Helps, Having enough Loving People Serving! Churches need the ministry of helps. The time has come for church members to begin doing the work for the ministry, and let the pastors return to being what they have been called to do--be spokesmen for Jesus. Finally, a book filled with useful information for many: * Ushers * Greeters * Nursery Workers * Counselors * all areas of your Church's Ministry of Helps! The Ministry of Helps Handbook by Buddy Bell is a unique combination of teaching, seminar guidelines and answers to often-asked questions. This useful and complete book provides pastors, and members, with the tools and insights to restore the ministry of helps to their church. Some features include: * Easy-to-apply instructions to transform your helps ministry * Anointed teaching to improve faithfulness * Keys to the Biblical basis for the ministry of helps * A three-part, five-day seminar outline * Answers to common questions about the ministry of helps

Discover your spiritual gifts, personal style, and God-given passion for serving in the body of Christ Network, the leading course for discovering spiritual gifts and empowering people for ministry has been revised and updated. This material, developed in partnership with the Willow Creek Association, helps churches appropriately guide people to the place of ministry that best reflects who they are. Churches will see increased participation, greater effectiveness, more enthusiasm, and less burn-out in their congregation. Believers in their church will discover the spiritual gifts God has given them. They will have a better understanding of God's will for their lives because of gaining a better understanding of who God created them to be. This complete seminar in a box includes a leader's guide; a participant's guide; a DVD with drama vignettes; and a CD-ROM with a coach's guide, a user's guide, and a PowerPoint. Participants will be assessed on their personal style, spiritual passion, and gifts. Network works with any size group, from small groups of 4 to 12 to large groups of 15 to 150. The six Network sessions can be presented successfully in three flexible formats: three sessions of two hours each; six sessions of forty-five minutes each; or one- two- or three-day retreats.

Parents and youth leaders everywhere are asking the question: How can I get my kids on fire for God? You've preached to them, "bribed" them, begged them and literally forced them to go to church. Nothing seems to work! Ron Luce has seen tens of thousands of teens transformed by the living God, and he's convinced: You can break the spiritual gridlock between you, your teenager and the church. In Inspire the Fire you'll discover: Preventative medicine to keep your kids out of the apathy trap How to break the communication barrier between you and your teenager Your teenager's need for identity and purpose in life How to launch your kids beyond religious experiences and into a personal encounter with God

Monsignor Comiskey offers practical suggestions for extending hospitality in sacramental moments while teaching, serving, greeting, or in day-by-day living. Comiskey begins with the roots of hospitality and its importance in the Bible and concludes with resources useful to enhancing parish hospitality. #