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New & Featured | CRE | Search | Full Stock List | Order Books | Enquiries | Mailing List | Our Services Epworth BooksLent Easter SelectionHere is a Lent/Easter list for those of you who: · Are planning Lent and Easter services · Wonder what’s new for group study, personal reading and reflection · Want some fresh ideas for children’s ministry, including crafts and activities · Are looking for Easter children’s story books. The quantity in stock as at 30 January 2008 is shown in green next to each title. Prices may have changed since this page was last updated. Worship ResourcesEaster Services, Sermons, and Prayers: Just in Time Series. Kenneth Carter. 99pp Abingdon, US (2007) $19.99 [20 in stock] Carter provides practical planning guidelines for pastors and ministry leaders as they prepare for the Easter season. He explains how to: · Establish and train an Easter hospitality team · Extend hospitality to all who attend Easter services · Help the congregation prepare for Easter · Include children. Includes creative liturgies, sermon helps, and prayers for Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, and the 50 days of the Easter season. 40 Days with Jesus - Igniting Worship Series. Worship Services and Video Clips on DVD. Leith Anderson, Dan Collison. 112pp. Abingdon, US. $59.99 [On back-order, 8 spare] Seven unique and complete acts of worship appropriate for use during the Lenten season. These services make use of many different worship elements and media forms to engage the congregation through the retelling of the sacred story. New Proclamation: Year A, 2008: Easter to Christ the King. David B Lott ed. 256pp Augsburg Fortress, US. $49.99 (Arriving January 2008) [On back-order, 4 spare] Assists preachers in understanding bible readings, developing effective, gospel-centred sermons faithful to Scripture and liturgical seasons and preaching the gospel in a way that is true to the Christian tradition and relevant for our day. Ecumenical in orientation, each volume in this series offers exegesis and homiletic reflection on readings for half the church year as well as an overarching strategy for approaching each season and ways to connect one’s homily or sermon to the salient features of contemporary life. Darkness Yielding: Liturgies, Prayers and Reflections for Christmas, Holy Week and Easter. Jim Cotter, Martyn Percy, Sylvia Sands, W H Vanstone, Rowan Williams. Canterbury Press/Cairns Publications, UK. (2007) $45.00 [On back-order, 2 spare] A rich resource of ready to use liturgies, prayers hymns and reflections for the richest seasons of the Christian year – Christmas and Easter. Darkness Yielding presents a contemporary set of meditations on the Stations of the Cross as well as complete liturgies for Christmas and Easter. Rowans Williams and Martyn Percy present probing reflections to offer great inspiration. For clergy and worship leaders looking for fresh inspiration for these annual celebrations, Darkness Yielding has plenty to offer. Palm Sunday and Holy Week Services. (Just in Time Series). Robin Knowles Wallace. 84pp Abingdon, US. $18.99 [18 in stock] Ready-to-use lectionary-based worship and preaching resources for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Includes three options for Palm Sunday services including procession suggestions with special emphasis on participation by children. Also includes two suggested services for each lectionary year (A, B, and C), six services for Holy Thursday and three services for Good Friday. Includes multiple worship options for each lectionary year scripture. Gives suggested liturgies for each service including those related to Taize. Worship Feast Lent & Easter: Complete Worship Outlines for Lent and Easter. J Youngman. Abingdon, US. (2008) $39.99 [7 in stock] This book takes youth groups from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Sunrise with creative, experiential worship outlines. It contains 7 worship openers for Sunday school classes and other settings. Also includes 7 original Lent-themed worship songs on audio CD and printed lyrics with chords. Sermons for Lent and Easter: Selections from Concordia Pulpit Resources. Concordia, US. (Jan 2008) $34.99 [not in stock] This collection features the full text of more than 20 sermons, and includes six Lenten sermons, as well as texts for the various services of the Holy Week and Easter seasons. An accompanying CD Rom contains the texts of the sermons in RTF format. Seven Words for Three Hours: a Good Friday meditation in words and music (includes CD) Adrian Snell (music), Edmund Newell (Editor). Darton Longman Todd, UK. (2005) $72.00 [5 in stock] This revised and updated book is designed for use either in its entirety as a Good Friday three hours' devotion, as a basis for Lent study groups or for personal reflection and meditation. Season of Ash and Fire: Prayers and Liturgies for Lent and Easter. Blair G. Meeks. 159pp Abingdon, US (2004) $26.99 [8 in stock] Includes corporate prayers for each Sunday and Holy Day in the Easter Cycle. Additional prayers and liturgies for use during the season by small groups and families help extend and unify the congregation’s celebration. Eggs and Ashes: Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week. Ruth Burgess; Chris Polhill. 254pp, Iona/Wild Goose, UK. (2004) $47.50 [9 in stock] Suitable for group worship or personal reflection, and with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, it is a collection to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years. Stages On the Way: Worship Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Wild Goose Worship Group. 236pp. Iona/Wild Goose, UK. (1998) $42.50 [1 in stock] This book traces Jesus’ road to the cross through Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Its prime purpose is to resource worship that enables people to sense the hope, apprehension and joy of Easter as felt by Jesus’ friends. Prayers for Lent, Easter and Pentecost. Donna Schaper. 75pp Abingdon, US. $24.99 [3 in stock]
Study & Devotional MaterialThe Power Of Small Choices: A Lent Course. Hilary Brand 183pp Darton Longman + Todd, UK. $21.00 [On back-order, 1 spare] In this lively Lent course, Hilary Brand looks at the power of the small choices we make on a daily basis. She looks at what science and contemporary culture say about human freedom and responsibility, and how faith enables or inhibits choice. Many of us feel that our lives are very small. It is for others to make the big statements, the noble sacrifices, the grand gestures of faith. But within our humdrum lives lie a million small choices - any one of which could have huge consequences for ourselves, for those around us, and for the world. Group sessions examine two films, The Shawshank Redemption and Babette’s Feast, which highlight how choice can be exercised, even in the most limited circumstances. The course includes notes for leaders, and an outline to help structure each group session. There are also sections for individual reading and reflection, additional studies on key Bible passages and suggestions for a final event to celebrate after the course ends. Also available (Please allow 3 weeks for delivery of these DVDs): · The Shawshank Redemption – DVD (2 disc set) $32.00. Starring Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman (2004) [On back-order, 1 spare] A prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder, spends many years in prison – during that time being befriended by a convict who knows the ropes and helps him cope with the frightening realities of prison life. · Babette’s Feast – DVD $30.00 (2001) [Not in stock] Oscar-wining and mouth watering delight which tells a wistful, wise tale with a subtle sense of humour. An exiled French housekeeper prepares a feast for a pair of devout Lutheran sisters. Christ & the Chocolaterie - Lent Course. Brand Hillary. 64pp Darton Longman & Todd, UK. $14.00 [29 in stock] An original, innovative and lively Lent course inspired by the film Chocolat, which was in turn based on the bestselling novel by Joanne Harris. Using the film as a starting point for exploring issues about God, the world, and what it means to be human. Five group sessions. Best seller Lent 2007. Also available (Please allow 3 weeks for delivery).
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[On back-order, 2 spare] As we believe so we pray: Lent and Easter Year A. Brian Mayne 96pp Columba, Ireland (2004). $19.95 [8 in stock] “I believe that we need to re-capture the sense that Lent and Easter belong together. The seasons between Ash Wednesday and Pentecost bring before the Church the central message of God’s wonderful love for his children,“ says Mayne in his introduction. This convenient, compact and compact book offers constructive ways of praying in harmony with the church during the seasons of Lent and Easter. For each week there is a prayer of penitence, a psalm, a canticle or hymn, suggestions for intercession and thanksgiving and daily Bible readings. Small Surrenders: A Lenten Journey. Emilie Griffin 160pp Hbk. Paraclete, US (2008) $37.00 [3 in stock] A guide to Lent that invites spiritual observance and a willingness to be transformed by grace. Griffin uses brief, provocative quotations from ancient and modern sources as starting-points for her 47 warm, conversational meditations, which focus on deepening the spiritual life. Readers will gain new insights on various aspects of Lent – the “small surrenders” we make throughout the season – including the attitudes we should bring to Lent, our relationship to Jesus Christ during these days, the disciplines we may adopt, and how to maintain commitment over such an extended time. Major sources for reflection are Jesus' time in the wilderness, as well as the final week of Lent when we observe his passion, death, and resurrection. Griffin also provides a brief history of Lent and considers the value of Lenten practice in contemporary life. Radical Renovation: Living the Cross-Shaped Life. James Harnish. Abingdon, US. (2007) $16.00 [2 in stock] Just as a house can be rebuilt after it has fallen into disrepair or devastation, Harnish says, so God can enter in to our brokenness and completely rebuild our lives, so that we can become the kind of people in whom the living Christ can take up residence, and through whom the loving purpose of God can become a tangible reality in this world. This seven-session study, appropriate for both group and individual use, provides one lesson for each week in Lent. Each lesson includes a Scripture reference, a brief reflection, questions for discussion or reflection, a brief prayer, and a focus for the coming week. Living with the Mind of Christ: A Lenten Study for Adults. James Harnish. Abingdon, US (2005) $10.99 [On back-order, 2 spare] This study is based on Philippians 2:1-11 (“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus…”). The goal is to discover what it might look like for us, in very practical ways, to live with the mind of Christ. The book includes 7 sessions, one for each Sunday in Lent, including Easter Sunday. Each session features a scripture reference, a personal reading and questions for personal reflection or group discussion; suggestions for ways to deepen the Lenten journey and a focus for the coming week. The Road to Emmaus: Companions for the journey through Lent. Helen Julian CSF. 176pp. BRF, UK (2006) $24.99 [On back-order, 2 spare] The period of Lent is often seen as a journey, but it need not be travelled alone. In this book, Helen Julian, an Anglican Franciscan and contributor to BRF’s New Daylight Bible reading notes, provides seven companions from the past to shed light and encouragement on our way. Learn from Julian of Norwich, Thomas Traherne, the Venerable Bede, John Donne, John and Charles Wesley, Aelred of Rievaulx and the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing There are also Bible passages for each day and imaginative exercises to put into practice what you have learned. Following at a Distance: A Lenten Study for Adults. Kimberley Reisman. Abingdon, US. (2005) $9.99 [On back-order, 1 spare] The book includes 7 sessions, one for each Sunday in Lent, including Easter Sunday. Each session features a scripture reference, a personal reading and questions for personal reflection or group discussion; suggestions for ways to deepen the Lenten journey and a focus for the coming week. The Last Week: What The Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days In Jerusalem. Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan. 380pp HarperSanFrancisco, US. (2006) $24.99 [3 in stock] Two of today’s top Jesus experts offer what they believe is the real gospel account of Jesus’s final week in Jerusalem, from his triumphal entry on Palm Sunday to his death on the cross. Borg and Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. They set out to tell and explain, against the background of Jewish high-priestly collaboration with Roman imperial control, the last week of Jesus’s life on earth as given in the gospel according to Mark. Taking up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations through Latina and Feminist Eyes. Barbara Reid. 263pp. Fortress, US. (2007) $32.99 [3 in stock] Reid pays attention to the role of women in the accounts of Jesus’ passion and observes that some of the interpretations of Jesus’ death in the New Testament open us up to life and liberation, while others have been used to perpetuate cycles of violence and victimisation. She also orchestrates a chorus of women’s voices, from Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and the United States, speaking to the countless ways that the cross has been invoked to control and diminish them, and to their rediscovery of the cross as a symbol of emancipation and dignity. Reid discusses five distinct ways of understanding Jesus’ death, and shows that each holds the potential to bring life and connection as well as the potential for oppression and harm. She moves from the biblical text to the lived experience of women in cultures where the cross has been central to the way suffering and death have been understood. A model of feminist and liberationist biblical interpretation. The Eight Words of Jesus: In the Passion According to St John. Michael Sadgrove. 128pp SPCK, UK (2006). $29.99 [7 in stock] Each of the gospels has its unique insights into the meaning of passion; each paints its own distinctive portrait of the man on the cross. We are used to meditating on the last seven words from the cross, drawn from all four gospels, but the gospels also record several sayings of Jesus on the way to the cross: words spoken to the crowd, to Peter, to the high priest, to Pilate, to his mother and his best friend. In John, these words seem imbued with a kind of universal significance beyond the immediate story itself. The meditations help us reflect on an evangelist whose story speaks of the coming into the world of the Word made flesh, for whom words and signs are linked throughout his gospel. Parables and Passion: Jesus’ Stories for the Days of Lent. John Indermark. 176pp Upper Room, US (2006). $26.00 [1 in stock] Many writers who examine the parables of Jesus argue that they provide a window into the acts of ministry carried out during Christ’s journey to Jerusalem. John Indermark takes us even more deeply into that journey, holding up the lessons of the parables Jesus told in light of his betrayal and death on the cross. Considered in this way, the parables take on a new significance, even more transparent and more clearly applicable in the lives of Christian believers. Each week the readers are provided with an overview, five daily readings, and a “Sabbath” for reflection, review or group study. The daily readings consist of a parable Scripture lesson, a reading and reflection that stems from the passage, a prayer, and a spiritual exercise. The text also includes a leader’s guide for those who choose to incorporate small group study on this spiritual journey. The Seven Next Words of Christ: Finding Hope in the Resurrection Sayings. Shane Stanford. 98pp. Abingdon, US (2006). $26.00 [2 in stock] We often hear about the Seven Last Words of Christ. Rarely, though, do we focus in the same way on what Christ said after the Resurrection as he surprised, consoled, rebuked, and inspired his followers through seven powerful encounters—what Stanford calls the Seven Next Words of Christ. “Shane Stanford breathes life into the Easter faith with his lively exploration of the ‘Seven Next Words’ of Christ, words full of resurrection surprise and vitality that will reinvigorate your faith that ‘Christ is Risen, he has risen indeed.’” William H Willimon Risking Everything: Growing Communities of Love. Robin Greenwood. 117pp SPCK, UK. (2006) $24.99 [10 in stock] “Here is a rich resource for the Christian journey from Lent, through Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter to Pentecost. A book which will help not only individual Christians but parishes to keep their love affair with God well and truly alive,” writes Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle in his Foreword. The book's starting point is two questions: “How can Christian living be distinctive without becoming too insular?” and “How can it be respectful and open to all without losing its character?” While suitable for personal reflection and prayer, the book's main purpose is to stimulate Christian communities to consider the issues raised and find ways forward, so it is ideally suited to a group study approach. Thank God It's Friday: Encountering the Seven Last Words from the Cross. William H Willimon. Abingdon, US. (2006) $22.99 [5 in stock] Christ's seven last words from the cross have long been a source of reflection, challenge, and soul-searching. These simple statements contain the full range of human emotions and divine self-revelation: grief, compassion, despair, forgiveness, physical need, the promise of redemption. In many ways they embody the core of the gospel. In this brief book one of today's most noted preachers confronts the reader with the seven last word’s claim on her or his life. Written with the clarity, depth, and insight that are Will Willimon's trademark, this book offers afresh the challenge and grace of the message of the Crucified One. Rainbow Coloured Cross. Personal Prayers with Easter Supplement. Ruth Etchells. 206pp. SPCK, UK. (2007) $37.99 [3 in stock] A Rainbow-Coloured Cross presents a pattern of daily prayer, providing simple but profound material for anyone who wants to revitalise their prayer life. It represents the ‘fruits of many years’ daily conversation with God, often wrestling, sometimes resting, occasionally glorying, almost always - eventually - thanking.’ The book contains general prayers for morning and evening for a month, with supplementary prayers for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. While drawing on a wide range of Christian writers, including CS Lewis, WB Yeats, George MacDonald, Timothy Dudley-Smith, Philip Larkin and RS Thomas, almost all the material has been specially written for this volume. Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey through Lent. Albert Holtz, O.S.B. 192pp Morehouse, US. $23.00 [4 in stock] By applying Benedict’s monastic wisdom to the everyday concerns and aspirations of modern Christians, Pilgrim Road helps contemporary spiritual seekers keep Lent as a positive, meaningful, and fruitful experience. A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent. Sarah Parsons. 111pp. Upper Room, US. $26.00 [3 in stock] If you have never observed Lenten practices or have experienced Lent as a long, seemingly purposeless time of denial, then Parsons offers a fresh approach. Eastertide: Prayers for Lent Through Easter from the Divine Hours. Phyllis Tickle ed. 255pp Galilee, US. $23.99 [3 in stock]
Give Us This Day: Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship. Christopher Levan. 128pp Church Publishing, US. $27.00 [not in stock] Give Us This Day offers meditations for every day in Lent, along with recipes that range from Shrove Tuesday “No-Fret Pancakes” to Easter Challah bread. Each of the 40 meditations begins with a scripture verse and a prayer. Bread And Wine: Readings For Lent And Easter. 412pp Orbis Books, US. $37.00 [11 in stock] Six separate sections (Invitation, Temptation, Passion, Crucifixion, Resurrection and New Life) guide readers through the essential elements of spiritual preparation and feature writings from some of Christendom's most celebrated writers. Loosening the Roots of Compassion: Meditations for Holy Week and Eastertide. Ellen Bradshaw Aitken. 122pp. Cowley, US. $28.00 [1 in stock] These meditations sing that “the resurrection is somehow at work everywhere,” building in us a new creation. Each meditation includes the appropriate Biblical passage as well as a modern practical application and a prayer. Walking the Way of Sorrows: Stations of the Cross. Katerina Katsarka Whitley. 96pp Morehouse, US. (2004) $22.00 [not in stock] Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. In Walking the Way of Sorrows, artist Noyes Capehart and writer/journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful blockcuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station. These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotion, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together. "This book will move you. From the moment you pick it up, you are grabbed and transported back in time. Walking the Way of Sorrows helps you to experience Christ's final hours from the point of view of average people of his time. It will make an outstanding Lenten devotional or Bible study for teens and adults." Homeschool Christian.com On the Road Again - A Faith Journey: A Lenten Study for Adults. James W Moore. Abingdon, US. $11.99 [4 in stock]
Children’s Resource booksSharing the Easter Faith With Children: Helping Children Observe Lent And Celebrate Easter Carolyn Brown. 125pp Large format. Abingdon, US. $34.99 [9 in stock] This book explores what the Easter message can mean to children as they grow up. The author helps congregations and families share the Easter message with their children and include the children meaningfully in Lent, Holy Week and Easter observances. Included are materials for children from pre-school to age 12. Also included are reproducible pages to create a booklet for parents. A Rooster's Tale. Judy Newman-St. John. Abingdon, US. (2007) $17.00 [3 in stock] This collection of 14 dramas enables churches to create an Easter program whether they are blessed with a large number of children or only a few children. The dramas in this book are based on Mark 11 and Matthew 26-28. Children’s Easter Crafts and Activities50 Easter Things to Make and Do (Usborne Activity Cards). Kirsteen Rogers Usborne, UK. (2007) $14.99 [On back-order, 5 spare] This title features 50 absorbing and creative activities ranging from cooking, drawing and painting to more advanced projects such as Easter crowns, decorated eggs and an Easter garland. Every card contains a separate activity that is beautifully illustrated and shows clear, step-by-step instructions. It is spiral bound to allow easy use and transportation, and means no card will ever get lost! Easter Story Sticker Book. Heather Amery. 18pp Usborne, UK. $14.99 [On back-order, 6 spare] A sticker-book which re-tells the Easter Story. Easter Make and Do: Craft ideas which bring the story of Easter to life. Gillian Chapman. 32pp Large format. BRF, UK. $19.95 [1 in stock]
First Festivals: Easter. Lois Rock. 48pp Large format. Lion, UK. (2003) $22.99 [2 in stock]
Children’s Easter Story booksThe Story of Easter. Mary Joslin. 32 pages. Lion, UK. $19.99 [On back-order, 4 spare]
The First Easter. Bible Story Time series. Sophie Piper. Hbk 32pp. Lion, UK. $9.99 [1 in stock]
The Easter Story. Lois Rock. Hbk 32 pp. Lion, UK. (2002) $12.95 [3 in stock]
My First Story of Easter. Tim Dowley. Hbk 30pp. Candle Books, UK $5.99 [1 in stock]
Easter Is...for Me! Christine Tangvald. 24pp. Bethany House, US. $7.99 [On back-order, 4 spare]
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