketing materials like flyers and postcards to e-mail messages and letters designed to be sent to specific groups within the congregation&ndash;all available on the enclosed CD-ROM.&nbsp;<br> <br> A small-group leader's guide to host Sunday school and other small groups during the program using the devotional book. <br> <br> A DVD with video segments for four group-study sessions and short clips for use in worship.<br> <br> The <em>Extravagant Generosity</em> kit is also available.</p>

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This resource includes helpful prayers to use in public worship during Lent and Holy week. The collection includes invocations, opening prayers, prayers of confession, and pastoral prayers for the Sundays of Lent, Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday services. Drawn from a variety of traditions, the prayers in this collection will aid any congregation as it worships throughout the journey of Lent.

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Three Simple Rules for Christian Living by Jeanne Torrence Finley and Rueben P. Job This small-group study by Jeanne Torrence Finley is based on Rueben P. Job's book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living . Six sessions provide extended reflection for adults on three principles of Christian life: do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God. Each rule has a session to help you understand the rule and a session to help you explore ways to practice the rule. Three Simple Rules for Christian Living includes a DVD that contains excerpts from an interview with Bishop Rueben Job and a CD ROM that contains a Leader Guide for the study sessions and other useful information for organizing, leading, and publicizing study groups. &nbsp; Your church can do a church-wide study of the three simple rules by using the youth resource, Three Simple Rules 24/7, and the children&rsquo;s resource, Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus, along with this book. A leader guide and DVD for adult study groups are available. &nbsp; Parents who would like to discuss the three simple rules with their children can download a free list of suggested questions at Cokesbury.com (click below).&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeanne Torrence Finley is a clergy member of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, co-chair of the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society, and director of Collegial Communications.&nbsp; She has worked as a campus minister, pastor, college English teacher, workshop leader, and communications consultant. Finley writes regularly for FaithLink .&nbsp; Her work has appeared in the Journal of Presbyterian History , Worship , The Mennonite , Christian Science Monitor , the Virginia Advocate , and Christian Social Action . For a free online copy of Three Simple Rules A Conversation Guide for Parents click here!

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This beautifully-illustrated storybook introduces children to the true story of Walter, a guide dog who assists Pastor Diane through her day at the church. Walter helps Pastor Diane minister to others as they visit the sick at the hospital and attend church meetings and potluck suppers. Walter is her faithful companion as Pastor Diane conducts Bible studies and leads worship. Walter loves his view from under the pew, where he can listen to the choir sing and see the faces of families who have come to church to worship God together.

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How many things does your church do just because that's the way it's always been done? Does your congregation value tradition over passion and stability over creativity? If so, it's time to unLearn. Leading congregations into a dynamic and prophetic future requires unLearning what you thought you knew about the church, leadership, and life. Pastor Michael Slaughter casts a vision for innovative and authentic congregations, and for the kind of leadership that can bring congregations to greater vitality and impact in today's postmodern culture. Readers will be challenged to gaze boldly beyond franchised church models to a dynamic embodiment of God's unique vision for each leader and each congregation.&nbsp; UnLearning congregations embrace new media and cultural trends, value transformation over information, and create a safe space for the tough and unanswerable questions of life. These are churches that lovingly dare to shoulder spiritual and prophetic leadership in our rapidly changing culture, re-articulating God's ancient purposes to create high-tech, high-touch environments in which people can become radical followers of Jesus Christ.<br> Informed by Slaughter's thirty years of leadership at the innovative and mission-driven Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, UnLearning Church offers readers guidance and insight into setting aside old identities, old expectations, and old ways of “doing church,” and inspires readers with examples of congregations already living out their mission to be creative and outwardly-focused communities of faith.&nbsp;

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