Meditations for Vestry Members (Faithful Servant Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0819217891 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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catiebug said Just what I needed!. As a newly elected vestry member of my church, I was looking for something to make the experience a bit more meaningful. I happened upon this book and ordered it. I found it wonderful, tapping into the spirituality of service to the Church. I used it as a sort of guide to a program a presented at our vestry retreat on why I felt called to this service. I would fully recommend it to anyone serving on a vestry (either for 1 day or "Just what I needed!" according to catiebug. As a newly elected vestry member of my church, I was looking for something to make the experience a bit more meaningful. I happened upon this book and ordered it. I found it wonderful, tapping into the spirituality of service to the Church. I used it as a sort of guide to a program a presented at our vestry retreat on why I felt called to this service. I would fully recommend it to anyone serving on a vestry (either for 1 day or 20 years) or considering service on a vestry. God has plans for each of us and it is up to us to di. 0 years) or considering service on a vestry. God has plans for each of us and it is up to us to di. Insightful and Easy Reading Edward H Thompson I've read, admired and used this book since the first time I happened on it -- which is about ten years ago. I admire Colleen's generosity and courage in sharing her experience which, by the way, is very common to what I know to be true. I don't know that there is anyone who has served on a vestry or a comparable body across Christendom who will deny the insights she shares. The author has an ability to deliver biblical exegesis with such ease, clarity and biting humor that draws in the reader even if you are uncomfortable wit. Saintseattle said Not the most helpful book. It wasn't exactly what I expected. "Meditations" suggested there were perhaps prayers or great insights. It's a collection of the author's personal experiences and tid-bits of her idea of what makes a good Vestry member in the Episcopal Church. It's not clear why the author thinks she's qualified to make suggestions on how to succeed on the Vestry. She apparently quit her local parish Vestry when things got too controversial. She's the Sarah Palin of the Episcopal Vestry. Quit and then write a book.
Explores the joys and challenges of vestry service.. Individual meditations are based on quotations from the Bible, The Book of Common Prayer, or hymns from the 1982 Hymnal, and prayers specific to the needs of each audience. Designed with the church budget in mind, these affordable books acknowledge important passages and ministries in the life of the people of God. Each volume offers support, guidance, and education geared specifically to one particular group or ministry within the church. Created to meet the needs of pastors and church staff seeking gifts of appreciation for church members such as LEMs, lay members, choir and vestry members, and others. Morehouse Meditations for Vestry Members, by Colleen McMahon
-- The Living Church, June 4, 1999. purse/pocket-sized give a needed spiritual dimension to church jobs that can easily become very task-rather than ministry-oriented. -- Anglican Journal, March 17, 2000Every Episcopal church should stock and dispense these