Bøger af F. Belton Joyner

Written especially for Licensing School and United Methodist Course of Study students, this book will see pastors through those early days of ministry.Includes: Your First Appointment, First Worship Service, First Sermon, Clergy Income Tax, Moving Expenses, Fees with Weddings and Funerals, Family Pet at Parsonage, Hospital Ministry, Your Predecessor, Your Community, Deaths and Funerals, Reports and Salary Issues, Disliked by a Member, Musical Differences, Brief "Tricks of the Trade", Basics of Leadership, Nominations and Leadership Development. Plus much more!

Jesus: God's Unlikely RevelationAdvent, Christmas, and Epiphany Services includes biblically-based sermons, suggested scriptures, children's time, hymn and prayers, as well as litanies for lighting the Advent wreath. Also included are suggestions for seasonal funerals. These services offer a completing message of hope during this important church season, when people often visit a church for the first time.Each service focuses on and celebrates a different aspect of the theme: Jesus: God's Unlikely Revelation1. First Sunday of Advent-Jesus: The Unlikely Image of God (Genesis 1:26-27; Colossians 1:15-17)2. Second Sunday in AdventJesus: The Unlikely Gift from God (Isaiah 55:1-9)3. Third Sunday of AdventJesus: The Unlikely Story of God with Us (Matthew 1:18-25)4. Fourth Sunday of AdventJesus: The Unlikely Messiah (John 7:25-31)5. Christmas EveJesus: An Unlikely Peacemaker (Luke 2:8-20)6. Christmas DayAn Unlikely Christmas Card (Matthew 2:13-23)7. EpiphanyJohn the Baptizer: Jesus' Unlikely Herald (John 1:1-14)Seasonal Funerals