Advanced Strategic Planning
by Aubrey Malphurs

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Now with a stronger emphasis on disciple-making, Malphurs's updated practical resource clarifies nine fundamental ministry issues. His proven, biblically sound methods will help you assess your readiness, articulate
your vision, formulate goals, and implement your mission to a postmodern society. Features a new chapter on spiritual formation. A must-read for pastors and church leaders. 320 pages, softcover from Baker.

Baby Signs: How to talk with your baby before your baby can talk
by Linda P. Acredolo

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For every parent or caregiver who has struggled unsuccessfully to decode baby grunts and grabs, resulting in tearful frustration for both adult and child, there is Baby Signs. Based on 20 years of research, this one-of-a-kind classic shows you how to encourage your baby's use of nonverbal gestures to enhance communication. Simple hand movements signify objects, events, and needs, so your infant can enjoy interactions with you that otherwise would have been impossible until they could talk. New features of this revised edition include helpful tips on incorporating Baby Signs into the day care setting and more than 50 additional illustrated Baby Signs.

Books That Changed America
by Robert B. Downs

From the book jacket
...Robert B. Downs offers a brillant and fascinating defense of the written word: Books That Changed America.
Twenty-five works that have profoundly influenced our nation’s culture and civilazation are discussed in depth-from Thomas Paine’s revoltionary Common Sense to Rachel Carson’s ominous Silent Spring. Muckrakers, propagandists, physicians, explorers, economists, conservationists, and jurists are only a few of the extraordinary authors included in this collection...

The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Marriage
by Al-Anon Family Group

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Children Mourning, Mourning Children
by Kenneth J. Doka

Review
A collection of essays designed for those working with children and families during a bereavement. The book is divided into four sections: The Child's Perspective of Death; The Child's Response to Life-Threatening Illness; Children Mourning, Mourning Children; and Innovative Research. A good starting point for professionals seeking information on this topic.

The Five Love Languages of Children
by Gary D. Chapman

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Helping Children With the Mystery of Death
by Elizabeth Liggett Reed

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Learn To Grow Old
by Paul Tournier

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A Parent's Guide to Prayer
by Anita Keire

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Parenting Your Parents
by Dorothy Gager

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Purpose Driven Church
By Rick Warren

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The thesis of The Purpose Driven Church is that when churches think first about their health, growth is sure to follow. "If your church is healthy," writes Rick Warren, "growth will occur naturally. Healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church." These five purposes are to "Love the Lord with all your heart," "Love your neighbor as yourself," "Go and make disciples," "[Baptize] them," and "[Teach] them to obey." And those purposes can only be accomplished, argues Warren, when church leaders stop thinking about church-building programs and shift their focus to a "people-building process" involving fellowship, discipleship, worship, and evangelism. Warren, the founder of the fastest-growing Baptist church in American history, has taught seminars to thousands of pastors from all over the world, many of whom
have successfully implemented his techniques.

Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud To Our Children Will Change Their Lives
By Mem Fox

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Bestselling author and literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.

All parents want and expect their children to learn to read, but few realize they can get their kids on the road to reading long before they start school simply by reading aloud to them every day. With passion and humor, acclaimed author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox tells readers how she herself became aware of the astonishing effects that reading aloud and bonding through books have on very young children.

She speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She walks readers through the three secrets of reading which together make reading possible. She gives guidance on defining, choosing, and finding good books and closes with tips on dealing effectively with the challenges that sometimes arise when children are learning to read.

Filled with practical advice, activities, and inspiring true read-aloud miracles, this book is a must for every parent-and for anyone interested in how children learn to read.

7 Keys to a Healthy Blended Family
by Jim Smoke

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Struggle for Intimacy (Adult Children of Alcoholics series)
by Janet Geringer Woititz

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Janet Woititz, mother of the recovery movement, sensitively addresses the barriers of trust and intimacy that children learn in an alcoholic family. She provides suggestions for building loving relationships with friends, partners, and spouses.

10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting:
Nurturing You Child’s Soul
By Mim Doe with Marsha Walch, PhD

Review from Amazon.com
This mother-daughter team offers practical advice for parents who wish to bring more spirituality into their parenting as well as their children's day-to-day life. Parents, regardless of whether they belong to an organized religion or not, report that the book has been profoundly inspirational. Each chapter is devoted to 1 of the 10 principles of spiritual parenting and includes ruminations as well as specific suggestions. The writing is fluid, well-organized, and filled with respect for parents and their children. In the chapter titled "Create a Flexible Structure," suggestions include: provide daily quiet time, downshift into your child's rhythms rather than always imposing your own, and try not to get caught up in the competitive rush to sign up, join in, and push harder to give your child a leg up on other kids. --Gail Hudson

That All May be One
Historical Essays on the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ
by Mohr, Christiansen, Bertsch, Bertsch & Paul; Worzalla, 2007

Taken from letter of Wis. Conference of United Church of Christ
“...This book has been published to provide information about the history of the Wisconsin Conference. We believe it provides a worthwhile record of this important part of the church and offers an illustration how one paritcular denomination has reflected the movement toward Christian unity during the last
half of the twentieth century. The book also documents organizational developments and societal involvements during the first forty years of the Conference’s existence.”

Published by Wis. Conference of United Curch of Christ

The United Church of Christ:
Ordained Ministers of Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Sons and Daunghters of the Church
by J.D. Peterson and Harvey Kandler, 2007

The book defines a “Son or Daughter of the Church” as one who was ordained in a Wisconsin church or was accepted as the Son or Daughter of a Wisconsin church. Then goes on to name these ordained ministers in two lists: one by alphabetical order by location & the other in alphabetical order by last name.

This is a gift from the Wisconsin Conference Historical Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the United Church of Christ 1957-2007.

Whatever Happened to the Family: A Psychologist Looks at 60 Years of Change
by Bobbie McKay

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