While this one-volume guide is especially useful for Christian educators, showing them how to teach week by week according to the ethos and tradition of the Episcopal Church, it also provides a valuable and useful reference tool for all church leaders and members in connecting Christian faith to daily life.

This new guide to Christian education and formation is based on the Book of Common Prayer, the cornerstone of Anglican liturgy and theology. Keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary, all activities and lessons are structured on the seasons and lessons for Years A, B, and C. The guide stresses the major themes of baptismal theology and shows how teachers, parents, and children can live the liturgical cycle in Christian formation ministries at church and at home.

For more information log onto www.prayerbookguide.com

Sharon Ely Pearson is the Christian formation specialist for Church Publishing Inc., with more than thirty years’ experience at parish, diocesan, provincial, and national levels.

Robyn Szoke is associate rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and former Staff Officer for the Episcopal Church in the area of life-long Christian formation and education.

"This welcome third edition of the New Prayer Book Guide is a rich and well-proven resource not only for educators and liturgists, but for all who seek to deepen their understanding of the church’s worship." —Frank T. Griswold, XXV Presiding Bishop

"A winner for teachers and learners of all ages. With its focus on adult formation, new approaches to Bible study and local and global mission, the Guide overflows with resources for all the baptized." —Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Professor Emerita, Episcopal Divinity School

"A wonderful gift to the Church, this revision of a tried and true favorite incorporates the Revised Common Lectionary readings, making it most useful for all sizes of congregations and also for faith formation in the home." —Janie Stevens, Episcopal Diocese of Texas

"Faith, biblical reflection, spirituality, and discipleship come alive in new and exciting ways. This book is a must-have for every family and church committed to life-long Christian formation."  —Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, Trinity Church, Wall Street

"Should be on every congregation’s bookshelf . . . and off the bookshelf more often than on. It is a remarkable resource for anyone responsible for Christian Formation or simply interested in the faith of the Episcopal Church as it is understood today." —Victoria L. Garvey, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago

"Sharon Pearson and Robyn Szoke understand that the Book of Common Prayer is a liturgical and theological treasure ready to be mined so that children, youth, and adults are truly formed in the faith." —James E. Curry, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

"Sharon Ely Pearson and Robyn Szoke have produced a refreshed, simple, and comprehensive adjunct to worship." —Episcopal Life

Contact: Bill Falvey, 917-373-8510, wfalvey@cpg.org
Church Publishing, 445 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

New Prayer Book Guide Combines Updated Volume with Online Components for Christian Formation

(New York, NY) – Morehouse Publishing is pleased to announce publication of a thoroughly revised and updated handbook for Christian formation:

The Prayer Book Guide to Christian Education, 3rd Edition
Sharon Ely Pearson and Robyn Szoke, editors
978-0-8192-2337-1  $24.00  Paper  240 pages  6 x 9   Morehouse Publishing

The comprehensive, one-volume guide is especially useful for Christian educators of the Episcopal Church, but is also a valuable and useful reference tool for all church leaders and members in connecting Christian faith to daily life. This third edition of the classic text is keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary and develops the life-long application of baptismal theology for children, youth, and adults.  A website with links provides for a continuously updated resource (see http://www.prayerbookguide.com).

Based on the Book of Common Prayer, cornerstone of Anglican liturgy and theology, the weekly activities and lessons within the new guide illustrates how teachers, parents and children can live the liturgical cycle in Christian formation ministries at church and at home.

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.

Sharon Ely Pearson is the Christian Formation Specialist for Church Publishing Inc., with more than thirty years’ experience at parish, diocesan, provincial, and national levels. To subscribe to Sharon Pearson’s "Living IN-Formation" free email newsletter, visit http://www.morehouseeducation.org

Robyn Szoke is associate rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Carlyle, PA and former Staff Officer for The Episcopal Church in the area of life-long Christian formation and education.
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For more information and resources, Christian educators may also wish to visit the Resource Room at http://www.morehouseeducation.org/Resource-Room, and
endorse the Charter for Lifelong Christian Formation http://www.formationcharter.com

Founded in 1918 and headquartered in New York City, Church Publishing Incorporated 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, in Harrisburg, PA; and Morehouse Education Resources, which produces lectionary-based curriculum, faith formation programs, plus e-publishing resources and services, located in Denver, CO.

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