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101 Safe Internet Sites for Kids
Here are the web addresses, descriptions, and, in many cases, illustrations of more than one hundred great Christian, educational, or just-plain-fun sites on the World Wide Web.   95 page Book.

Author:  Christopher D. Hudson

Publisher:   Barbour Publishing

Year:  2001
code #   EA 418

Library:   Main.

 
All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis
Using case studies, research and examples gathered from Elkind’s own practice and travel, this resource maintains that today’s teens suffer drastic repercussions because of today’s social pressures. Teens are pressured into taking on adult responsibilities by parents more committed to their own self-fulfillment than to their children’s.   232 page Book.

Author:  David Elkind

Publisher:   Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Year:  1984
code #   DA 419

Library:   Main.

 
Boundaries with Kids: When to Say YES, When to say NO, to help Your Children Gain Control of Their Lives
Here is the help you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitude, and emotions. It takes you through the ins and outs of establishing family boundaries and of instilling the kind of character in your children that will help them lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling adult lives.  223 page Book.

Author:  Henry Cloud &  John Townsend

Publisher:   Zondervan

Year:  1998
code #   EA 420

Library:   Main.

Building Up One Another
Presents 12 significant “one another” commands of the New Testament with practical steps for building up the body.   Book.

Author:  Gene A. Getz

Year:  1983
code #   RB 329

Library:   Main.

Creating Congregations of Generous People
The author challenges congregations to accept the responsibility to own the stewardship process and to empower people to lead more generous lives. In association with the Alban Institute.    Book.

Author:  Michael Durall,

Year:  1999
code #   RD 367

Library:   Main.

 
Experiencing Community
Deals with what it means to function together as a body, to love one another, and to grow closer together and closer to God.   Discussion Guide.

Author:  Thom Corrigan

Year:  1996
code #   RB 327

Library:   Main.

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The Guideposts Treasury of Faith
A collection of stories of faith and miracles. As you turn to these stories of lives restored through the love of Him Who guides our way, let your heart listen, your spirit awaken to the never ending miracle of faith.   452 page Book.

Author:  Various contributing authors

Publisher:   Bantam Books,

Year:  1980
code #   DA 421

Library:   Main.

If It’s Not Real It’s Not Relevant
Honest, fast-paced, no nonsense – Edge TV takes an uninhibited look at some of the toughest issues facing today’s youth. The music is hot, the visuals are compelling, the stories are real. Kids start thinking as they interact with what other kids are thinking and feeling and saying on screen.   45 min VHS, Discussion Guide.

Publisher:   NAVPress and Youth Specialties

Year:  1993
code #   EA 422

Library:   Main.

Learn to Discern: Help for a Generation at Risk
Every day, the media feeds our youth a steady diet of unhealthy images – violence, sex, suicide and the occult- that manipulate their minds, and exploit their fears. Even more frightening, children often, in turn, embrace the activities that they see glamorised. Find out what you can do to combat the harmful messages that prey on our nation’s young people.  100 min – VHS.

Publisher:   Focus on the Family

Year:  1992
code #   SY 916

Library:   Synod Consultant for Youth

Martha to the Max: Balancing Living for Perfectionists
Today’s, women with what we call Type “A” personalities are so obsessed with doing everything to the “max,” they are left frustrated, exhausted, and burned out. Using humour and biblical advise Strack provides help.  204 page Book.

Author:  Debi Stack

Publisher:   Moody Press

Year:  2000
code #   DA 423

Library:   Main.

One Another Volume 1-3
This focuses on the “one another” statements written to the early church as building blocks for relationships.    Book.

Author:  Richard Meyer
code #   DA 332

Library:   Main.

 
Passing on the Faith: A Radical New Model of Youth And Family Ministry
This weighty volume puts family in the forefront of faith formation. This is no naïve treatise of family values it is a theological sensitivity and practical wisdom brimming with powerful, concrete examples from communities that already enact the kind of ministry they espouse.   368 page Book.

Author:  Merton P. Strommen & Richard A. Hardel

Publisher:   Saint Mary’s Press

Year:  2000
code #   EA 424

Library:   Main.

Saying Goodbye: When you don’t want to: Teens dealing with loss
Teens will find encouragement and hope in these stories by peers who share about their pain from deaths of their parents, siblings, and friends, runaways and suicides; divorces and broken relationships; losses and failures and many other causes of grief.   219 page Book.

Author:  Martha Bolton

Publisher:   Servant Publications

Year:  2002
code #   EA 425

Library:   Main.

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A Special Kind of Belonging
Discusses a kind of Christian community in which individuals can share their lives, be loved and accepted and find help with their problems.   Book.

Author:  Herbert Wagemaker, Jr.

Year:  1978
code #   RB 330

Library:   Main.

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The Tender Shepherd
The Tender Shepherd looks at the entire congregation. Recognising that successful pastors must “be there” for people with radically differing needs. Chapters provide specific and invaluable help in ministering to newcomers, children, older people, singles, families and shut-ins.   Book.

Author:  John Killinger

Year:  1985
code #   RB 331

Library:   Main.

 

 

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