Hamilton Presbytery
Resource Centre

General Interest

A few general resources available all year:
     The United Church Observer (to purchase or borrow)
     Mandate - magazine
       
 
 

God's Answers
to Life's
Difficult Questions

by Rick Warren

How can I . . .
cope with stress?
rebound from failure?
defeat depression?
have peace of mind?

Answers from the Bible that can change your outlook -
and your life.

Price: $20.99 + 5% Tax

       
 
 

The Manual 2013

including
A New Creed
and
Song of Faith

with symbols interspersed throughout the bylaws to indicate additional policies and procedures that must be followed, and where to find them.

The United Church of Canada

Price: 18.95 +5% Tax

       
   

Kneeling
in Bethlehem

Poetry
for Advent and Christmas

by Ann Weems

Price: 18.50 +5% Tax

       
   

Which Way
is Christmas?

An Advent Book
with Devotions, Rhymes
and Seek-and-Find Picture Puzzles

Price: 5.00 + 5% Tax

       
   

Canadian Church Calendar 2013

Photos of
United Church Sanctuaries

Sanctuaries are liminal places - space between who we are and who we can become, spaces that mark out self-realization that comes because of grace-filled possibilities God holds out to all who enter.

Price:
1-9: 4.72 + 5% Tax
10 or more: 3.20 + 5% Tax

       
   

Canadian Church Desk Diary

published by ABC Publishing (Anglican Book Centre) and
The United Church of Canada

an ecumenical resource
for clergy, staff and volunteers
including the Revised Common Lectionary, the calendar of the Christian Year, and liturgical colours for every day.

Price: 19.95 + 5% Tax

       
   

Following
the Path

The Search for a Life
of Passion, Purpose, and Joy

what it takes to find and respond to the magnet within us - that great, deep passion for life toward which our hearts leap up at every turn.

Price: 21.00 + 5% Tax

       
 
 

Enjoy Every Sandwich

Living Each Day
as if it were your Last

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.
with foreword by Dean Ornish, M.D.

Told with humour and heart, Lee writes of facing his own mortality and what he thereby learned as to how we find meaning, purpose and peace.

Price: 25.00 + 5% Tax

       
   

Seasons
of the Centre

FIVE OAKS
60th Anniversary Book

Price: $40.00 + 5% Tax

       
   

Canadian Woman Missionaries at Toyo Eiwa in Japan (1882 - 2006)

published by Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin translated by
Seiichi Ariga and Wayne Irwin

A book telling the spiritual legacy of the school that birthed education for girls in Japanese society, through the initiative of Martha Cartmell, the first overseas missionary of the WMS of the Canadian Methodist Church.

Price: Free - only a very limited number of copies are available

       
   

Blessings

by Joyce Rupp

Beautiful 15-page blessings

for someone suffering loss

for someone celebrating a birthday

Price: 5.95 + 5% Tax per pack

       
   

PostCards

Have a Blessed Birthday
Thank you for joining us . . .
Thinking of you

for mailing

Packs of 25

Price: 5.95 + 5% Tax per pack

       
   

Ordinary Heroes

Celebrating
United Church Women

editor: Noelle Boughton

A soulful account of women who have lived their faith guided by the four pillars of the UCW purpose: witness, study, fellowship and service.

Price: 19.95 + 5% Tax

NOTE:
UCW Anniversary Pins
$ 6.00 (Tax included)

       
   

A History of The United Church
of Canada

editor: Don Schweitzer

Recounts and analyzes the history of The United Church of Canada and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, its evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion.

Price: 29.95 + 5% Tax

       
   

The Spirit's Tether

Eight Lives in Ministry

by Malcolm L. Warford
with Kenneth Huggins

drawing out the tension in which all pastors live and offering hope for faithful vocation, nourished by trust in the God who calls.

Price: 20.00 + 5% Tax

 

       
   

Inspirational Cards

for enclosing in notes,cards and letters

$0.39 each
$0.69 as fridge magnets

       
   

Happiness

by Joan Chittister
(Benedictine sister)

a penetrating, insightful, wide-ranging study of happiness. Pastoral. Gems and insights in every chapter that will awaken the reader to the rich possibilities of life.

Price: 25.00 + 5% Tax

       
   

First Sunday

Spiritual Responses
to the 9-11 Attacks

by Donald Robert Elton
and Aura Agudo Elton

Price: 25.00 + Tax

       
   

August Farewell

The Last Sixteen Days
of a Thirty-Three Year Romance

an intimate portrait of a loving relationship
brought to an abrupt end
affirming the power of love
in the face of adversity.

by David G. Hallman

Price: 21.00 + Tax

       
   

Congregational Leadership
in Anxious Times

Being Calm, & Courageous
no matter what

by Peter L. Steinke

Price: 22.50 + 5% Tax

       
   

More Everyday Parables

by James Taylor

In this second book of modern parables, Jim has chosen to write those with ambiguous meaning. Instead of explaining them, he invites the reader to reflect on how the stories speak to them.

Price: 19.95 + Tax

       
  Manual 2010  

Grandma's Special Memories

A Keepsake Record Book

paintings and words by Linda Spivey

for creaing a keepsake of memories that can be treasured for generations

 

Price - $17.95 + Tax

       
       
       
       
 
Mandate: Living for the Earth
 

Mandate:
Happy 50th UCW

including What Does it Mean
to be UCW Today?

Price - $5.00

       
 
Messy Church 1
Messy Church 2
 

Messy Church
1 & 2

by Lucy Moore
Ideas for discipling a Christ-centred community with the formula of drawing people of all ages together, and inviting them to experience fun-filled Christian community outside Sunday worship

Provides a further 15 exciting themed worship sessions for helping people grow as disciples..

Price each - $21.50 + Tax

       
  The Un-Official United Church Handbook  

The Un-Official
"The Golden Rule" Poster

also known as
T
he Ethic of Reciprocity

8.5 x 11 inch version

Price - $0.99 + Tax

       
  More Voices  

Voices United CD
Accompaniment

Advent / Christmas
Christmas / Epiphany
Lent
Easter/Pentecost

Hymns are played on piano or organ.

Price - $19.95 + 13% Tax

       
  Jesus 24/7  

The Upper Room
Disciplines - 2011

A Book of Daily Devotions

12 months of material
for reading the Bible devotionally.
Designed to help establish
a daily pattern of
praying with scripture
and listening to God.

Price - $14.50 + Tax

       
  Guide to the Bible 24/7  

The
Friendship Book
2011

A Thought for Each Day

"There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same."
Verses, quotes to inspire,
and stories to warm the heart,
plus 30 striking photographs.

Price - $15.95 + Tax

       
  We Are Camp - Kit  

From Advent's Alleluia to Easter's
Morning Light

by Ann Weems

Ann's first collection of poetry in more than a decade.

Price - $17.95 + Tax

       
   

Sexual Abuse: Prevention
and Response

Policy and Procedures
April 2011

The United Church of Canada

Price - $4.00 + Tax
or download from "handbooks"
on the United Church website

       
  Models of Board Governance  

Models of Board Governance

The United Church of Canada

Session/Stewards
The Unified Board or Church Board
The Church Council
The Mission Team
The Streamlined Board
Governance of the UCC

15 pages

Price - $2.00
or download from "handbooks"
on the United Church website

       
  Unbinding the Gospel  

Unbinding the Gospel

by Martha Grace Reese
This book is one of a series
that includes
Unbinding the Church
Unbinding the Heart
Unbinding the Soul
This series is being widely used
in Churches, Denominations and Countries

Price - $24.99 + Tax

       
  Managing Transitions  

Managing Transitions

by William Bridges
While this book was written
for the business world,
it is a helpful resource
for Churches in transition.
Recommended by
Alice Mann - Alban Institute.

Price - $24.99 + Tax

 

       
  Songs of the Faith - Anthology  

Songs of the Faith Anthology

in large print

Price - $8.95 + Tax

 

       
 
 

Greeting Cards
with Scripture

Sympathy (Box of 12)
$5.50 + 13% Tax

Birthday (Box of 12)
$5.99 + 13% Tax

Thinking of You (Box of 12)
$5.50 + 13% Tax

All Occasion (Box of 50)
$9.95 + 13% Tax

Price - $8.95 + Tax

       
 
 

Bulletin Blanks

For All Seasons and Occasions
Package of 100 - $10.99

also
matching Easter Offering Envelopes
Package of 50 - $5.99

       
  Gathering  

Gathering

Resources for Worship Planners

Pentecost 2013

prayers for worship
seasonal ideas and resources
music suggestions for church musicians
plus much more.

Price - $10.00 + 5% Tax

       
   

Lenten Cross
Candle Holder
and Candles

Cross - 24 x 16 cm
Candles - 24 cm

Cross and CandleSet:
$29.32 (tax included)

Replacement Candle Set:
$12.37 (tax included)

       
 

Gift Items

Lapel Pins
Bookmarks
United Church golfshirts and sweatshirts
Earrings
Letter Openers
Key Chains
Zipper Pulls
Crystals - UCC Crest,
Dove, and Praying Hands

 

Church Resources

Membership Certificates
Baptism Certificates
Confirmation Certificates
Confirmation Candles
Marriage Certificates
Candles - baptism and wedding


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