Reweaving The Ministries

Author : Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814666213
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving the Ministries written by Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Emmaus story unfolds it moves from catechesis to Eucharist to mission. It is a promising paradigm for the process of reweaving the present array of parish ministries into an integrated pastoral practice. Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, invites those engaged in ministry and those preparing for it to think of their own ministry as part of a larger pastoral tapestry. He also extends the Emmaus paradigm to pastoral leaders who have the responsibility to integrate and coordinate the practice of ministry at parish and diocesan levels. Reweaving the Ministries invites all who are involved in ministry to become ever more fully, in St. Paul’s description, co-workers with one another and co-workers with God in the care of God’s people.

Author : Carol J. Gallagher
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898698227
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving the Sacred written by Carol J. Gallagher and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal growth and development tool for small congregations in all mainline denominationsSimple, clear exercises and techniques to help leaders and members pinpoint problems and claim and identify gifts and values of their shared history, in order to engage in a ministry of renewal, welcome, and growth. Topics include: Relationships and Identity - understanding the starting point for rebuilding and outreach Grief and Healing - unpacking concerns that might be inhibiting growth Providing Safety and Security - engendering trust, beginning with leaders Inviting Growth - plans and exercises to cultivate invitation and inclusion of newcomers Understanding Gifts through Storytelling - helping leaders identify their future through variety of teaching and learning styles.

Author : Ronald Eugene Nored
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving the Fabric written by Ronald Eugene Nored and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True story of a church that refused to leave a decaying neighborhood.

Author : Duke L. Kwon
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493429574
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reparations written by Duke L. Kwon and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kwon and Thompson's eloquent reasoning will help Christians broaden their understanding of the contemporary conversation over reparations."--Publishers Weekly "A thoughtful approach to a vital topic."--Library Journal Christians are awakening to the legacy of racism in America like never before. While public conversations regarding the realities of racial division and inequalities have surged in recent years, so has the public outcry to work toward the long-awaited healing of these wounds. But American Christianity, with its tendency to view the ministry of reconciliation as its sole response to racial injustice, and its isolation from those who labor most diligently to address these things, is underequipped to offer solutions. Because of this, the church needs a new perspective on its responsibility for the deep racial brokenness at the heart of American culture and on what it can do to repair that brokenness. This book makes a compelling historical and theological case for the church's obligation to provide reparations for the oppression of African Americans. Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson articulate the church's responsibility for its promotion and preservation of white supremacy throughout history, investigate the Bible's call to repair our racial brokenness, and offer a vision for the work of reparation at the local level. They lead readers toward a moral imagination that views reparations as a long-overdue and necessary step in our collective journey toward healing and wholeness.

Author : Joan Filemoni-Tofaeono
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315478633
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving the Relational Mat written by Joan Filemoni-Tofaeono and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reweaving the Relational Mat is an integrative response to the problem of violence against women which grounds theological and sociological analysis in the praxis of Oceanian Christian women's experiences of violence. It focuses on the collusion of the church in the problem of violence against women by critiquing the ways in which its theology and practices have contributed to 'power-over' ways of relating. Employing the Oceanian metaphor of weaving the mat, the analysis 'unravels' the 'patriarchal relational mat,' paving the way for a constructive 'reweaving' of a Christocentric 'egalitarian relational mat.' The study begins by unravelling the correlation between violence and the ideology of patriarchy. It then highlights the various strands of violence against women, and examines the complex mosaic of socio-cultural sources and manifestations of violence against women in Oceania. This leads to an analysis of the interwoven strands of religion and violence, focusing particularly on the church's captivity to patriarchy. The ensuing explication of problematic theological and biblical interpretations and church practices ends with a critique of male clergy power, particularly as it functions in the Oceanian context. This leads to an examination of the relationship between flawed theological education and violence against women. Case studies of violence against women in the Oceanian theological education setting are analysed. The subsequent 'reweaving of the relational mat' issues forth in specific challenges to church leaders, theological educators and church women.

Author : Mary Jo Leddy
Publisher : Mystic, Conn. : Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving Religious Life written by Mary Jo Leddy and published by Mystic, Conn. : Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the decline in religious life, its impact and importance, and how religious communities can foster a new model for the future. -- Back cover.

Author : Joan Filemoni-Tofaeono
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315478641
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reweaving the Relational Mat written by Joan Filemoni-Tofaeono and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reweaving the Relational Mat is an integrative response to the problem of violence against women which grounds theological and sociological analysis in the praxis of Oceanian Christian women's experiences of violence. It focuses on the collusion of the church in the problem of violence against women by critiquing the ways in which its theology and practices have contributed to 'power-over' ways of relating. Employing the Oceanian metaphor of weaving the mat, the analysis 'unravels' the 'patriarchal relational mat,' paving the way for a constructive 'reweaving' of a Christocentric 'egalitarian relational mat.' The study begins by unravelling the correlation between violence and the ideology of patriarchy. It then highlights the various strands of violence against women, and examines the complex mosaic of socio-cultural sources and manifestations of violence against women in Oceania. This leads to an analysis of the interwoven strands of religion and violence, focusing particularly on the church's captivity to patriarchy. The ensuing explication of problematic theological and biblical interpretations and church practices ends with a critique of male clergy power, particularly as it functions in the Oceanian context. This leads to an examination of the relationship between flawed theological education and violence against women. Case studies of violence against women in the Oceanian theological education setting are analysed. The subsequent 'reweaving of the relational mat' issues forth in specific challenges to church leaders, theological educators and church women.

Author : Christopher Lewis
Publisher : Sermon To Book
ISBN 13 : 9781945793745
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rebuilder written by Christopher Lewis and published by Sermon To Book. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there hope for a broken church to be restored? Church splits, scandals, and power struggles are so commonplace that they hardly seem newsworthy anymore. But God's desire and plan is for these hurting congregations to be rebuilt into strong, healthy churches that showcase His love and power to their communities and beyond. Pastor Christopher A. Lewis accepted God's call to move from a thriving ministry in Chicago to the broken and struggling Christian Community Church of God in Lauderhill, Florida. Within just one year of ministry there, he saw tremendous spiritual growth, interpersonal healing, and renewed community outreach. Numerical growth and physical repair of the church accompanied repentance and restored fellowship. Today the church is thriving, and Pastor Lewis shares from his experiences in this highly practical and personal book. Drawing rich insights from the book of Nehemiah, this manual for church repair will show you how to: - Prepare your own heart and life to see God work - Implement principles of effective personal and corporate prayer - Understand and prioritize the problems and concerns facing the church - Deal with dysfunctional leadership and rebuild trust in the ministry team - Turn the congregation from fighting each other to working together to fulfill God's mission Plus, each chapter contains relevant questions and prompts for personal application, as well as decisive action steps. Pastors and church leaders who have a burden to be used by God in a ministry of rebuilding will find much-needed direction and support in these pages. If this level of restoration sounds like an impossible dream, The Rebuilder will fill your heart with hope, vision, and determination to see God work. Even the most broken church can experience His best!

Author : Donna Bowman
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739179721
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prayer Shawl Ministries and Women’s Theological Imagination written by Donna Bowman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on personal interviews, Prayer Shawl Ministries and Women’s Theological Imagination uncovers the theological creativity of Christian lay women quietly stitching their own sacred fabric. From the origins of prayer shawl ministry in feminist and ecumenical thought, the movement has grown to hundreds of groups, composed mostly of women over 60, in denominations across the political and doctrinal spectrum. Through participation in handcrafting ministries, participants reflect on themes that sometimes complement and sometimes challenge the public stances of their communities. Women in prayer shawl ministries develop commitments to broad inclusion, reject the intrusion of market forces, and realize their productive power. Out of their traditional roles as caretakers, they craft compassion into a conscious, theologically-rich practice. Out of their historical subordination, they cultivate trust in divine providence and hope for the preservation of their legacy. Listening to their ideas, convictions, and concerns, and connecting them to findings from multiple scholarly fields, this book seeks to disclose the convergences and complexity of ordinary women’s theological thinking and behavior.

Author : J. T. Sunderland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331859635
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Ministry of Fifteen Years in a College Town written by J. T. Sunderland and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Ministry of Fifteen Years in a College Town: A Sermon To one who has reached middle life there begins to be something pathetic in the thought of the hurrying years. To youth the flight of time is a desire and a delight, rather than the opposite. The boy longs for manhood - thinks it glorious to be approaching that consummation of human hopes. The young man is eager to get into the bustle, stir and conflict of middle life. But when the conflict has been carried on for a few years, until the vista before begins perceptibly to shorten and that behind to lengthen, then a change comes, and the birthdays begin to have a touch of sadness in them, as we wonder why they hurry so fast to meet us. Ah! time is our mystery of mysteries in this world. We cannot understand it; we can only stand dumb in its presence, and stretch out imploring hands to it as it steals our years away. Our only possible compensation, if not our only possible alleviation, is to be found in the consciousness of spending the years, as they pass, for worthy and useful ends. Thus only can we get out of them the eternal gold that lies in their heart. Such thoughts as these crowd inevitably on my mind as I rise before you this morning, to remembering that we have been fifteen years together as pastor and people. Fifteen years is not a short time even in the history of a church. But in the working life of a man it is a long time. I cannot therefore find it in my heart to pass over such an anniversary as the present one without notice. May I not trust that the spending of the half hour that is before us in looking back thoughtfully over the years of our common life and labor, may not be unwelcome to you. The recollections of these fifteen years naturally divide themselves into three groups: one group gathering about the town, or the community, as a whole; another about the University; and the third about our own church. Can we do better than let our thoughts take this order? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.