{"id":14029,"date":"2019-05-17T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14029"},"modified":"2019-07-30T17:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T17:44:32","slug":"brethren-press-highlights-new-resources-for-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2019\/brethren-press-highlights-new-resources-for-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Press highlights new resources for congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/galatians-covenant-bible.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14006\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14006\" class=\"wp-image-14006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/galatians-covenant-bible.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/galatians-covenant-bible-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/justice-in-the-hebrew-bible.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14007\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?attachment_id=14007\" class=\"wp-image-14007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/justice-in-the-hebrew-bible.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/justice-in-the-hebrew-bible-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>New resources of note from Brethren Press include new quarterly materials from the Shine curriculum, which is jointly produced by Brethren Press and MennoMedia; new quarterly materials for A Guide for Biblical Studies; new Covenant Bible Studies titles; a Spanish-language version of \u201cAnother Way of Believing\u201d by Dale W. Brown titled \u201cOtra Manera de Creer\u201d; Living Word Bulletins for the next church year; and the Advent devotional for 2019 titled \u201cReady\u201d by Frank Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving in the Land\u201d is the summer theme for this Christian education curriculum for preschool through junior youth. \u201cStories of God\u2019s People\u201d is the theme for the fall. Materials are available for early childhood, primary, middler, junior youth, and multiage classes. For each class level, the curriculum offers a teacher book, a student leaflet or magazine, a packet of additional classroom resources such as posters and games, a music songbook and CD, and \u201cShine On: A Story Bible\u201d available in both English and Spanish. Prices vary, call Brethren Press at 800-441-3712 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Guide for Biblical Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This quarterly study guide written from a Church of the Brethren perspective is for adult Sunday school classes and small groups. Order one copy for each participant. Cost is $6.95 or $9.95 for large print.<\/p>\n<p>The fall Guide is titled \u201cResponding to God\u2019s Faithfulness\u201d written by Debbie Eisenbise. This coming winter, Guide will focus on \u201cHonoring God\u201d with author Anna Lisa Gross. In spring 2020, George Bowers is the author of the Guide quarter on \u201cJustice and the Prophets.\u201d Next summer 2020, \u201cMany Faces of Wisdom\u201d is the quarter topic, written by Paul Stutzman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Covenant Bible Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brethren Press has three newly published or soon-to-be-available books in the Covenant Bible Studies series. The series is for use by small group adult Bible study gatherings but also is suitable for individual use. Cost per copy is $10.95.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice in the Hebrew Bible\u201d by David Leiter studies the broad message of God\u2019s justice and righteousness in the Old Testament. This study serves as an overview by reviewing key passages from the all the major sections, from historical narrative and legal texts to prophecy, proverbs, and psalms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGalatians\u201d by David Shumate will be available for this fall. The study focuses on Galatians as Paul\u2019s spirited defense of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ alone, a New Testament letter addressing the tension between legalism and license, between law and gospel, and between the<br>works of the flesh and the gifts of the spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod in the Psalms\u201d by Chris Bucher will be available for next spring 2020. The Psalms, despite their variety of subjects and genres, all express the view that God is a God of steadfast love. This study traces the theme of God\u2019s steadfast love through hymns, laments, songs of trust, and<br>thanksgiving psalms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/otra-manera-de-creer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/otra-manera-de-creer.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/otra-manera-de-creer-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Otra Manera de Creer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This new Spanish-language version of Dale Brown\u2019s classic book, \u201cAnother Way of Believing: A Brethren Theology\u201d offers to Spanish speakers an in-depth and thought provoking study of the various ways Brethren \u201cdo theology\u201d by their everyday living. This is a useful book for both<br \/>the academic and the lay reader. Cost is $18.95.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living Word Bulletins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Church of the Brethren\u2019s bulletin series features texts and images chosen by Brethren, for Brethren. The series includes bulletins for 52 Sunday services plus love feast and Christmas Eve\/Day and is shipped quarterly. The series has been enhancing the worship of Brethren congregations for over 50 years with prices that save churches both time and money. Call<br \/>Brethren Press at 800-441-3712 to start a subscription. Cost is $4.95 for 50 or $3.15 for 25. Bulletin size is 8 1\/2 by 11 inch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advent devotional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Written by some of the finest authors in the Church of the Brethren, these pocket-sized devotionals are published each Lent and Advent season and are suitable for congregations to provide to their members, to give to guests and visitors, or for individual use. Readers receive over 12 weeks of daily meditations with scripture and prayer to prepare them for the season. Frank Ramirez is the author of the next devotional in the series, titled \u201cReady\u201d for Advent 2019. Cost is $4 or $7.95 for large print.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to order these materials online go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.brethrenpress.com<\/a>\u00a0. To make telephone orders call Brethren Press at 800-441-3712.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New resources of note from Brethren Press include new quarterly materials from the Shine curriculum, which is jointly produced by Brethren Press and MennoMedia; new quarterly materials for A Guide for Biblical Studies; new Covenant Bible Studies titles; a Spanish-language version of \u201cAnother Way of Believing\u201d by Dale W. 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