Designed to be a 12-month guide, there are programs for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween, as well as for more traditional church seasons. Programs come with leader's helps, enabling groups to know what props, songs, readers, and other participants are needed.

Serve a different kind of soup and bread each week as you study the lives of Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Elisha, John the Baptist and Jesus in this six-part series. Each study provides a recipe for the soup of the week. Members can be invited to prepare the soup and bake breads to share. This program allows congregations to enjoy a fellowship meal together as they learn about a biblical character.

This second volume responds to the tremendous demand for and interest in Cynthia Cowen's first book. These programs are designed for easy implementation at women's meetings, youth gatherings, and congregational events. Leader's helps are provided to indicate what props, songs, or readers are needed. Like the first volume, this collection, lis reflective, at times humorous, and includes skits, meditations, and other suggestions to fit the situation or season.

How does a pastor who follows the lectionary make the Advent wreath relevant to the rest of the service? Here is a very easy-to-use resource, adaptable for any size congregation, that includes every Sunday in Advent, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Covering all three years of the lectionary cycle, it provides bulletin inserts, litanies, prayers, and scripture readings, plus original choral introits which can be sung by a choir, small ensemble, or as a solo.

Popular CSS author Cynthia Cowen returns with three more imaginative programs that will spice up the Advent/Christmas season for any size congregation. Prepare Your Heart For Christmas is a service of carols and reflections that's perfect for a midweek Advent program. Designed as a youth program, Advent Bells includes a brief skit with bell ringers and unique chorus songs. We Welcome The Light Of Christmas is a memorable family service for Christmas Eve with a humorous sketch about a the Good News and a lost frisbee which has turned into the Christmas star.

Three all-new inspirational programs from the pen of popular CSS author Cynthia Cowen are sure to bring wonder and joy to your congregation's seasonal celebration. In "Our Advent Journey" we travel with youth as they pick up friends and road signs on their way to a church Christmas party. It's an exciting resource with a salvation message that's perfect for a Sunday school program or worship service. Then join Mary and Joseph as they make their way to Bethlehem on Salvation Airlines in "The Christmas Travelers." A Sunday school pageant with a unique twist, this program declares the message of...

Pilate: Are you the king of the Jews?
Jesus: Do you say this on your own or did others tell you this about me?
Narrator: Pilate was startled to hear the authority and depth of the man's voice.
-- from "This Is the King "dramatic reading
"This Is the King " is a complete resource for congregations wanting a special Palm/Passion Sunday celebration.
Worshipers will find:
- An order of service with a blessing of the palms
- Scriptures for the day
- A children's sermon
- Hymn selections
- A dramatic reading
- A service of communion
The children's...

"Death took me. I found myself in an empty, dark void. I don't remember anything of it, just emptiness. Then I heard his voice, "Lazarus, come out " Jesus called me from death to life. Struggling through the darkness, I came out of my tomb." (from Lazarus' personal confession)
Using the theme "confessions" this resource offers 12 worship options to enhance your congregation's Holy Week and Easter journey.
The journey begins with a Palm Sunday worship service and the confession of Lazarus. Resources are also offered for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and various Saturday and Sunday...