This Book Belongs toà | p. 10 |
About My Congregation | p. 11 |
Preface | p. 13 |
Church Stuff | p. 15 |
How to Get to Know Your Pastor | p. 16 |
How to Survive for One Hour in an Un-Air-Conditioned Church | p. 18 |
How to Respond When Someone Sits in Your Pew | p. 20 |
How to Use a Worship Bulletin | p. 21 |
How to Sing a Hymn | p. 24 |
How to Sing a Praise Song | p. 28 |
How to Listen to a Sermon | p. 30 |
The Anatomy of a Baptism | p. 34 |
How to Respond to a Disruption during Worship | p. 36 |
How to Receive Communion | p. 39 |
How to Pass the Plate | p. 43 |
How to Share the Peace in Church | p. 47 |
How to Stay Alert in Church | p. 49 |
What to Bring to a Church Potluck (by Region) | p. 51 |
Four Things You Should Know about the Reformation | p. 55 |
Five Facts about Life in Medieval Times | p. 56 |
History's Six Most Notorious Heretics | p. 58 |
Charts and Diagrams | |
Comparative Religions | p. 60 |
World Religions | p. 62 |
Family Tree of Christianity | p. 63 |
Family Tree of the Protestant Reformation | p. 64 |
Comparative Denominations: Liturgical Churches | p. 66 |
Comparative Denominations: Non-Liturgical Churches | p. 68 |
U.S. Christian Denominations | p. 70 |
The Seasons of the Church Year and What They Mean | p. 71 |
The Seasons of the Church Year (diagram) | p. 72 |
Everyday Stuff | p. 75 |
How to Share Your Faith with Someone | p. 77 |
How to Pray | p. 79 |
How to Work for Peace and Justice on Behalf of | |
People Who Are Poor and Oppressed | p. 81 |
How to Identify a Genuine Miracle | p. 83 |
Three Essential Personal Spiritual Rituals | p. 85 |
How to Forgive Someone | p. 88 |
How to Confess Your Sins and Receive Forgiveness | p. 90 |
How to Defend Your Faith against Attack | p. 92 |
How to Resist Temptation | p. 94 |
How to Care for the Sick | p. 96 |
How to Identify and Avoid Evil | p. 98 |
How to Avoid Gossip | p. 100 |
How to Bless Someone | p. 102 |
How to Resolve Interpersonal Conflict | p. 104 |
How to Console Someone | p. 106 |
How to Cope with Loss and Grief | p. 107 |
The Top Ten Attributes to Look For in a Spouse/Partner | p. 109 |
How to Banish the Devil from Your Presence | p. 112 |
How to Be Saved (by Grace through Faith and Not by Your Good Works) | p. 114 |
How to Reform the Church When it Strays from the Gospel | p. 117 |
How to Encounter the Holy Trinity as One God in Three Persons | p. 119 |
Testimonies, Not Tests | p. 121 |
Hey, Who You Calling Autonomous? | p. 123 |
Bible Stuff | p. 125 |
Common Translations of the Bible | p. 126 |
Sixty Essential Bible Stories | p. 128 |
How to Read the Bible | p. 131 |
How to Memorize a Bible Verse | p. 133 |
The Top Ten Bible Villains | p. 136 |
The Top Ten Bible Heroes | p. 139 |
The Three Most Rebellious Things Jesus Did | p. 142 |
The Seven Funniest Bible Stories | p. 143 |
The Five Grossest Bible Stories | p. 146 |
Five Facts about Life in Old Testament Times | p. 148 |
Ten Important Things That Happened between The Old and New Testaments | p. 149 |
Five Facts about Life in New Testament Times | p. 151 |
The Five Biggest Misconceptions about the Bible | p. 153 |
Jesus' Twelve Apostles (plus Judas and Paul) | p. 155 |
The Five Weirdest Laws in the Old Testament | p. 158 |
The Top Ten Bible Miracles and What They Mean | p. 160 |
Maps and Diagrams | |
The Exodus | p. 162 |
The Holy Land: Old Testament Times | p. 163 |
The Holy Land: New Testament Times | p. 164 |
Jerusalem in Jesus' Time | p. 165 |
Paul's Journeys | p. 166 |
Noah's Ark | p. 168 |
The Ark of the Covenant | p. 169 |
Solomon's Temple | p. 170 |
The Armor of God | p. 171 |
The Passion and Crucifixion | p. 172 |
Ucc Stuff | p. 179 |
Ten Firsts of the United Church of Christ | p. 180 |
Our Bad: A Couple of Moments in United Church of Christ History We Would Change If We Owned a Delorean and a Flux Capacitor | p. 183 |
UCC Jargon: The 411 On UCC Acronyms and Ideas | p. 185 |
Show Me the Money: The Flow of Funds through the UCC | p. 188 |
Are You There, God? It's Me, Church | p. 190 |
Whitewater Rafting Down the Four Streams: A Ridiculously Concise and Over simplified History of the United Church of Christ | p. 192 |
Goliaths: Four UCC Intellectual Giants Not to Sling a Stone at (But If You Think You've Got the Stuff, Bucky, Give It a Shot) | p. 196 |
United Not Uniform | p. 198 |
Fun with Letters: Alternative Meanings of "UCC" | p. 199 |
A Bunch of Smart Alecs: United Church of Christ Schools | p. 200 |
The Mayflower Compact | p. 203 |
Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ | p. 205 |
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