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3/9/2016

 

 

The UMRC is here to help support your church in its various ministries!Please forward this newsletter to church leaders and Sunday school teachers in your church.

 

There is no rental fee to borrow these items; the only cost to churches is to mail resources back to me.


 

 The UMRC is located in the United Methodist Center in Springfield.
If you're here for a meeting during the week, come in and look around!
        Contact me in advance and I'll have resources ready for you to pick up.

The UMRC has a wide variety of materials for teachers of
adult, youth, and children's classes!
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments; my contact information is listed below, near my signature.
Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament: Devotions for Lent
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Walking with Jesus On a seven-mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus captivated two travelers with stories from the Old Testament pointing to his life and death.  This book invites readers to embark on this journey with Christ throughout the Lenten season.  Author Paul Stroble imagines what Jesus would have said to his companions and guides readers along the way with 46 daily devotions referencing the Old Testament.
Lent and Easter resources that may be of interest to teachers of children and youth
Sharing the Easter Faith with Children
  
  

DVD studies
Easter Cross
  

Additional DVDs
Cross draped with purple cloth
  

Books for adults
  
  

New Books!
 
 
In the Beginning Was the Word In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783
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Author Mark Noll shows how important the Bible remained even as the Puritan ideal changed considerably through the early stages of American history.  Chapters:  Protestant beginnings;  From William Tyndale to the King James Version;  The English Bible in the era of colonization;  Colonial Christendom;  Beyond Christendom;  Empire, 1689-1763;  Revival;  Deepened;  Thinned or absorbed;  Revolutionary rhetoric;  Revolutionary argument.  Includes illustrations, bibliography, and general and Scripture indexes.
Pastoral Care Pastoral Care: Telling the Stories of Our Lives
#816037
Intended for those who provide care with and on behalf of religious communities, this book focuses on listening and 'restorying' practices occurring in the context and setting of congregations.  By coauthoring narratives that promote healing and growth in love, pastoral caregivers become cocreators and companions who help others revise and construct lifestories reshaped by the grace of God.  Chapters:  Telling the stories of our lives -- narrative pastoral care;  The Church's story -- called to live out love;  Stories about God;  A love story;  Becoming story companions;  Reading stories -- narrative environments and development;  Reading lifestories -- the art of close reading;  Restorying in transition and trouble.  Includes exercises and questions for discussion, bibliography, and index.
Children Worship Children Worship!
#816065
This book contains planned experiences that help children understand what is expected in worship, how to participate, and what our words and actions mean.  Designed to be used with children ages five through eight or as an intergenerational experience, it includes a planning guide, individual session plans, congregational bulletin inserts, parent letters, and reproducible activity sheets.
Earn All You Can 
Earn All You Can: Getting Rich for Good
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Chapters:  The rich, the scriptures, and the detractors;  Early theologians and economics;  Early Judaism;  Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul;  Roman Catholicism;  Methodists;  Key scriptures on wealth;  The poor and charity in the United States;  The gap.  Includes bibliography.
  
 Related DVD study:
  
Earn Save Give
Earn. Save. Give. -- Wesley's Simple Rules for Money
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In this four-session DVD study, James Harnish presents John Wesley's teaching teachings on money:  1) We don't need more money, we need more wisdom (10 min.);  2) Earn all you can (12 min.);  3) Save all you can (11 min.);  4) Give all you can (11 min.).  Includes leader's guide and paperback book.
Way Through the Wilderness: Growing in Faith When Life Is Hard
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Way through the Wilderness In this six-session DVD study, Rob Renfroe explores the wilderness experience -- what it is, how we get there, why God allows it, and how we can get through it God's way so that we learn the lessons he has for us.  Sessions:  1) No way around the wilderness (10 min.);  2) Entering the wilderness (9 min.);  3) Walking with others in the wilderness (14 min.);  4) Walking with God in the wilderness (11 min.);  5) Avoiding wrong turns in the wilderness (12 min.);  6)  Coming out of the wilderness (10 min.).  Includes leader's guide and paperback book.  CLOSED CAPTIONED.

Glory Days Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now
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In this six-session DVD study Max Lucado helps us claim our inheritance.  In God's plan you win more than you lose, forgive as quickly as you are offended, and give as abundantly as you receive.  You may stumble, but you won't collapse.  You may struggle but you'll defy despair.  With God's help you can close the gap between the person you are and the person you want to be.  Sessions:  1) These days are glory days (26 min.);  2) Inherit your inheritance (30 min.);  3) Walk circles around Jericho (24 min.);  4) Pray audacious prayers (22 min.);  5) No falling words (23 min.);  6) God fights for you (22 min.).  Includes study guide.

Ask: Faith Questions in a Skeptical Age
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In this eight-session study introduced by Scott Jones, five young pastors discuss questions that many of us ask:  1)  Can only one religion be true? (10 min.);  2) Why is there suffering and evil? (12 min.);  3) How can I believe in science and creation? (10 min.);  4) How can I believe in a God I can't prove? (10 min.);  5) Can I trust the Old Testament? (11 min.);  6) Are marriage, sex, and family life religious issues? (12 min.);  7) Was Jesus' resurrection real? (12 min.);  8) Why do Christians disagree about so many things? (13 min.).  Includes leader's guide and paperback book.

Salvation of Doctor Who
Salvation of Dr Who #119136
A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture.  In this four-session DVD study, Matt Rawle draws on the long-running TV show to discuss issues of faith.  Topics include: identity, God's kingdom, sin, forgiveness, God as the Trinity, evangelism, and more.  Sessions:  1) The oldest question in the universe (8 min.);  2) God and time and God's time (9 min.);  3) The sonic screwdriver is mightier than the sword (10 min.);  4) Bigger on the inside (9 min.).  Includes leader's guide and paperback book.  CLOSED CAPTIONED.

Beautiful Already: Reclaiming God's Perspective on Beauty
Beautiful Already #102157
In this six-session DVD study, Barbara Roose guides women in exploring God's truth about beauty throughout the Scriptures and helps us move away from unrealistic expectations and perceived flaws and toward God's view of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls.  Sessions: 1) All aboard the struggle bus (29 min.);  2) Defining divine beauty (24 min.);  3) Celebrating what we see (23 min.);  4) Gentle and quiet beauty (28 min.);  5) Winning our ugly struggle (20 min.);  6) Discovering your beauty balance (27 min.).  Includes leader's guide and sample participant book..

Hoodwinked: Ten Myths Moms Believe and Why We All Need to Knock It Off
Hoodwinked #108057
In this six-session DVD study, Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk help moms identify the myths of motherhood that so often trip us up and replace those lies with the truth of God's Word.  Sessions:  1) Build bridges, not fences -- when others mother differently (24 min.);  2) Mothering matters -- seeing the hard years as the heart years (17 min.);  3) At the top of the tightrope -- when you try to do it all (25 min.);  4) Pressing the pause button -- taking your schedule from racing to rest (17 min.);  5) In armor of their own -- on revealing the picture God's painting (15 min.)  6) Raising children on your knees -- when your child makes a bad choice (22 min.).  Includes sample study guide and paperback book.

Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All
Keep It Shut #111012
In this six-session DVD study, Karen Ehman discusses how we should use our words.  Sessions:  1) Sparks, squabbles, and such -- our words matter (19 min.);  2) On filling gaps and zipping lips -- Listen to others, talk to God (18 min.);  3) Opinion-slinging and salty speech -- assessing our digital tongues (22 min.);  4) Gossip, flattery, and people-pleasing -- how to speak the truth in love (22 min.);  5) Pause before you pounce -- on cultivating soft speech (23 min.);  6) As sweet as honey -- wonderful ways to use your words (23 min.).  Includes guide and paperback book.

Mark Your Calendar
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The United Media Resource Center will be closed the following dates:

 

Friday, March 25
Monday, May 30
If you have questions or wish to request resources, please contact me at 217-529-2744 (phone), 217-529-4155 (fax), or [email protected] (e-mail).

Thanks!
 

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Jill D. Stone, Director
United Media Resource Center