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Paraclete Press
Welcome to the Orthodox Church - An Introduction to Eastern Christianity
Welcome to the Orthodox Church—its history, theology, worship, spirituality, and daily life.This friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of visits to a fictitious church,...
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Welcome to the Parish Council [PDF]
This essential booklet serves as an excellent introduction on the ministry of a parish council and on the responsibilities of a parish council member. It locates the parish within the national structure of the church. It is an excellent primer on Church...
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Your Own From Your Own Stewardship Pamphlet [PDF]
This trifold offers a stewardship reflection on the offering of the Precious Gifts during the Divine Liturgy in preparation for the epiclesis. The message speaks to the transformation of the humble gifts we have to God, and how through His grace they are...
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Well Done Good & Faithful Servant Pamphlet (PDF)
This trifold offers a stewardship reflection on The Parable of the Talents. We are all blessed with certain gifts. This parable stresses the importance of developing our gifts, multiplying them, and offering them back in service to God. This resource...
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Stewardship of Time Pamphlet - Digital Download
This full color tri-fold offers a reflection on our responsibility as Orthodox Christians stewards of time. There is _a time for every purpose, as the verse from Ecclesiastes instructs us: _a time to plant, a time to reap. This valuable parish resource...
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Stewardship Pamphlet: Our Church, Our Spiritual Home Pamphlet - Digital Download
"The Church is unity of all worlds, earthly and heavenly, of angels and men..." Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos. This year's pamphlet from the Department of Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelism, focuses upon the unifying, sanctifying, healing,...
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Stewardship Planned Giving Folder - Digital Download
This folder outlines the various methods of planned giving, from simple to complex. (11 x 17 folded.)
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Reaching the Distantly Connected - Digital Download
For sixteen years, Fr. Charles Joanides directed an outreach ministry to intermarried couples that involved a great deal of research, for which he received the ongoing, generous support of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund. This volume...
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Stewardship of Work Pamphlet - Digital Download
The work we do is a gift if we see it as an opportunity to serve God and others. Saint Paul instructs us, _Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. (Colossians 3:23). When we see our work in this way, we are...
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As the Father Has Sent Me, So I Also Send You Pamphlet - Digital Download
This pamphlet focuses on the icon of Jesus Christ appearing to the disciples after His Resurrection and sending them out into the world. The reader is encouraged to understand the importance of being a steward of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, protecting it...
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Stewardship as Creation Care Pamphlet - Digital Download
This helpful resource broadens our understanding of the word stewardship, to include the depth of our Church's tradition about our place and role in the world, especially our responsibility to protect the environment, at a time when such knowledge is...
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Those That Seek the Lord Shall Never be in Want of any Good Thing Pamphlet - Digital Download
This pamphlet focuses on the icon of the Feeding of the 5,000, taking as its theme the Psalm that is sung at the conclusion of the Artoklasia (blessing of the five loaves) service. Whatever we offer to God, however humble our offering, He will multiply...
Promoting spiritual growth and strengthening the faith of Orthodox Christians, as well as tools for stewardship campaigns.