Sailboat Church

Author : Joan S. Gray
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611643831

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Sailboat Church by Joan S. Gray Pdf

Is your church a rowboat church or a sailboat church? Rowboat churches depend largely on human effort. When church budgets shrink and membership declines, rowboat churches frantically row harder against a current, often frustrated and disappointed at their efforts. Sailboat churches, on the other hand, take up the oars, hoist sails, and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them. Arguing that churches should be "sailboats," Joan S. Gray encourages readers to shift concern from the many daily, practical concerns of their local church to fresh ideas that can be found using the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The book includes forty days of sailing prayers, quotes from Scripture, brief reflection questions, and an extensive bibliography that is arranged by theme. Perfect for groups to read together, this book will help leaders reframe their church's mission and practice with the Holy Spirit as their guide.

Author : Joan S. Gray
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664259587

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Sailboat Church by Joan S. Gray Pdf

Is your church a rowboat church or a sailboat church? Rowboat churches depend largely on human effort. In a time of often shrinking budgets and membership, rowboat churches frantically row harder against a current, often frustrated and disappointed at their efforts. Sailboat churches, on the other hand, take up the oars, hoist sales, and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them. Arguing that churches should be “sailboats,” author Joan S. Gray encourages readers to shift concern from the many daily, practical concerns of their local church to consider how new directions might be found by allowing the Holy Spirit to provide fresh ideas. The book includes four days of sailing prayers, quotes from Scripture, brief reflection questions, and an extensive bibliography that is arranged by theme. Perfect for groups to read together, this book will help leaders reframe their church’s mission and practice with the Holy Spirit as their guide.

Author : Joan S. Gray
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664503055

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Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers by Joan S. Gray Pdf

This timely new leadership guide for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is written for church officers who are looking for a deepened relationship with God. Joan Gray challenges elders and deacons to see themselves as spiritual leaders and equips them to lead alongside their pastors. Gray lays out a variety of leadership styles and helps leaders understand when each is appropriate. She also provides resources for dealing with relationships in the church and identifies ways churches can be supportive of the spiritual leadership of elders and deacons.

Author : Robert A. Harris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566997188

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Entering Wonderland by Robert A. Harris Pdf

The first year or so of a pastor's tenure in a new congregation is precarious; many pastors stay at a new congregation for fewer than five years. This handbook helps coach both experienced and new pastors to enter a new congregation effectively. Drawing from organizational systems leadership material in religious and secular worlds, it offers nearly fifty tips and tools designed to help new pastors analyze their congregation's system and then to lead leaders within the congregation to affect positive change. Using imagery from Alice in Wonderland to clarify various archetypal roles within the church community, Harris provides concrete suggestions for facilitating communication and dealing with difficult behaviors within the congregation. He provides a coaching approach to ministry, in which the pastor reframes issues and asks provocative questions—a powerful strategy to maximize a new pastor’s chances for success. Readers will find tools to help them uncover critical information about their new congregation regarding: congregational norms, particularly regarding the office of pastor, conflict, and holy objects; their history and sense of God's call; the true leaders among the congregation; mutual accountability.

Author : Steven P. Eason,E. Von Clemans
Publisher : Geneva Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611646351

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Making Disciples, Making Leaders--Leader Guide, Second Edition by Steven P. Eason,E. Von Clemans Pdf

The second edition of the widely-used Making Disciples, Making Leaders is a comprehensive guide for creating effective spiritual leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). With almost two decades of combined experience in training church leaders, Eason and Clemans have designed resources that can be customized to fit your church's unique needs. The book introduces biblical principles for leadership before describing the important task of the nominating committee. Pastors then receive a step-by-step curriculum for a four-session leadership training course. With updates for the revised Form of Government, Making Disciples, Making Leadersâ€"Leader Guide is the ultimate resource for PC(USA) leadership training. A participant workbook to the second edition, which includes worship aids, handouts, worksheets, quizzes, and study guides, is also available.

Author : Earl S. Johnson
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611643794

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The Presbyterian Deacon by Earl S. Johnson Pdf

In this highly useful book, Earl S. Johnson, Jr. explores the role of the deacon in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The author explains the freedom for churches to define the roles of deacons while also supplying many helpful suggestions. Johnson examines the ministry as it is described in sections of the Book of Order and analyzes how the word "deacon" is used in Scripture. In addition, Johnson provides historical information regarding the inclusion of women and offers innovative ways to incorporate the ministry of deacons into the larger ministry of the church. Fully revised based on the new Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), this book is invaluable for new deacons preparing for their roles, while also helping pastors and leaders who are training prospective deacons.

Author : Paul S. Wright
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611643800

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The Presbyterian Ruling Elder by Paul S. Wright Pdf

This accessible resource on the Presbyterian ruling elder is especially designed for those considering becoming ruling elders and those who have been elected to this ordered ministry. It explains the meaning of the term “ruling elder†and the qualifications and duties of this ministry. The book goes on to explore the relationship of ruling elders to other elders, the role of the ruling elder on session and in the presbytery, and the relationships to pastors and to the whole church. Fully revised based on the new Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), this book is invaluable for new ruling elders preparing for their role.

Author : Stephen A. Kent,Susan Raine
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216142621

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Scientology in Popular Culture by Stephen A. Kent,Susan Raine Pdf

This multidisciplinary study of Scientology examines the organization and the controversies around it through the lens of popular culture, referencing movies, television, print, and the Internet—an unusual perspective that will engage a wide range of readers and researchers. For more than 60 years, Scientology has claimed alternative religious status with a significant number of followers, despite its portrayals in popular culture domains as being bizarre. What are the reasons for the vital connections between Scientology and popular culture that help to maintain or challenge it as an influential belief system? This book is the first academic treatment of Scientology that examines the movement in a popular-culture context from the perspective of several Western countries. It documents how the attention paid to Scientology by high-profile celebrities and its mention in movies, television, and print as well as on the Internet results in millions of people being aware of the organization—to the religious organization's benefit and detriment. The book leads with a background on Scientology and a discussion of science fiction concepts, pulps, and movies. The next section examines Scientology's ongoing relationship with the Hollywood elite, including the group's use of celebrities in its drug rehabilitation program, and explores movies and television shows that contain Scientology themes or comedic references. Readers will learn about how the Internet and the mainstream media of the United States as well as of Australia, Germany, and the UK have regarded Scientology. The final section investigates the music and art of Scientology.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1536 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498512

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493035304

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Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper by John Kretschmer Pdf

Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of Force 13 winds. Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship jetsam fell out of the sky and sank [me] after encounters with Hurricane Floyd, General Noriega,a tsunami, an erupting volcano, and Typhoon Roy, then it was meant to be."

Author : Chris Bruno,Matt Dirks
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433541292

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Churches Partnering Together by Chris Bruno,Matt Dirks Pdf

How to Work Together for the Sake of the Gospel Most churches in the U. S. have less than 75 members. Many of these congregations barely have enough money to pay their pastor’s salary, much less launch a movement or host a conference. How can they hope to make an impact beyond their own walls? In Churches Partnering Together, Chris Bruno and Matt Dirks show how all churches—big andsmall—can do more together than they can do apart. Looking to the New Testament for guidance, this practical book will help pastors, church leaders, and laypeople alike think creatively about gospel-driven church partnerships in their own communities and around the world.

Author : Donald Knoepfle
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524605056

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Caribe Dreamer by Donald Knoepfle Pdf

Sailing is not just transportation as it was in the past. It can be a slow-paced adventure, or a physically demanding, pressure-packed sport like America's Cup racing. Some sailors dream of sailing off around the world like Slocum in the late 1800's on "Spray", or Jack London in 1907 on "Snark". They were the dreamers who actually made it happen. New sailing dreamers are still spawned every day, awaiting the opportunity to push off and "pull it off''! Scott Lindsay is a modern day dreamer, and through struggles and determination, made his dream came true. Scott makes his living, as a charter captain of Caribe Dreamer a 40' Sloop rigged catamaran, in the Bahamas. He is innocently thrown into the crosshairs of evil and death. Like the author, Scott's military training was in the Army, but his ambition is to go to sea. A combination of sailing and military experience places him and his wife at dangerous crossroads, where terrorism threatens the tranquility of the Abacos. This tale of romance, foreign intrigue and espionage, combined with the beauty and innocence of the Bahama out-islands and people, is the perfect foil for an international scheme that threatens the lives of Jewish Americans!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071141000

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The Church at Home and Abroad by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dave Wasserman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780595405121

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Azure Wind by Dave Wasserman Pdf

What might life at sea teach us about ministry? Over a seven week journey crossing the Gulf of Mexico on his sailboat, the author discovers lessons for life and leadership in the church. In the Spring, 2006, Dave Wasserman sailed his 31 foot sloop from Galveston, Texas to Isla Mujeres, Mexico, experiencing the open waters and life at the shoreline. He shares fifteen reflections on such topics as fear, passage-making, shelling, and jumping ship. Each reflection addresses an important challenge facing today's church leaders.

Author : Michael Lukaszewski
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557501991

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From the Top Down by Michael Lukaszewski Pdf

In this book, you'll find real answers to real questions about starting churches.