Prog. Resources

PROGRAM RESOURCES

Phyllis Kieser, Secretary of Program Resources

Be sure that your unit has ordered the United Methodist Women Handbook 2009 - 2012. The new handbook consolidates into a single volume Local and District Units, Finance, Constitution, and Bylaws, and A Guide to Program Planning.  $17.

THE SAMPLER SUBSCRIPTIONAnyone interested can receive the sampler. This subscription allows one to receive a copy of the prayer calendar, date book, program book, spiritual growth and 2 of the mission studies for $35. This sampler does not include Response Magazine nor audiovisuals. The Sampler subscriptions are sent in intervals as new materials are produced throughout the year. In your local chapter take advantage of this and when the 2011 materials are available near fall, order the Sampler Package for yourself.
A NEW DVD
Charlotte Frankenberry has power point pictures with the words for the song FOR EVERYONE BORN on a DVD that you can borrow. Let Charlotte (Conference Program Resources) know if you are interested.
There are 7 other books that can be read for the 2009 Reading program but
   are not for sale at the Mission Resource Center.

   Education for Mission       1.  Ordinary Man Extraordinary Mission, The Life and
   Work of E. Stanley Jones
   by Stephen A. Graham, Abingdon Press,
   2005
   Social Action       1.  Middle Church by Bob Edgar, Simon & Schuster, 2007
   2.  Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict A Primer
   by Phyllis Bennis, Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2007
   Spiritual Growth  1.  Overcoming Life's Disappointments by Harold S. Kushner,
   Anchor Books, 2007
   2. Joshua's Family by Joseph F. Girzone, Random House, Inc.
   2007
   Nurturing for Community  1.  A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Kahled Hosseini,
   Penguin  Group USA
   2.  Walking in Two Worlds-Mixed Indian Women
   Seeking Their
   Path by Nancy M. Peterson, Caxton Press, 2006

MN Conf. UMW Reading Program Lending Library Return books prior to or at DOTE, Oct. 24, 2008. Return ALL books by July 10, 2009, or at the School of Christian Mission Return by mail to: Charlotte Frankenberry telephone 507-833-7489517 3rd Ave. S.E.  Waseca, MN 56093  chardon1@hickorytech.net                                Donate a book:  inside the front cover on the right hand side:
Write the specific program year & the Reading Program Category;
Email the book title to me.(Two copies of any one book is sufficient, thank you.
Attach a return address label of the person donating the book;
Write the initials of the donor’s District on the return address label.

The book will be returned to the donor, if possible.
Books to read & count on the 2009 if not previously reported.
2004  Ed. for Mission     Stories of 20th Century KoreaA Stone in My Hand             Youth Book  (Counts on all plans)Nurturing for Com.   The Miracles of Mentoring: How to Encourage & Lead Future Generations                                                           Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for ParentingThe Enduring Human Spirit Stories of Caring for Our Elders  Large Print
Social Action   Globalization At What Price? Economic Change & Daily Life
   The Loyal Opposition: Struggling…Church ...Homosexuality                         Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America     2 copies                           Race and Prayer                          America Needs Human RightsSilencing Political Dissent :How Post 9/11 Anti-terrorism  Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties                          Sweatshop Warriors            Bonus   (counts as 2 books)                                                               Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution & Profit      Bonus
Spiritual Growth Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
   God Just Showed Up: Stories of Hope In Everyday Experience
   The Haunt of Grace: Responses to the Mystery of God’s Presence               In The Forest of Your Remembrance                             The Promise Restored: Rediscovering the 10 Commandments In An Uncertain World                        Remembering Your Story: Creating Your Own Spiritual Autobiography                        Surrendering to God: Living the Covenant Prayer                        2005  Ed. for Mission     Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx       2copiesWest of the Jordan - A Novel Christianity, Judaism and Islam  A Missiological EncounterNurturing for Com.    Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
Social Action    Mrs. Lincoln & Mrs. Keckly: …Friendship..First Lady… Slave      Bonus
   Open Wide the Freedom Gates        & Nurturing for Community   Bonus
   Race and Prayer: Collected Voices – Many Dreams
   War, Racism & Economic Justice: The Global Revages of Capitalism
  The Education of Ruby Loonfoot: A Novel       Large Print  A Day for Vincent Chin and Me         Youth
Spiritual Growth  Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women .Christian, Jewish,& Muslim
   God’s Leading Lady: Out of the Shadows & Into the Light
   Hidden Women of The Gospels
   Journey to the Well
   Living Water: A Novel   2copies
   Keep Growing              Large Print

2006  Ed. For Mission    Hearing God’s Call: Ways of Discernment for Laity & Cllergy                                    Africa: Lord Hang Onto Me & Don’t Let GoNurturing for Community     Thriving Marriages: An Inspirational & Practical Guide to Lasting Happiness              Whither Thou Goest? ….   …A Minister’s Wife Speaks Out
Social Action   The Betrayal of Work:  How Low-Wage Jobs Fail… Bonus
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World & What we Can Do Before It’s Too Late
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Spiritual Growth    Living Sacrifices: For Those Dying to Rise to a Life Worth Giving
   Susanna Wesley: A Mother with a Difference           2copies                   Answered Prayers             Large Print                    The Renewed Mind                      Large Print        2copies2007 Ed. For Mission       Bethlehem Besieged, Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble                                    Iraq A Journey of Hope and Peace                                    The Kite Runner: A Novel             2copies                                           Standing Alone, An Am.Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam                            Storytellers Companion to the BibleNurturing..Com.  Beginning Again  Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness
   Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships: A Resource for Parents & Pastors

   My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades after Fifty
   “Not Much Just Chillin” The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
The Blessings of Brokenness, Why God Allows Us to Go Through Hard Times  Large
Social Action  Getting in the Way      Stories from Christian Peacemaker Teams 2copies
   Blue Collar Jesus
Spiritual Growth The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation
   Traditional Beliefs of United Methodist
   Your Inner Eve: Discovering God’s Woman Within
   Kira – Kira (Japanese family moves from Iowa to Georgia)              Youth                          Dinner With a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering    Youth                God Called a Girl     Youth2008 Nurturing for Community                 For God & Country: Faith & Patriotism Under Fire  Bonus                Grace Matters: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship & Hope in the Heart of the South                Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older          Who’s Raising Your Child: Battling the Marketers for Your Child’s Heart and Soul           Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears (2000RP count for ’08-’10)      Social Action    Hard Line: Life and Death on the U.S. – Mexico Border                      War and the Christian Conscience: Where Do You Stand?                      When the Rivers Run Dry: Water –the Defining Crisis of the 21st CenturySpiritual Growth   And We Are Changed: Encounters with a Transforming GodLetters to a Young Doubter
   Walk in a Relaxed Manner:  Life Lessons From the Camino   2copies
10 Gospel Promises for Later Life      Large Print You may request a book, if it is available I will use “media mail” to mail it to you and you may return it to me the same way.