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Paperback. Condition: Good. An indispensable part of the Extravagant Generosity stewardship program, this volume, by Bishop Schnase, opens the Scriptures to show the joy and grace of giving. Designed to provide daily Bible readings for the four weeks of the program, it leads the reader to explore such questions as Why do we give, Who benefits most from our giving, and Where does true contentment come from? 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. Additional program components include: An overview timeline, providing quick information on what happens during each week of the stewardship campaign. 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-all available on the enclosed CD-ROM. A small-group leader's guide to host Sunday school and other small groups during the program using the devotional book. A DVD with video segments for four group-study sessions and short clips for use in worship. The Extravagant Generosity kit is also available.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An indispensable part of the Extravagant Generosity stewardship program, this volume, by Bishop Schnase, opens the Scriptures to show the joy and grace of giving. Designed to provide daily Bible readings for the four weeks of the program, it leads the reader to explore such questions as Why do we give, Who benefits most from our giving, and Where does true contentment come from? 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. Additional program components include: An overview timeline, providing quick information on what happens during each week of the stewardship campaign. 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-all available on the enclosed CD-ROM. A small-group leader's guide to host Sunday school and other small groups during the program using the devotional book. A DVD with video segments for four group-study sessions and short clips for use in worship. The Extravagant Generosity kit is also available.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. An indispensable part of the Extravagant Generosity stewardship program, this volume, by Bishop Schnase, opens the Scriptures to show the joy and grace of giving. Designed to provide daily Bible readings for the four weeks of the program, it leads the reader to explore such questions as Why do we give, Who benefits most from our giving, and Where does true contentment come from? 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. Additional program components include: An overview timeline, providing quick information on what happens during each week of the stewardship campaign. 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-all available on the enclosed CD-ROM. A small-group leader's guide to host Sunday school and other small groups during the program using the devotional book. A DVD with video segments for four group-study sessions and short clips for use in worship. The Extravagant Generosity kit is also available.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Focus on the Five Practices: A Congregation-Wide Initiative Based on the book, Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation, by Bishop Robert Schnase Imagine a congregation-wide focus on these practices that includes a five week sermon series, five weeks with every household reading daily devotions and sharing prayers on these practices, five weeks of leadership teams and small groups stimulated to take new initiatives, five weeks of conversation and commitment focused on the mission of the church. These are the practices that lead to excellence and fruitfulness, and they can change your church. Imagine Cultivating Fruitfulness is a congregational resource that inspires participants through 5 weeks of prayer and devotion. Each day includes a Scripture, a short story or concept from book, a personal question and a prayer. Other resources for the Focus on the Five Practices: Congregation-Wide Initiative.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Focus on the Five Practices: A Congregation-Wide Initiative Based on the book, Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation, by Bishop Robert Schnase Imagine a congregation-wide focus on these practices that includes a five week sermon series, five weeks with every household reading daily devotions and sharing prayers on these practices, five weeks of leadership teams and small groups stimulated to take new initiatives, five weeks of conversation and commitment focused on the mission of the church. These are the practices that lead to excellence and fruitfulness, and they can change your church. Imagine Cultivating Fruitfulness is a congregational resource that inspires participants through 5 weeks of prayer and devotion. Each day includes a Scripture, a short story or concept from book, a personal question and a prayer. Other resources for the Focus on the Five Practices: Congregation-Wide Initiative.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Explore together how congregations can change to become more fruitful for the purposes of Christ. Remember the Future: Praying for the Church and Change prepares leaders of congregations and conferences for courageous new conversations with readings that draw us toward renewed vision, cultivate hope and keep us attentive to the mission of Christ. Read together as leadership teams, boards and covenant groups to understand more clearly the why of congregational ministry and the internal resistances and external challenges to the mission of the church. Endorsements: While Bishop Schnase honors the past, he writes for the future. God keeps doing new things, and our Wesleyan ancestors knew well that new occasions require new responses. Remembering the Future envisions a future worthy of our past. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Wesley Theological Seminary Author of Focus: The Real Challenges That Face The United Methodist Church Discerning God's dream for us requires remembering who we are and where we come from. we need help staying connected with God's purpose while working. Here is help. Gil Rendle, Texas Methodist Foundation Senior Consultant Author of Journey in the Wilderness and Back to Zero. Bishop Schnase helps us to embrace change with faith, vision, hope, and grace. I intend to make wide use of this book in my ministry with congregation leaders. Gregory V. Palmer Resident Bishop, Illinois Episcopal Area - The United Methodist Church Illinois Great Rivers Conference The biggest issue facing local churches, annual conferences and the national church is whether we love Jesus enough to change. We must remember the changes our ancestors made and make similar changes to remain faithful in the future. Robert Schnase has given us significant help on that journey. Scott Jones, Resident Bishop, Kansas Episcopal Area - The United Methodist Church Kansas Conference Every cabinet, conference and congregation in your care will be encouraged, inspired and energized by using and experiencing the compelling truthfulness, faithfulness and integrity found in Robert Schnase's Remember the Future: Praying for the Church and Change. Bishop Rueben P. Job, author of Three Simple Rules and Three Simple Questions Excerpt From Somewhere Out There, Reading 28 When United Methodists work toward starting congregations and strengthening congregations and leading congregations, these are not merely attempts at institutional survival. Learning to deepen our life in Christ through congregations and to extend the outreach of Christ through faith communities are not merely submitting to worldly, corporate models of growth and success. Forming congregations are a means by which we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in fulfilling the purposes of Christ. Through people changed by belonging to the body of Christ, God transforms the world. God uses congregations to fulfill the mission revealed to us in Christ; increasing the number of vital congregations deserves our best and highest insights, efforts, resources, and attention Somewhere out there, somewhere in Texas or California or New Jersey or Norway or Mozambique, somewhere in a town like yours or a neighborhood near you is a person who has no idea of the change that is coming his way or the grace that will transform her life, a person unknowingly prepared by the Spirit of God to receive the embrace of Christ that people will offer when they come alive with purpose and fulfill the mission of Christ. Somewhere out there is a person God plans to use you to reach. Somewhere out there is a person God will use to change your life as you reach them. Somewhere out there is a person for whom Christ died, and for whom your church was built, and for whom God has uniquely prepared you to reach. Who are the somewhere out there people you and your congregation are reaching? Has your congregation ever helped start a congregation? How do you, your church, and your conference work to strengthen the ministry of Christ through congregations? Who are you uniquely qualified and perfectly situated to touch with the grace and ministry of Christ whom no one else can possibly reach.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Explore together how congregations can change to become more fruitful for the purposes of Christ. Remember the Future: Praying for the Church and Change prepares leaders of congregations and conferences for courageous new conversations with readings that draw us toward renewed vision, cultivate hope and keep us attentive to the mission of Christ. Read together as leadership teams, boards and covenant groups to understand more clearly the why of congregational ministry and the internal resistances and external challenges to the mission of the church. Endorsements: While Bishop Schnase honors the past, he writes for the future. God keeps doing new things, and our Wesleyan ancestors knew well that new occasions require new responses. Remembering the Future envisions a future worthy of our past. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Wesley Theological Seminary Author of Focus: The Real Challenges That Face The United Methodist Church Discerning God's dream for us requires remembering who we are and where we come from. we need help staying connected with God's purpose while working. Here is help. Gil Rendle, Texas Methodist Foundation Senior Consultant Author of Journey in the Wilderness and Back to Zero. Bishop Schnase helps us to embrace change with faith, vision, hope, and grace. I intend to make wide use of this book in my ministry with congregation leaders. Gregory V. Palmer Resident Bishop, Illinois Episcopal Area - The United Methodist Church Illinois Great Rivers Conference The biggest issue facing local churches, annual conferences and the national church is whether we love Jesus enough to change. We must remember the changes our ancestors made and make similar changes to remain faithful in the future. Robert Schnase has given us significant help on that journey. Scott Jones, Resident Bishop, Kansas Episcopal Area - The United Methodist Church Kansas Conference Every cabinet, conference and congregation in your care will be encouraged, inspired and energized by using and experiencing the compelling truthfulness, faithfulness and integrity found in Robert Schnase's Remember the Future: Praying for the Church and Change. Bishop Rueben P. Job, author of Three Simple Rules and Three Simple Questions Excerpt From Somewhere Out There, Reading 28 When United Methodists work toward starting congregations and strengthening congregations and leading congregations, these are not merely attempts at institutional survival. Learning to deepen our life in Christ through congregations and to extend the outreach of Christ through faith communities are not merely submitting to worldly, corporate models of growth and success. Forming congregations are a means by which we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in fulfilling the purposes of Christ. Through people changed by belonging to the body of Christ, God transforms the world. God uses congregations to fulfill the mission revealed to us in Christ; increasing the number of vital congregations deserves our best and highest insights, efforts, resources, and attention Somewhere out there, somewhere in Texas or California or New Jersey or Norway or Mozambique, somewhere in a town like yours or a neighborhood near you is a person who has no idea of the change that is coming his way or the grace that will transform her life, a person unknowingly prepared by the Spirit of God to receive the embrace of Christ that people will offer when they come alive with purpose and fulfill the mission of Christ. Somewhere out there is a person God plans to use you to reach. Somewhere out there is a person God will use to change your life as you reach them. Somewhere out there is a person for whom Christ died, and for whom your church was built, and for whom God has uniquely prepared you to reach. Who are the somewhere out there people you and your congregation are reaching? Has your congregation ever helped start a congregation? How do you, your church, and your conference work to strengthen the ministry of Christ through congregations? Who are you uniquely qualified and perfectly situated to touch with the grace and ministry of Christ whom no one else can possibly reach.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Churches say No in a thousand ways to new ideas, ministry initiatives, and creative people. Churches struggle with committees that are no longer conducive to their mission while pastors and laity have become conditioned to view anything new with suspicion and resistance. Churches operate with a pervasive culture of No. Just Say Yes Unleashing People for Ministry is written for people whose passion has been simmering for years, who yearn to be told Yes It's for those whose energy and ideas have been tamped down by systems and attitudes that restrain ministry and who have felt frustrated by attempts to start programs, reach new people, or experiment with alternative worship services, only to be told No. Robert Schnase examines the systems and attitudes that restrain and control ministry. He demonstrates practical ways church leaders can rethink fundamental assumptions about organizations and leadership. Real-church examples show how every church can unleash its people for ministry--encouraging, emboldening, and equipping them. Significant turnaround could happen in churches everywhere if each congregation worked through this book, chapter by chapter. --Sue Nilson Kibbey, Director of the Missional Church Consultation Initiative, West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church Just Say Yes is a valuable resource for laity and leaders who want to make a real difference in their mission field. I'm making it required reading in every church I coach and work with. --Ken Willard, Certified Consultant and Coach, Leadership 4 Transformation; author, Time Management for the Christian Leader from Abingdon Press The energy of the Holy Spirit jumps off every page and right into your heart and mind in a way that could make all things new. --Patricia Farris, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Santa Monica, CA If we take this book seriously we will see people unleashed for ministry in the world. In the process we may just rediscover why our churches exist in the first place. --Clay Oliphint, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Richardson, TX Schnase examines how churches say No, then provides an inspiring and practical look at how they can say Yes. We need this book --Steve Harper, Professor of Spiritual Formation (retired); author, Five Marks of a Methodist from Abingdon Press.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Churches say No in a thousand ways to new ideas, ministry initiatives, and creative people. Churches struggle with committees that are no longer conducive to their mission while pastors and laity have become conditioned to view anything new with suspicion and resistance. Churches operate with a pervasive culture of No. Just Say Yes Unleashing People for Ministry is written for people whose passion has been simmering for years, who yearn to be told Yes It's for those whose energy and ideas have been tamped down by systems and attitudes that restrain ministry and who have felt frustrated by attempts to start programs, reach new people, or experiment with alternative worship services, only to be told No. Robert Schnase examines the systems and attitudes that restrain and control ministry. He demonstrates practical ways church leaders can rethink fundamental assumptions about organizations and leadership. Real-church examples show how every church can unleash its people for ministry--encouraging, emboldening, and equipping them. Significant turnaround could happen in churches everywhere if each congregation worked through this book, chapter by chapter. --Sue Nilson Kibbey, Director of the Missional Church Consultation Initiative, West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church Just Say Yes is a valuable resource for laity and leaders who want to make a real difference in their mission field. I'm making it required reading in every church I coach and work with. --Ken Willard, Certified Consultant and Coach, Leadership 4 Transformation; author, Time Management for the Christian Leader from Abingdon Press The energy of the Holy Spirit jumps off every page and right into your heart and mind in a way that could make all things new. --Patricia Farris, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Santa Monica, CA If we take this book seriously we will see people unleashed for ministry in the world. In the process we may just rediscover why our churches exist in the first place. --Clay Oliphint, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Richardson, TX Schnase examines how churches say No, then provides an inspiring and practical look at how they can say Yes. We need this book --Steve Harper, Professor of Spiritual Formation (retired); author, Five Marks of a Methodist from Abingdon Press. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. How do I cultivate a life that is purposeful, deep, and fruitful? What are the commitments, critical risks, and personal practices that open me to God's grace? How can I discover the spiritual life and the difference God intends for me to make in the world? Radical Hospitality. Passionate Worship. Intentional Faith Development. Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Extravagant Generosity. Five Practices of Fruitful Living provides an honest, practical, and winsome guide to the spiritual journey. By repeating and deepening certain fundamental practices, we cooperate with God in our spiritual growth. These five practices - to receive God's love, to love God in return, to grow in Christ, to serve others, and to give ourselves fully - as we attend to them and develop them, help us settle ourselves in God and become instruments of God's grace. Following Christ will change your heart; and through you, God will change the world. FROM THE INTRODUCTION - Five Practices of Fruitful Living moves the discussion of Christian practice from the congregational level to the personal practices of discipleship. The fruitful, God-related life develops with intentional and repeated attention to five essential practices that are critical for our growth in Christ. Radical Hospitality. Passionate Worship. Intentional Faith Development. Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Extravagant Generosity. These practices open our heart--to God, to others, to a life that matters, a life rich with meaning, relationship, and contribution. They help us flourish.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Based on Five Practices of Fruitful Living, Forty Days of Fruitful Living guides the individual or small group through daily readings designed to inspire and encourage. Perfect for use during Lent or throughout the year, Forty Days of Fruitful Living will help cultivate the essential practices of a life lived in grace - to receive God's love, to love God in return, to grow in Christ, to serve others, and to give back.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Based on Five Practices of Fruitful Living, Forty Days of Fruitful Living guides the individual or small group through daily readings designed to inspire and encourage. Perfect for use during Lent or throughout the year, Forty Days of Fruitful Living will help cultivate the essential practices of a life lived in grace - to receive God's love, to love God in return, to grow in Christ, to serve others, and to give back.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. A lever helps us move an object that otherwise we could never budge. Seven Levers: Missional Strategies for Conferencesexplores conferences in operational terms, highlighting focal pointsfor change. What works in conferences, what doesn't, and why? Author Robert Schnase showsus how to identify and change practices that are no longer conducive toour mission and demonstrates concrete ways to foster a more relevant andeffective connectionalism. He uses specific conference examples todescribe fundamental strategies that really work. Seven Leversprovides insight and a common language to help leaders focus their workon what matters most and align their ministries, personnel, budgets, andgovernance accordingly. It is an honest and practical guide for all thepastors, lay leaders, conference staff, cabinets, and conference boardsstriving to shape their common ministries through conferences. Schnase's best-selling Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations has focused and strengthened ministry in thousands of congregations. Now Seven Leversgives hope and direction for those who are frustrated by conferencework that is too often unfocused and unfruitful and who long for a moreinnovative and relevant connectionalism."Seven Levers chartsa clear and compelling course for annual conferences and otherjudicatories." --Douglas T. Anderson, Associate Director of ChurchDevelopment, Indiana Conference (United Methodist Church)"Filled with insight,examples, provocation, and hope." --Lovett H. Weems Jr., Director, LewisCenter for Church Leadership, Wesley Theological Seminary"Positive and hopeful, Seven Levers willchange your conference. I heartily recommend it for every clergy andlay member of the annual conference." --Janice Huie, Bishop, TexasConference (United Methodist Church)"This book is gold. . . . Seven Levers isitself an unprecedented lever for our denomination!" --Sue NilsonKibbey, Director of Connectional and Missional Church Initiatives, WestOhio Conference (United Methodist Church).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Since the publication of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, these five practices have helped hundreds of congregations understand their mission, renew ministries, and stretch toward fruitfulness and excellence for the purpose of Christ. Now, each of the five practices has been broken out into 4-week small group studies called The Fruitful Living Series that provide an honest, practical, and winsome guide to the spiritual journey. Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service involves offering ourselves in purposeful service to others in need, making a positive difference even at significant personal cost and inconvenience to our own lives. We serve.…