A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings and Funerals
“An excellent resource to make your weddings and funerals more creative and relevant.”\ —Calvin Miller\ “Rich counsel and effective models on how to [weep and laugh with the flock] with both sensitivity and skill.”\ —Haddon Robinson\ “I highly recommend this resource as a tool for pastors everywhere to fulfill their calling with greater effectiveness and with spiritual accuracy.”\ —Chip Ingram President, Walk Thru the Bible Teaching Pastor, Living on the Edge\ “This useful tool will find a...
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This handbook is a compilation of tested ideas and resources from pastors to help new and veteran pastors benefit from fresh ideas. Includes difficult situations like the death of a child and second marriages.
\ Creator MagazineOnly one thought came to mind in reading this book: How could I do ministry without it? The scope of the volume is enormous, but the content, style, and material is invaluable for anyone in Pastoral Ministry. The wedding materials include everything from wedding service types to Father of the Bride thank you card styles. The funeral materials include materials for every difficult service, such as suicides or children, to an appendix of the best little stories and anecdotes available in one place. This book is a must for the pastor's resource library. It will be a resource you return to again and again.\ — Jan Armstrong\ \ \ \ \ JETS. . . A large number of contributors brings richness and variety and allows the thoughtful pastor to find much help from a resource like this one.\ \ \ From the Lectionary. . . A valuable tool for busy pastors. The volume is edited by Aubrey Malphurs and Keith Willhite.\ \ \ \ \ 2ProphetUA solid resource to have on your shelves as a pastor or minister.\ \ \ \ \ Southern California Christian TimesThis creative and eclectic book. . . will be a great addition to the pastor's or officiant's library.\ \ \ \ \ The Critical ReviewThis work may be one of the most useful and helpful resources available for pastors, ministers, and preachers.\ \ \ \ \ churchgrowth.orgUse this compilation of tested ideas and resources to freshen your approachand provide guidance in a pinch.\ \ \ \ \ www.churchgrowth.orgUse this compilation of tested ideas and resources to freshen your approach—and provide guidance in a pinch.\ \ \ \ \ Jets. . . A large number of contributors brings richness and variety and allows the thoughtful pastor to find much help from a resource like this one.\ \ \ \ \ Creator Magazine"Only one thought came to mind in reading this book: How could I do ministry without it? The scope of the volume is enormous, but the content, style, and material is invaluable for anyone in Pastoral Ministry. The wedding materials include everything from wedding service types to Father of the Bride thank you card styles. The funeral materials include materials for every difficult service, such as suicides or children, to an appendix of the best little stories and anecdotes available in one place. This book is a must for the pastor's resource library. It will be a resource you return to again and again."\ \
