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9780829818758

The Unofficial Handbook of the United Church of Christ

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    9780829818758

  • ISBN10:

    0829818758

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-01
  • Publisher: Pilgrim Pr
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Summary

The Unofficial Handbook of the United Church of Christ is a lighthearted, humorous look at the United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination.

Author Biography

Quinn G. Caldwell is associate minister of Old South Church (UCC) in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of the UCC's Stillspeaking Writers' Group and an author for the Stillspeaking Daily Devotionals. Curtis J. Preston is pastor of Lakewood United Church of Christ in Lakewood, Colorado.

Table of Contents

This Book Belongs toàp. 10
About My Congregationp. 11
Prefacep. 13
Church Stuffp. 15
How to Get to Know Your Pastorp. 16
How to Survive for One Hour in an Un-Air-Conditioned Churchp. 18
How to Respond When Someone Sits in Your Pewp. 20
How to Use a Worship Bulletinp. 21
How to Sing a Hymnp. 24
How to Sing a Praise Songp. 28
How to Listen to a Sermonp. 30
The Anatomy of a Baptismp. 34
How to Respond to a Disruption during Worshipp. 36
How to Receive Communionp. 39
How to Pass the Platep. 43
How to Share the Peace in Churchp. 47
How to Stay Alert in Churchp. 49
What to Bring to a Church Potluck (by Region)p. 51
Four Things You Should Know about the Reformationp. 55
Five Facts about Life in Medieval Timesp. 56
History's Six Most Notorious Hereticsp. 58
Charts and Diagrams
Comparative Religionsp. 60
World Religionsp. 62
Family Tree of Christianityp. 63
Family Tree of the Protestant Reformationp. 64
Comparative Denominations: Liturgical Churchesp. 66
Comparative Denominations: Non-Liturgical Churchesp. 68
U.S. Christian Denominationsp. 70
The Seasons of the Church Year and What They Meanp. 71
The Seasons of the Church Year (diagram)p. 72
Everyday Stuffp. 75
How to Share Your Faith with Someonep. 77
How to Prayp. 79
How to Work for Peace and Justice on Behalf of
People Who Are Poor and Oppressedp. 81
How to Identify a Genuine Miraclep. 83
Three Essential Personal Spiritual Ritualsp. 85
How to Forgive Someonep. 88
How to Confess Your Sins and Receive Forgivenessp. 90
How to Defend Your Faith against Attackp. 92
How to Resist Temptationp. 94
How to Care for the Sickp. 96
How to Identify and Avoid Evilp. 98
How to Avoid Gossipp. 100
How to Bless Someonep. 102
How to Resolve Interpersonal Conflictp. 104
How to Console Someonep. 106
How to Cope with Loss and Griefp. 107
The Top Ten Attributes to Look For in a Spouse/Partnerp. 109
How to Banish the Devil from Your Presencep. 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 Gospelp. 117
How to Encounter the Holy Trinity as One God in Three Personsp. 119
Testimonies, Not Testsp. 121
Hey, Who You Calling Autonomous?p. 123
Bible Stuffp. 125
Common Translations of the Biblep. 126
Sixty Essential Bible Storiesp. 128
How to Read the Biblep. 131
How to Memorize a Bible Versep. 133
The Top Ten Bible Villainsp. 136
The Top Ten Bible Heroesp. 139
The Three Most Rebellious Things Jesus Didp. 142
The Seven Funniest Bible Storiesp. 143
The Five Grossest Bible Storiesp. 146
Five Facts about Life in Old Testament Timesp. 148
Ten Important Things That Happened between The Old and New Testamentsp. 149
Five Facts about Life in New Testament Timesp. 151
The Five Biggest Misconceptions about the Biblep. 153
Jesus' Twelve Apostles (plus Judas and Paul)p. 155
The Five Weirdest Laws in the Old Testamentp. 158
The Top Ten Bible Miracles and What They Meanp. 160
Maps and Diagrams
The Exodusp. 162
The Holy Land: Old Testament Timesp. 163
The Holy Land: New Testament Timesp. 164
Jerusalem in Jesus' Timep. 165
Paul's Journeysp. 166
Noah's Arkp. 168
The Ark of the Covenantp. 169
Solomon's Templep. 170
The Armor of Godp. 171
The Passion and Crucifixionp. 172
Ucc Stuffp. 179
Ten Firsts of the United Church of Christp. 180
Our Bad: A Couple of Moments in United Church of Christ History We Would Change If We Owned a Delorean and a Flux Capacitorp. 183
UCC Jargon: The 411 On UCC Acronyms and Ideasp. 185
Show Me the Money: The Flow of Funds through the UCCp. 188
Are You There, God? It's Me, Churchp. 190
Whitewater Rafting Down the Four Streams: A Ridiculously Concise and Over simplified History of the United Church of Christp. 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 Uniformp. 198
Fun with Letters: Alternative Meanings of "UCC"p. 199
A Bunch of Smart Alecs: United Church of Christ Schoolsp. 200
The Mayflower Compactp. 203
Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christp. 205
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