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Upcoming Workshops to Support Your Christian Formation Ministries 2010
Sharon Ely Pearson, Church Publishing’s Christian Formation Specialist will be participating at the following events as a workshop leader, keynoter, presenter or conference team planner. At many of these events, Church Publishing will also be represented with book sales, including Sharon’s The Prayer Book Guide to Christian Education, 3rd edition. For more information on any of these events, or to schedule Sharon to come to your region, contact her at spearson@cpg.org or 866.280.5299 (toll-free).
Friday, January 22nd – Sunday, January 24th
National Association for Episcopal Christian Education Directors (NAECED) Annual Conference
Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park, California www.naeced.org
• Workshop – Faith Formation 2020
• Resource Round Up – Living the Good News, riteformation, Godly Play, Confirm not Conform, & Weaving God’s Promises
• Exhibit – Church Publishing & Morehouse Education Resources
Wednesday, January 27th – Saturday, January 30th
Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators (APCE) Annual Conference
Nashville, Tennessee www.apcenet.org
• Exhibit – Living the Good News, riteformation & Godly Play
• Workshop – Using the Lectionary in Christian Education
Saturday, February 13th
Christian Formation Day: Bread for the Journey
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Herndon, Virginia
• Workshop – Developing an Engaging Lesson Plan
• Workshop – Trends in Christian Formation
Tuesday, February 24th – Saturday, February 27th
Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP) Annual Conference
St. David’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas www.endowedparishes.org
• Workshop – Faith Formation 2020
• Exhibit – riteformation, Confirm not Conform & Godly Play
Saturday, March 14th
Diocese of Rochester: Christian Formation Day: Sowing Seeds of Faith
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York
• Keynote
• Workshop – One Size Does Not Fit All: Choosing Resources for Children & Youth
• Workshop – Faith is a Verb: Tending to the Needs of Adult Formation
Thursday, March 18th – Sunday, March 21st
Archdiocese of Orange County’s Religious Education Congress
Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
• Exhibit – Living the Good News & Godly Play
Friday, April 16th – Saturday, April 17th
Diocese of Hawai’i Convocation: Disciples’ Journey: 2010
Honolulu, Hawai’i
• Track Leader: Liturgy as Christian Formation
• Exhibit – Church Publishing & Morehouse Education Resources
Friday, April 23rd – Saturday, April 24th
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia: Parish Leaders’ Workshop Day
Salem/Roanoke region, Virginia
• Keynote
• Workshops
Saturday, May 1st & Sunday, May 2nd
Diocese of Indianapolis: Christian Formation Days
• Keynotes & workshops (in two locations)
Sunday, June 13th – Friday, June 18th
Christian Formation Conference: Living Our Baptismal Promises: A Call to Wholeness
Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina www.kanuga.org
Saturday, September 25th
Diocese of Oregon: Lifelong Christian Formation Day
Trinity Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
• Keynote
• Workshops
Saturday, October 2nd
Diocese of Atlanta: Christian Formation Day
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia
• Workshop – Growing Generous Children
Sunday, October 10th – Wednesday, October 13th
Western Christian Educators’ Conference (APCE, NAECED, AUCE)
Zephyr Point Conference Center, Zephyr Cove, Nevada
• Workshop
• Resource Fair
Friday, October 22nd – Monday, October 25th
Christian Educators’ Fellowship (CEF) Annual Conference
Louisville, Kentucky
• Exhibit – Morehouse Education Resources
Thursday, November 18th – Saturday, November 20th
National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) Biennial Conference
St. David’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas
• Workshop – Teaching Godly Play in a School Setting (unconfirmed)
last updated on: Thursday, December 03, 2009
Book Develops Traditional Roots of Emergent Church
For Immediate Release March 1, 2010
Contact: Bill Falvey, 917-373-8510, wfalvey@cpg.org
Church Publishing, 445 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
New Book Traces Link between Emerging Church and Old-School Church Traditions
(New York, NY) – While the emerging church might look to some like a contemporary worship movement born in the evangelical world, in fact, it has deep roots in historic, liturgical traditions.
“All along, the emerging church – or fresh expressions of church, as the movement is known in the UK – has drawn on sacramental church traditions,” said The Rev. Stephanie Spellers, Priest and Lead Organizer for The Crossing, the emerging community at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Boston, and US-based editor of a new book highlighting sacramental perspectives on the emergent movement. “We love those traditions and practices enough to translate them for postmodern life.”
Ancient Faith, Future Mission:
Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Traditions
Steven Croft, Ian Mobsby, Stephanie Spellers, editors
978-1-59627-124-1 | $22.00 | Paper | 192 pages | 5.25 x 8.5 | Seabury Books
**Review copies, interviews, and excerpts available on request.**
A collaboration between leaders in the UK and the US, the book features pieces from grassroots practitioners, theologians, and and church leaders with a balcony viewpoint, including Rowan Williams, Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle, and Katherine Jefferts Schori. Additional contributors include Ian Mosby and Ian Adams, Thomas Brackett, Stephen Cottrell, Richard Giles, Carl Turner, Sue Wallace, Paige Blair, Michael Volland, Philip Roderick and Tessa Holland, Stephanie Spellers, Christopher Ashley, Marie Harkey and Kristen Wesselhoeft, Simon Rundell, Karen Ward, and Abbot Stuart Burns.
“In this timely and practical book, pioneers and leaders from the United States and England tell their stories and offer reflections on building a future-focused, mission-shaped church that is deeply rooted in ancient faith traditions,” said Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in an endorsement.
“Many clergy, musicians, lay leaders and youth ministers have been excited about ‘emergent’, but they worry that it’s just praise music, projectors, and candles,” Spellers said. “We needed a resource that makes the link, one that captures the emerging movement by taking sacramental, ancient traditions as the starting point, and then explores what’s emerging from there. This book is essential reading for leaders seeking to translate sacramental traditions for mission in today’s world.”
About the Editors
Steven Croft is the Bishop of Sheffield. From 2004 to 2009, he was Archbishops’ Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions. Former warden of Cranmer Hall, he spent 13 years in parish ministry.
Ian Mobsby is a Priest Missioner in the Church of England, currently with the Moot Community in London. He has more than 20 years’ experience working with emerging and fresh expressions of church.
Stephanie Spellers, author of Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation, is Priest and Lead Organizer for The Crossing, the emerging church community at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Boston.
The new book can be ordered through any Episcopal, religious, or secular bookstore; through any online bookseller, or direct from the publisher by calling 800-242-1918 or by visiting www.churchpublishing.org.
Founded in 1918 and headquartered in New York City, CPI is the publisher of official worship materials, books, and music for the Episcopal Church, plus a multi-faceted publisher and supplier to the broader ecumenical marketplace. Publishing imprints include Church Publishing, Morehouse Publishing, and Seabury Books. Additional CPI divisions include Morehouse Church Supplies, a provider of church supplies, ecclesiastical furnishings, and vestments, located in Harrisburg, PA; and Morehouse Education Resources, which produces lectionary-based curriculum, faith formation Tear sheets and/or advance notice of publication is encouraged and appreciated.
last updated on: Friday, March 05, 2010
Confirm not Conform Launches New Website
For Immediate Release January 29, 2010
Contact: Bill Falvey, 917-373-8510, wfalvey@cpg.org
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The site –www.confirmnotconform.com – does not merely convey information in a static form, but allows conversation and interaction among experienced and new users of the CnC program.
“We’re very excited about the possibilities for making an online community for CnC users,” said Laura Toepfer, Managing Director of Confirm not Conform. “As with everything we do, this is not about us having the right answers, but instead encouraging everyone to share their voice. This website will allow people to do that.”
Among the newest features on the website are a blog written by the creative team that developed Confirm not Conform, and a forum that is open to all. The forum has discussion boards on which people can share tips on how to use a particular lesson or can join with other people in similar situations, such as youth leaders in small churches.
A free downloadable information booklet and secure online ordering are additional new features. Visitors can also download a sample lesson and a student essay.
The student essay is “one of my favorite additions to the site,” said Bill Gnegy, marketing manager for Morehouse Education Resources, a division of Church Publishing Incorporated. “It’s titled ‘I Was Actually Happy My Mom Made Me Do This,’ which captures in a nutshell the unique youth appeal of this progressive program.”
Existing users of CnC will be sent an email with instructions on getting log-in and password information for restricted areas of the website. New customers will automatically receive their log-ins with their CnC purchase. CnC program files are downloadable from the website with the purchase of the program.
Rather than imparting information from the outside, Confirm not Conform explores the beliefs and questions that come from the students themselves. The debate and discussion sparked by the students ignite their faith into something lively and real. CnC takes the idealism and skepticism that co-exist in young people and uses that energy to help youth become engaged with their faith and their community.
In addition to 16 class sessions, CnC students go on field trips, attend a weekend-long retreat, work with mentors, participate in liturgies, and design and implement a service project as a team. The program is designed to accommodate a range of congregational settings, from a handful of youth to a huge congregation, and the program is priced accordingly.
Confirm not Conform celebrates young people’s spirituality, creativity and responsibility. Over the course of the CnC program, students realize the church is serious about giving them a voice and, when they claim it, the results are amazing.
Confirm not Conform is now used in more 150 Episcopal congregations, with more than 100 new user churches joining the program since last summer, when Church Publishing Incorporated became the formal distributor and publishing partner in the program. Coming later this year is the adult version of Confirm not Conform, set to release in March, 2010.
Review materials, interviews, and excerpts from Confirm not Conform are available at the request of Episcopal media. Confirm not Conform can be ordered on www.confirmnotconform.com or by calling 800-242-1918.
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Tear sheets and/or advance notice of publication is encouraged and appreciated.
last updated on: Monday, February 08, 2010
New Products and Staff Announcements
Church Publishing Apoints New UK Distributor
NEW Outreach Results in Doing Good the Better Way
Online Parish Scheduler is 3rd New rite Product of 2009
Blog with Chapter Excerpts Launching Nov. 9 and Open to All
Great Music Essential to Thriving Congregations
Church Publishing and explorefaith.org Launch New Partnership
Christian Formation Classic by Borsch Now Keyed to Lectionary
Cancer Survivor Goldman Offers 101 Healing Words on Eve of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Convention Authorizes CPI to Explore New Hymnal
New Book Offers Strong Medicine Inspired by the Psalms
All New Research, Illustrations, and Text Make Saints, Signs, and Symbols 3rd Edition the Definitive Religious Art Reference
CPI Now Distributing Confirm Not Conform Program
Heischman Dispels ‘With-It-Ness’ for Good Influence
Change is Inevitable; So is Transitional Ministry!
Interview: Christian Formation, No longer your grandmother's Sunday school
CPI Blazing Trail in E-Products and E-Publishing
CPI FAQ for Authors, Media Relations, EBA Member Stores, & Vendors
Church Publishing Repositions Itself for Greater Service to the Church
Undiscovered Country: Imagining the World to Come
Transforming Stewardship – C. K. Robertson
Where Mercy Fails: Darfur’s Struggle to Survive
Simple Prayers Can Pay Off During Fiscal Crisis
New "How-To" Book Offers Cards for All Occasions and Ministries
Five "Imperatives" Frame New Invitation to Episcopal Faith
New Book Helps Pastors Learn How to Lead
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New Pocket Prayer Guide by Griswold Presents ‘What, Why, When, and How’ Companion for Lifetime Spiritual Practice
last updated on: Monday, February 08, 2010
Church Publishing Responds to Tight Economy
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bill Falvey, wfalvey@cpg.org, 917-373-8510
Church Publishing Responds to Tight Economy
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“Most businesses expect payment in 30 days, and we typically are no exception,” said Mark Dazzo, CPI vice president of sales and marketing. “However, with the significant challenges being posed by our economy – especially for churches, and at this busy time in the church year – we hope to relieve some budgetary pressures by providing 90-day terms on purchases between now and year’s end for our core institutional customers.”
In view of the recent market volatility, CPI addressed the need for an immediate response to its church customers during strategic meetings in
The extended terms are applicable on any and all purchases from Church Publishing Incorporated, including Episcopal Church staples such as the Book of Common Prayer and the 1982 Hymnal, Singers Edition. It extends to include all curriculum offerings from Morehouse Education Resources, including the popular Godly Play Christian formation program, plus the comprehensive offerings from Morehouse Church Supplies.
To take advantage of the extended terms, churches must cite promo code _________ on all orders totaling $400 or more placed between now and the end of the year through the customer service department at (phone) 800-242-1918, (fax) 717-541-8136, or (mail) 4775 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112. The offer is available to any church or congregation. CPI will reinstate its normal payment terms on January 1, 2009, although it reserves the right to change the terms of this offer at anytime.
Church leaders are encouraged to browse CPI’s new website, www.churchpublishing.org, to see the latest product offerings. In addition, CPI will highlight the extended payment terms in its popular Christmas catalog to be mailed to churches later this month.
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last updated on: Friday, March 05, 2010
Byer Joins Church Publishing Inc. as Director of E-Publishing
last updated on: Thursday, September 04, 2008
Copyright Update
Celebration (Celebration Services in the UK) is no longer affiliated with the Copyright Company.
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Celebration
Copyrights
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fax 724-375-1138
You can visit Celebration at the Community of Celebration website.
last updated on: Thursday, September 12, 2002
Copyright Update
Theordore Presser Company has moved. The new address is
588 N. Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406-2800
last updated on: Monday, September 02, 2002