First Lesson Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (Last Third), Cycle A
Derl G. Keefer
People seem dazzled by the world's glitter of false grandeur and pay little to no attention to the majesty of God. The sparkle of glitter the world offers does nothing but litter the ocean floor of the spirit. A saint's job is to pay close attenti

A Study Book For Acolytes (Revised Edition)
Edwin B. Womack
Acolytes can be much more than just cute little kids who light and extinguish the candles on Sunday morning -- they have a very important role as congregational worship leaders. But acolytes can only fulfill that responsibility if they understand wha

Six Worship Services And Dialogues For Advent Through Epiphany
Gail Gaymer Martin
The dialogues in this resource are designed for use between a youth and an adult (pastor, parent, or youth leader). Six bulletin formats are included with dialogue scripts.

Worship themes are:
Advent Past, Present, and Future
Jesus Ca

Children's Drama For Christmas Eve
Linda M. Goens
The Shepherds is a brief sketch that brings audiences a conversation among three of the shepherds outside Bethlehem following the visit from the angel. The shepherds are overwhelmed by their experience and decide to share with everyone

The Wisdom Of The Beatitudes
Stephen M. Crotts
”No one who reads this book will feel the same way about life when getting up the next morning.”

In this pocket-sized book, Crotts quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes as saying, ”Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to s...

Second Lesson Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (First Third), Cycle A
Gary L. Carver
Packed full of stories about the human condition, this book of insightful sermons based largely on texts from Paul’s letter to the Romans will be invaluable to preachers, teachers, and laypersons. Readers will serendipitously find marvelous results w...

Advent/Christmas/Epiphany, Cycle C
John A. TenBrook
Stimulate audiences to see the scriptural message in a new and refreshing light with these inspiring sketches based on Cycle C lectionary readings for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons. Originally developed for presentation by a high school-age youth group, the enjoyable scenes in this latest installment of John TenBrook's popular Thespian Theology series are an excellent tool for sharing the Gospel with unchurched people and getting them excited

31 Object Lessons from Nature
Joy Gee
Have you ever been on a picnic and wondered why God created ants? Instead of looking at insects as pests, we can learn spiritual lessons from them -- and then share those lessons with the children we know! Every Sunday school or children's church p

Series III, Cycle C
Dallas A. Brauninger
Jesus used his parables to teach ordinary persons with mundane concerns about the kingdom of God; and because these simple stories contain universal truth that transcends time and culture, they still strike a powerful chord with us nearly two millennia later. Preaching The Parables provides a gold mine of background material on each of the eighteen parables appearing in Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary. Dallas Brauninger brings a fresh,

Case Studies In Congregational Ministry
Glenn L. Borreson
Here are over 50 case studies of very real clergy/church situations: crises, problems, legal issues. Each one provides background to the situation, a description of the event, an analysis, and an evaluation by the person(s) involved suggesting how i