Busy pastors and worship leaders are always searching for worship elements that underline the scripture passages and provide a unifying theme. A Call To Worship answers that need, supplying a range of calls to worship, prayers, and litanies for each Sunday, all based on the readings for Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. A special feature is a weekly ""children's benediction"" that summarizes the day's theme in a brief phrase that young people can understand and repeat with the congregation. A Call To Worship is a valuable library of resources that you'll want to have right at your fingertips! Frank Ramirez is an author and pastor in the Church of the Brethren who has written numerous books, articles, and short stories. A graduate of LaVerne College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez has served congregations in Indiana and California. His other CSS titles include The Christmas Star, Coming Home, and He Took A Towel.

A Call To Worship

Religion & Spirituality

Frank Ramirez

Christian Books & Bibles

CSS Pub. Co

Lectionary Worship Aids by Frank Ramirez is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. Here are some of the topics covered in this lectionary book: - Worship - Worship resources - Worship services - Worship aids - Lectionary - Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary - Lectionary worship aids - Lectionary resources""Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105 KJV) We are the People of the Book, and our book is the Bible. That's quite a bargain when you think about it. It's more than a book -- it's a collection of books. And it's more than a collection of books -- it's the Word of Life. These are the words of life, and this word has depth, with meaning for the time in which it was first delivered, and additional strata for every time and every heart, including our own. (from the introduction) Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a perennial favorite CSS reference. This resource is easy to use, with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, a collect, a prayer of confession, and suggested hymns. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, meaningful worship experiences. Frank Ramirez is an author and pastor in the Church of the Brethren who has written numerous books, articles, and short stories. A graduate of LaVerne College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez has served congregations in Indiana and California, and is currently pastor at Everett Church of the Brethren in Everett, Pennsylvania. His other CSS titles include A Call To Worship, He Took A Towel, The Christmas Star, and Coming Home."" Lectionary Worship Aid is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Lectionary Worship Aids

CSS Publishing Company

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105) Coming up with fresh, meaningful worship material each Sunday that illuminates scripture and preaching themes is a pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy pastors and worship leaders will love this all-new edition of a perennial CSS favorite. It's an easy-to-use reference offering several prayers relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, a collect, a prayer of confession, and suggested hymns. Supplemental material includes alternate verses for several familiar hymns, as well as an anointing service, a communion and feetwashing service, and a lamentation service for the anniversary of 9/11. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, thematically unified worship experiences in which hymns, prayers, and scripture all work together to dance in and around God's Word. Lord, listen to your people praying. Your faithfulness is evident all around us, in the green of the hill, in the rushing of the rivers, and in the life that surrounds us. The birds who eat the seeds we leave out, and the birds who plunder the fruit we thought we would save for ourselves, are both yours. The bears who forage in the woods and who rummage through our trash are yours, also. Lord, this is your world and not ours, and surely your presence is in this place, whether or not it suits our purposes. We praise you, Lord, for who you are, and not what we would have you be. We love your world for what it is, and not what we would make it do for us. We praise you for your people as you made us, not by whom we would exclude, condemn, or deny. God of glory, your wisdom is sufficient for us this day. Amen. (sample prayer from Proper 10) Frank Ramirez is an author and pastor in the Church of the Brethren who has written numerous books, articles, and short stories. A graduate of LaVerne College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez has served congregations in Indiana and California, and is currently pastor at Everett Church of the Brethren in Everett, Pennsylvania. His other CSS titles include Partners In Healing, A Call To Worship, He Took A Towel, The Christmas Star, and Coming Home.

The practice of anointing for healing appears countless times in the Bible ? yet in many Christian traditions, anointing is seldom practiced today. But it is an essential rite that reminds us that God is firmly in control of all aspects of our lives. Anointing affirms and symbolizes our partnership with God, who is the true source of restoration and healing. Through the practice of anointing, we invite God to be part of the healing process for anyone who is sick physically, emotionally, or spiritually. Partners In Healing is a complete guide with all the resources you need to revive this ancient practice as part of a comprehensive ministry of healing. The biblical and historical background for anointing is investigated, and sample services and prayers are included, as well as sermons that can be used to introduce this ministry to congregations unfamiliar with it. There are also discussion questions and activities, making this an excellent resource for small group study.

Partners In Healing

The Bee Attitudes by Frank Ramirez is a christian children activities and christian drama book. Here are some of the topics covered in this christian drama book: - Christian drama- Children activities - Drama skits for children- Drama activities for children- Youth activities Frank Ramirez believes that youth and children are the church of today and should be invited to participate regularly in worship as scripture readers, musicians, speakers, and worship leaders. Drama is an especially great way to keep young people speaking, performing, and sharing in front of the congregation -- not only is it fun and inspirational, but drama is also an effective method for making God's word take on flesh and dwell in our midst. This set of six delightful plays puts Christ at the forefront while entertaining all ages and teaching deep truths. The flexible pieces can be performed elaborately with full costuming and staging, or simply read directly from the script in readers' theater style. From ""Witnesses to the Light,"" featuring angels named Fantastic, Marvelous, Wonderful, and Gabriel, to the whimsical ""Holy Water,"" with sheep named Be Bop, Bo Peep, Bah Humbug, and Bill, the dramas in The Bee Attitudes are sure to please. It'll be hard to determine who enjoys them the most -- the young people performing them, or the parents and grandparents with the cameras!Frank Ramirez is the pastor of Everett Church of the Brethren in Everett, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of LaVerne and Bethany Theological Seminary, Ramirez is the author of numerous christian books, articles, and short christian stories. His CSS titles include Gabriel's Horn, The Christmas Star, Partners in Healing, He Took a Towel, Coming Home, Lectionary Worship Aids, and A Call To Worship.The Bee Attitudes is a christian children activities and christian drama book covering topics such as christian drama, children activities, drama skits for children, drama activities for children and youth activities.

The Bee Attitudes

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Apocalypse is not the end of the world. Apocalypse is the moment God restores the world to justice. But no one knows the moment. Will it be in our lifetime? the lifetime of our children? thousands of years away? or everyday? If the oppressed like Daniel will just hold on, they will see the new world they dream of in their visions. Read DANIEL, the apocalyptic testimony of Daniel and characters of the Apocrypha who testify that God comes to a suffering people at the right time, God's time. This series of Bible studies was developed for the People of the Covenant program in the Church of the Brethren and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and is now widely used interdenominationally. The covenant model pulls together small groups of people who study the Bible, pray, help each other, and take on acts of Christian service. In addition to the ten-session Bible study the book includes resources for prayer, sharing and action.

Daniel (Covenant Bible Studies Series)

Brethren Pr

The Brethren Love Feast is based upon a simple premise: disciples do a Jesus commands. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says we should wash feet. We wash feet. The text says we should share a meal. So we eat something. Jesus says we should remember him. So we take the bread and cup. In this treasury, the love feast story is remembered and renewed, extending the invitation for all to come to the Lord's table.

The Love Feast

You might not have heard of Cain Lackey, Ann Rowland, or Harold Lefever, but you could call them unlikely Brethren heroes, because each was just an ordinary person doing an extraordinary thing with uncommon conviction. Risking life to participate in the first Brethren baptism; enduring ridicule and pain for reaching out to "the enemy" during war, tirelessly and patiently seeking change in the face of opposition are but a few of the examples of what Brethren have done to live the ways the Bible tells us to live.

The Meanest Man in Patrick County and Other Unlikely Brethren Heroes

Children's Books

Side by Side: Interpreting Dual Stories in the Bible

Frank Ramirez spins tales about 32 individuals whose lives have touched the Brethren- famous people who were somehow related to the Brethren; Brethren who, themselves, became famous; and famous people who, legend has it, were members of the Church of the Brethren. Former Messenger editor Kermon Thomasson shows us how all these people might have looked.

Brethren Brush with Greatness: 32 Stories

History

World

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A Call To Worship

Lectionary Worship Aids

Lectionary Worship Aids

Partners In Healing

The Bee Attitudes

Daniel (Covenant Bible Studies Series)

The Love Feast

The Meanest Man in Patrick County and Other Unlikely Brethren Heroes

Side by Side: Interpreting Dual Stories in the Bible

Brethren Brush with Greatness: 32 Stories