Faith & Justice Churches: A Congregational Network. An online network that provides ready to use resources for sermon prep, discussion groups, bulletin inserts from Sojourners magazine. $100/yr. for downloadable toolkits, sermons, join by visiting www.faithandjustice.net or 1-800-714-7474.

The Offering as Worship – resources for four services on the 2007 Giving magazine theme ”I Have Called You Friends” – sermon ideas, music, small group studies. Order form the Ecumenical Stewardship Center 1-800-835-5671 or office@stewardshipresources.org or www.stewardshipresources.org

Stewardship in Worship – prayers, stewardship seconds, sermon ideas, bulletin inserts at www.united-church.ca/planning/theme

Resources for Small Groups
(Spiritual Nurture)

Using a video or DVD? – get a yearly license from Toronto Conference – contact Portia Harrison at 416-241-2677 or portiah@torontoconference.ca

Spirited Women: Encountering the First Women Believers by Mary Ellen Ashcroft.

The Circle of Life by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr.

Fresh Bread and Other Gifts of Spiritual Nourishment by Joyce Rupp.

Keeping Spiritual Balance As We grow Older. More than 65 ways to use purpose, prayer and the power of the Spirit to build a meaningful retirement. By Molly and Bernie Strode

Wising Up: Ritual Resources for Women of Faith in Their Journey of Aging by Kathy Black and heather Murray Elkins.

Resources for Small Groups
(Faith Formation)

Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian by Thomas G. Long.

Exploring Faith Questions: Journeys of Spirituality and Discovery by Anne Martin. UCC resource for small groups with sessions of self-reflection and group discussion about faith issues. Workbook. 

Experiencing the Heart of Christianity – Marcus Borg and Tim Scorer 12 session leader’s guide to use with The Heart of Christianity. 

Our Roots Our Lives: Glimpses of Faith and Life from Black and Asian Canadian Women ed. by Wenh-In Ng.

Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary by Marcus Borg.

Victory and Peace or Justice and Peace with John Dominic Crossan – 4 lectures on DVD. Available through AVEL or Toronto Conference office

Saving Jesus – A 12 week DVD based study focused on the person and meaning of Jesus. With Rita Nakashima Brock, Nancy Ammerman, John Bell, Matthew Fox, Dominic Crossan.

Countering Pharaoh’s Production-Consumption Society with Walter Brueggeman. Includes a 2 hr DVD and printable DVD. AVEL or UCRD.

Paul: An Appealing or Appalling Disciple. With John Dominic Crossan – DVD 50 min.

Disciple Bible Study Program - Mar 7, 8 Five Oaks. Training that allows leadership without theological training. See www.united-church.ca/getinvolved/events

Pastoral Care

Healing Words for Healing People:Prayersand Meditations for Parish Nurses and Other health Professionals by Deborah Patterson.

Listening For the Soul: Pastoral CareandSpiritual Direction by Jean Stairs

Stewardship Services by David Mosser. Resources for 24 services including liturgies, prayer, scripture passages and sermon briefs.

Gathering 200-08 Advent, Christmas, Epiphany. Worship possibilities for highlighting A Song of Faith, Christmas ideas, Stewardship links. 

Worshiping Faithfully in the Midst of Empire: Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Reflections on the lectionary texts with preaching ideas. 

Arts and Spirituality: The Role of Art in Faith Formation eds. Mary Anne McFarlane and E. Ann Fleming. Worship and worship spaces, workshops and stories.

The Celtic Spirit: Poems, Prayers and Music. Includes music CD.

Worship Through Our Five Senses by Beth Benjamin- Cameron in Exchange Spring 2007 p. 12-21.

Wonderful Worship in Smaller Churches by David Ray. 12 principles for understanding small church worship and 15 practices for planning worship.

The Life You’ve Always Wanted – 6 session DVD or video series on developing the spiritual life, with John Ortberg. Borrow from AVEL. 

Working with Spirit: Engaging Spirituality to Meet the Challenge of the Workplace – Lucy Reid and Fred Evers. Relating spirituality to everyday life. With questions for small group participation.

A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life – Parker Palmer. Welcoming the soul and weaving community in a wounded world.

 Through the Woods: Making Sense of Your Spiritual Path by J. Clark Saunders - Looking at spiritual issues in a relevant and non-threatening way.

Sacred Spaces: Stations on a Celtic Way by Margaret Silf. Great for personal meditation, group discussion and guided meditation.

Dropped Threads (1 or 2): What We Aren’t Told eds. Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson. Women’s Lives revealed.

Holy Imagination!: Forming a Writing Circle by Nancy Wyse. In Exchange Spring 2007 p. 26-32.

Searching for Spirituality with Joan Chittester . 5 session video series, 25 min each Borrow from AVEL.

She Who Changes by Carol P. Christ. A cosmic vision of God that embraces process and feminist theologies in an age of climate change.

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community by David C. Korten. A “blueprint for a spiritual and social revolution to save the planet and humans from ourselves” Maude Barlow.

A Place to Pray – with Roberta Bondi, 6 part VHS series from AVEL.

Living Your Faith – 6 part 25 min. each VHS from AVEL.

Parables: A New Look at Familiar Stories –
4 part, 15 min each VHS
At www.livingthequestions  and through UCRD

Living the Questions – A DVD based small group

study with stories and ideas from Dominic Crossan, Tex Semple, Emilie Townes, John Spong etc. 12 sessions but can be broken into smaller units.

Spirit Connection 2 DVD set on: A New Face: St. James United, Montreal; beyond Grief; One Drop at a Time (water projects in Africa); Christmas at Metropolitan; Waiting For a Solution (Kenyan refugees). From AVEL.