Summer Closure

As usual, the Resource Center for Churches will be closed for four weeks this summer. We will close at 4 p.m., Friday, June 30, and reopen at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 1. A staff member will check messages once a week and attempt to respond to urgent situations, but please try to make your plans in advance. Resources reserved for use during and immediately following our summer break will be sent out in advance.

Resources for Fall

Fall provides many new opportunities at church: children starting a new grade in Sunday school, new youth and adult programs, Open Houses and welcoming new families to the community. Make use of one or more of these resources to help your church begin the school year right!

Catalog code key: BK=Book; CDR=CD-Rom; CR=Curriculum; DV=DVD; KS=Kit; VD=Video

Welcoming and Hospitality Resources

• At Table with Jesus (BK153)
• Children Among Us: Foundations in Children's Ministries (BK345)
• Dear Sisters: A Womanist Practice of Hospitality (BK588)
• The First Thirty Seconds: A Guide to Hospitality for Greeters and Ushers (BK2522)
• Hospitality: Life in a Time of Fear (BK1030)
• Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition (BK1380)
• Radical Hospitality, a Companion Guide (BK3225)
• Radical Hospitality: Benedict's Way of Love (BK3224)
• Worship and Hospitality: Reaching Out and Healing Through Worship (BK2444)
• Igniting Ministry: Hospitality and Media Planner (KS47)
• Acolytes, Greeters, Ushers (VD6)
• Ancient Future Worship: A Model for the 21st Century (VD43)
• Beginnings Tapes 1-4 (VD4003-4006)
• Inviting and Engaging Church (VD743)

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Adult Forum Resources

• About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions (BK68)
• Christianity 101: Tracing Basic Beliefs (BK3257)
• Eve's Choice (BK3023)
• FaithQuestions - What About the Devil? (BK3301)
• Falling in Love with God (BK2821)
• He Walked in Galilee (BK3028)
• Plenty Good Room: A Bible Study Based on African American Spirituals (BK1649)
• Presbyterians Being Reformed: Reflections on What the Church Needs Today (BK3254)
• Ride on Jesus (BK3239)
• Song of the Shepherd (BK2928)
• The Beatitudes for Today (BK3262)
• Whoever Welcomes a Child (BK3197)
• The Thoughtful Christian (BK3197)
• Across the Centuries: The Church Constitution Today (DV89)
• Biology and Belief: Conversations in Faith and Science (DV97)
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, Nazi Resister (DV98)
• Changing Face of the African American Church (DV70)
• Creating Caring Congregations (DV86)
• Daddy & Papa (DV36)
• The Dividing Wall (DV55)
• Experiencing God Discs 1-3 (DV24-26)
• The Forgetting (DV40)
• Going Public With Your Faith (DV60)
• The History of the Bible in English (DV22)
• Lifing the Questions (DV67)
• Living the Vision: Becoming a Multicultural Church (DV38)
• Matthew Parts One and Two (DV91-92)
• Missing Peace (DV21)
• New Beginnings: My Opportunity for Giving and The Gifts of Aging (DV57, DV71)
• Religions of the World: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity (DV41)
• Sacred Stories (DV20)
• Sisters Bible Study for Women: Knowing God, Making God the Main Thing in My Life (DV11)
• The Congregation: Questions of Faith in Changing Times (DV80)
• Theologians Under Hitler (DV68)
• Tying the Knot (DV90)
• Victory and Peace or Justice and Peace? (DV75)
• Walking the Path Jesus Walked (DV56)
• When Tempers Flare (DV74)
• The Widow's Mite (DV78)
• Bioethics and the Book of Life (VD4060)
• The Heart of Christianity, Lectures I-IV (VD3362-3363)
• Just Neighbors Videos 1-2 (VD4035-4036)
• New Beginnings: A New Way of Living a Christian Life (VD3390)
• The Question of God Parts 1-2 (VD3368-3369)
• Religions of the World: Native American Spirituality and Religions of Small Societies (VD3398, VD3397)
• To Make a Difference: The NGOs (VD4015)
• William Sloane Coffin: An American Prophet (VD3364)

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Youth Ministry Resources

• Bookmarks: Volume 1 (BK262)
• Combos for Youth Groups #4 (BK3303)
• Extraordinary New Testament People (BK706)
• Get 'Em Talking!: 104 Great Discussion Starters for Youth Groups (BK850)
• The Gospel According to Harry Potter: Spirituality in the Stories of the World's Most Famous Seeker (BK908-909)
• The Gospel According to the "Simpsons" (BK910)
• The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle Earth (BK911)
• The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spiritulaity and Faith in the Matrix (BK912)
• Live it: Bullying and Gossiping (BK3241)
• Song of the Shepherd (BK2928)
• Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry (BK2014)
• Thinking Theologically About Haves & Have Nots (BK2789-2790)
• Thinking Theologically About Pop Culture (BK2166-2167)
• We Believe: So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: A Survey of Church History (BK1970)
• Talksheets on CD-Rom (CDR25)
• The Justice Mission (CR347)
• Gimme God (DV82)
• Killing Us Softly 3 (DV66)
• Let's Get Real (DV35)
• Nooma: Bullhorn (DV48); Dust (DV50); Flame (DV43); Kickball (DV51); Luggage (DV52); Lump (DV46); Matthew (DV95); Noise (DV44); Rain (DV49); Rhythm (DV76); Sunday (DV47); Trees (DV45)
• Stuck in a Rut (DV29)
• Thermostat: How Can We Turn Toward Peace in a Time of Fear? (DV61)
• What Do You Want (DV81)
• Bible: What's It All About Parts 1 and 2 (VD148, 4039)
• Bulletproof? (VD175)
• Bulletproof? (At the Edge) (VD176)
• Bullying: What Every Adult Needs to Know (VD177)
• It's Not OK to Bully (VD757)
• The Justice Mission (VD807)
• Stop Bullying! Standing Up for Yourself and Others (VD1509)

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Children's Ministry Resources

• Children's Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study (BK3190)
• Hey, God, Let's Talk! Teaching Children About Prayer and Prayer Journal (BK2730-2731)
• Homelessness: Activities About People who are Homeless (BK1018)
• Hunger Activities for Children (BK1062)
• I Will Be Your Friend: Songs and Activities for Young Peacemakers (BK1075)
• Play Lightly on the Earth (BK1643)
• Sunday School on a Shoestring: Creating Terrific Learning Environments without Breaking Your Budget (BK2072)
• A Taste of Cuba: Three Illustrated Stories for Children (BK2506-2507)
• Teaching the Lord's Prayer (BK2607)
• Video, Kids, and Christian Education: How to Use Video in Your Christian Education Program (BK2281)
• Learning to Use My Bible: A Special Study for Children in Grades 3 & 4 (CR205-206)
• Complete Guide to Godly Play, the Training Video (DV65)
• How to Get Blessed Without Sneezing: Rediscovering the Beatitudes (DV19)
• Electronic Campfire: New Storytelling from Scripture (VD391)
• Families of Mexico (VD489)
• Fish Tale (VD791)
• Folktales of Peace II (VD4024)
• How to Fold a Paper Crane (VD697)
• I Have a Friend (VD716)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (VD873)
• The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus (VD970)
• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (VD1420)

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