Resources

Island Odyssey VBS 2011

 

Island Odyssey VBS 2011 links biblical island stories with the culture of popular island vacation spots. This Bible & Arts program provides opportunity for persons of all ages to know Jesus and desire the spread of the Gospel all over the world.

Starting with Paul's evangelistic island encounters, Island Odyssey will teach the good news through story, music, art, foods, crafts, movement and drama. Participants will:

• Experience how hearing, seeing, and believing are connected
• Understand that knowing Jesus influences decision-making
• Realize that a welcoming spirit brings glory to God
• Be encouraged to spread the good news of Jesus Christ all over the world!

 

BMCR Bible

Introducing the new BMCR Bible - This beautifully designed, customized, leather-bound Bible features the history and structure of BMCR and the accomplishments and future outlook of this great United Methodist organization.  Available in the New Revised Standard Version, it makes a wonderful pew or confirmation class Bible and a personalized keepsake or gift.

 

This innovative Bible preserves BMCR's story in an exciting way.  The additional material tells the rich history of how BMCR nurtured and contributed to the Black Church influenced Methodism and enriched The United Methodist church.

 

Read more and order yours today!>>

The Politics of Ending Church Discrimination: The United Methodist Story

W. Astor Kirk

The Politics of Ending Church Discrimination analyzes, interprets and assesses intra-denominational politics directed at eliminating those three types of institutional discrimination from the mainline denomination of which Kirk has been a member for more than seventy years.  

The Purpose-Living Leader: A Legacy of Leadership

Paul E. Bryant

How to Market Your Ministry:

Communication Tools & Tactics You Need for Evangelism

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Praise Party

Worshiping God With Head, Heart, Hands, Feet, and SOUL!!

A Bible and Arts Program that spark passionate worship in your community! Perfect for VBS!!

Praise Party is a heritage-based Christian education curriculum that will have your community celebrating the saving grace of Jesus Christ with head, heart, hands, feet and SOUL! Through Bible study, crafts, skits, movement, contemporary music, and well-loved hymns and songs of the Black Church, Praise Party will create passionate worship that truly makes disciples of Jesus Christ.

Try the Praise Party Timeline Game, which brings all generations together to create an attractive, decorative, and informative poster utilizing art and images to outline major points in music, religious and black history.

The Worship DVD features a promo video, two music videos, three movement instructions and demonstrations, one liturgical dance video, and two skits that introduce the five featured traditional hymns.

All hymns on the Contemporary Music CD are available for purchase as MP3 downloads at www.abingdonpressvbs.com.

African American History Month 2010

Mackie H. Norris

This annual publication of devotions contains Scripture-based readings of hope, inspiration, and encouragement for each day of February, African American History Month. Each devotion contains a prayer and an inspirational medication based on a Scripture passage and on African American history. Ideal for Bible study, opening meditations for meetings, and events, and for personal daily devotions.

Abingdon Press, $2.10

The Africana Worship Book Year C

Valerie Bridgeman Davis and Safiyah Fosua, Editors

New calls to worship, liturgies, prayers, litanies, offertory prayers, doxologies, choral readings, creeds, chants and benedictions—all related to Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary. A bound-in CD is included, making it easy to reproduce the materials for use in worship. Discipleship resources.

Book with CD $32.00.

Visit www.cokesbury.com to purchase.

Companion to the Africana Worship Book

From the Streets to the Pulpit

Rev. Dr. Brian W Jackson is an adult survivor of child abuse, addiction, and homelessness.  Rising from his difficult beginnings, Rev. Jackson became an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church.  While homeless in his early twenties, the pivotal point of his life came when a network of preachers, missionaries, churches, and other institution throughout Baltimore provided for him.  Jackson credits the acts of charity of a network of people and institutions with not only preserving his life, but serving as witnesses to the type of lifestyle he now aspires for.  Today he leads workshops on addiction, homelessness and in other areas. He considers his life struggles as foundational to his vocation, and strives to help others struggling to overcome similar adversities. His personal mission statement is “To go wherever to reach the lost at any cost”.  This riveting book is a testament of his journey, trials, tribulations and victories.

FOCUS  Living the Lord's Prayer

Tyrone D. Gordon

God Delivers Me

Something Within

Gilbert H. Caldwell

While published as a tribute to Caldwell and his wife, Grace, on the eve of their 50th wedding anniversary, the volume serves to challenge readers to think theologically about contemporary justice issues ranging from the latest Supreme Court rulings about school integration to the challenges of disability, the war in Iraq, poverty, HIV/AIDS, and politics both in the church and society.  Those who know Caldwell will celebrate having in one volume many of his significant writings, while new generations of readers will be challenged to confront the prophetic and pastoral perspectives of a Christian leader whose life-long passion reflects loving and liberating justice.