52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation

52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation
Author: William C. Green
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2010-03-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0829818529

"52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation: Generous Giving" is biblically centered, liberally evangelical, and practically oriented. This second volume in the "52 Ways to Ignite" series gives pastors, lay leaders, and stewardship/mission committees fifty-two thoughtful and action-oriented ideas that will encourage members to become disciples who give—and give generously. William Green begins each idea with a Bible passage, to invite you into reflection and discussion, igniting you to experience even greater responsiveness to God’s generosity.

Every Monday Matters

Every Monday Matters
Author: Matthew Emerzian
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1418536504

52 Mondays, 52 Activities, 52 Ways to Make a Life-Enhancing Difference. Monday used to be the least favorite day of the week. Monday was the day that ended the weekend; the day you had to go back to work; and the day you started a diet or decided to quit smoking...again. Not anymore! Authors Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza do a total makeover on the bad image of Mondays and make that day mean something amazing, something incredible, something unbelievable. Every Monday Matters does this by taking 52 Mondays, providing 52 creative but doable activities, giving 52 down-to-earth ways to make a difference, one for each Monday of the year. It's a perfect way to have a positive impact, get others involved, and make a difference in your life and the lives of others. Includes fifteen-minute bonus DVD providing two celebrity segments, a word from the authors, and codes to unlock special features of the EMM official website: EveryMondayMatters.com. Book is made from 95% recycled paper.

52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid

52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid
Author: Jonathan McKee
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1634098889

In 52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid, author Jonathan McKee offers just the help you need to have meaningful interaction with your kids instead of always overreacting to their unhealthy consumption of technology and media. In a world where over 80 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds now own a smartphone, parents are searching for ways to pry their kids’ eyes from their devices and engage them in real, face-to-face conversation. Mckee--drawing from his 20-plus years of experience working with teenagers, studying youth culture, and raising three teens of his own--provides an abundant supply of useful tips and creative ideas to help you bond with the Smartphone Generation.

Helping the Homeless

Helping the Homeless
Author: Chaplain T. M. Babcock
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2017-04-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1512780154

How to help the most disenfranchised of our citizens, those displaced and sometimes discarded in our society. As the growing epidemic of homelessness grips America, author Tina Babcock gives insight to the causes and solutions. It is a practical guide for those wanting to make a difference with this stigmatized and often feared population within our communities. After more than a decade of working with both temporarily displaced and chronically homeless individuals she gives a compassionate and practical view of what it takes to be effective. Whether you have a relative that has ended up on your couch or you are running an outreach to homeless individuals, youll find this a valuable resource.

SUPERMINDFUL: 52 Ways to Connect with Your Genius

SUPERMINDFUL: 52 Ways to Connect with Your Genius
Author: Eliza Lay Ryan
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2023-07-20
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 8119153251

The world around us can be a catalyst for creative inspiration anytime, anywhere, if we know how to see it that way. Learn to connect with your own genius more deeply and shift into new ways of seeing, and fold this ability to wonder and engage curiosity into your everyday life. Eliza Lay Ryan teaches us how to cultivate supermindfulness, giving us greater access to the ability to be both present to our own experience, and open to new ways of thinking, feeling, and being so we can: • Respond dynamically and authentically to life • Shift our perspective • Access our wholeness more fully • Connect with each other more wholly

Tell Them Who I Am

Tell Them Who I Am
Author: Elliot Liebow
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 1995-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 014024137X

"One of the very best things ever written about homeless people in the nation."—Jonathan Kozol.

The Girl's Guide to Homelessness

The Girl's Guide to Homelessness
Author: Brianna Karp
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459201671

Brianna Karp entered the workforce at age ten, supporting her mother and sister throughout her teen years in Southern California. Although her young life was scarred by violence and abuse, Karp stayed focused on her dream of a steady job and a home of her own. By age twenty-two her dream became reality. Karp loved her job as an executive assistant and signed the lease on a tiny cottage near the beach. And then the Great Recession hit. Karp, like millions of others, lost her job. In the six months between the day she was laid off and the day she was forced out onto the street, Karp scrambled for temp work and filed hundreds of job applications, only to find all doors closed. When she inherited a thirty-foot travel trailer after her father's suicide, Karp parked it in a Walmart parking lot and began to blog about her search for work and a way back.

A Gift of Hope

A Gift of Hope
Author: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 034553137X

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond what she could imagine. For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked anonymously, visiting the “cribs” of the city’s most vulnerable citizens under cover of darkness, distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she is speaking to bring attention to their plight. In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, the famously private author speaks out publicly for the first time about her work among the most desperate members of our society. She offers achingly acute portraits of the people she met along the way—and issues a heartfelt call for more effective action to aid this vast, deprived population. Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep them alive, she ends up giving them something far more powerful: a voice. By turns candid and inspirational, Danielle Steel’s A Gift of Hope is a true act of advocacy and love.

Rachel and Her Children

Rachel and Her Children
Author: Jonathan Kozol
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307764192

"Extraordinarily affecting....A very important book....To read and remember the stories in this book, to take them to heart, is to be called as a witness." THE BOSTON GLOBE There is no safety net for the millions of heartbroken refugees from the American Dream, scattered helplessly in any city you can name. RACHEL AND HER CHILDREN is an unforgettable record for humanity, of the desperate voices of the men, women, and especially children, and their hourly struggle for survival, homeless in America.