Resources
The presbytery office is home to publications, books, and video resources which
can be helpful to pastors, educators, and church members.
We are currently seeking the donation of Bible/book studies to establish a
"share center" for our churches. If you have fairly current resources that you
would like to donate to the resource center, please contact the office at
presbylack@aol.com.
Feel free to visit and browse through our shelves for materials for your personal
or church study.
Foundation
Starting New Initiatives: A Discernment Process book from the Office of
Church Growth
Creating Pathways for New Life in Urban Congregations book from the
Office of Small Church and Community Ministry
God's Unity, Our Journey Bible study on the ecumenical stance of the
PCUSA
PSL Recovery information packet on Presbyterian Community
Outreach Katrina Relief
The presbytery office is home to publications, books, and video resources which
can be helpful to pastors, educators, and church members.
We are currently seeking the donation of Bible/book studies to establish a
"share center" for our churches. If you have fairly current resources that you
would like to donate to the resource center, please contact the office at
presbylack@aol.com.
Feel free to visit and browse through our shelves for materials for your personal
or church study.
- CHILDREN'S SERMONS TODAY, a blog by Rev. Dianne Deming, formerly
of the Presbytery of Lackawanna and author of the book series A Time
With Our Children: Stories for Use in Worship, is available at http:
//childrenssermonstoday.com.
- PRESBYTERIAN HYMNAL, Glory to God, will be published in fall 2013.
Orders will be accepted starting in January 2012 at www.
presbyterianhymnal.org.
- MEMORIALS SECTION AT PCUSA has been added to list necrology
reports as well as memorials for loved ones, clergy, or elders who pass
away. Visit at www.presbyterianchurchusa.com/memorials/.
- PRESBYTERY TEN-YEAR TRENDS, a Research Services report from
PCUSA, is now available online. The report provides the compiled data
from the Session Annual Statistical Report for each congregation in the
presbytery over the past 10 years. To access the information, visit www.
pcusa.org.
- NEW RALLY DAY PLANNING GUIDE from Cornerstones provides a
workshop-rotation curriculum and support for program directors through its
newsletter and website. Visit www.cstones.com for more information.
- RECORDINGS FROM THE 2010 INSTITUTE ON THEOLOGY AND
DISABILITY are now available on cd at the presbytery office and on The
Boggs Center website at http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter.
- PRESBYTERIAN OLDER ADULT MINISTRIES NETWORK now distributes
its POAMN Network News (PNN) via e-mail, and encourages churches to
share this e-copy with their congregations. For access or for more
information, contact dkurtz@uam.org.
- CHRISTIAN COMEDIAN DAN KULP is available for worship services,
church events and other group gatherings. For more information, visit www.
kulponline.com.
- WEEKLY PCUSA VIDEO CLIPS, posted by the Stated Clerk of the General
Assembly under the banner, "Tilling the Soil," will provide information and
inspiration for the wider church, especially elders and ministers of the
Word and Sacrament. To view the videos, visit www.youtube.
com/gradyeparsons.
- PRESBYTERIAN MEDIA MISSION provides on-line resources addressing
social media in the church, including "Skype in the Mission Field" and
"Audio Stories of Hope and Faith." PMM can be accessed through
Facebook or by contacting pmm@passages.org.
- NEW RESOURCES FROM THE GA in the office now for borrowing:
Foundation
Starting New Initiatives: A Discernment Process book from the Office of
Church Growth
Creating Pathways for New Life in Urban Congregations book from the
Office of Small Church and Community Ministry
God's Unity, Our Journey Bible study on the ecumenical stance of the
PCUSA
PSL Recovery information packet on Presbyterian Community
Outreach Katrina Relief
- ALBAN WEEKLY NEW PUBLICATIONS by Dorie Grinenko Baker include
Make Green a Desert Place and Greenhouses of Hope: Congregations
Growing Young Leaders Who Will Change the World. For more
information on this and other publications contact weekly@alban.org.
- EFIRD BIBLE STUDY SERIES offers video based studies on the most
popular books of the Bible, conducted by Dr. James Efird, ordained
Presbyterian minister and professor emeritus at Duke Divinity School. For
more information, visit www.efirdbiblestudies.com.
- PARACLETE PRESS PUBLICATIONS include The Jesus Creed, a book,
guide, devotional, and DVD making up a seven-week study by Scot
McKnight. Also featured is Echoes of Eternity: Listening to the Father,
volume two of the daily devotional. For more information visit www.
paracletepress.com.
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