HYMNS ANCIENT & MODERN LT

The Anglo-Catholic movement which flourished in the early and mid twentieth century is famed for its dedicated and heroic work in inner-city slum areas. This book tells the stories of ten parishes where the Anglo-Catholic movement made a particular impact.

This gentle and sensitive collection offers prayers and readings for all the significant times of life: birth, baptism, confirmation, birthdays, anniversaries, marriage, separation, moving house, a new job, bereavement and many other personal landmarks.

Increasingly people like to customise the ceremonies and rituals that mark their rites of passage. This third of three anthologies offer a selection of 100 readings for funerals. Drawn from scripture and a wide range of poetry and prose over the centuries, not all are religious, but all are beautiful.

Discovers what the saints were really like as people and why they came to be regarded as holy. The stories of their lives are retold with the historian's instinct for separating truth from legend, so that we can better appreciate the significance of both.

Baptism is the entry point into the Christian family and the Church is the community of the baptized. It is fundamental to our Christian identity and many congregations renew their baptismal promises on Easter Day each year - such is its significance. This title explores a subject that is fundamental to the Christian experience: baptism.

Parish churches are required by law to maintain records of all services held as well as all baptisms, confirmations and the calling of banns of marriage. This attractive contemporary register of services offers excellent value and quality, with clear page layouts and archive quality paper.

Useful for those people who have come to faith through the Alpha course, this beginner's guide to spiritual formation explores the next stages of the Christian journey. It seeks to draw on the riches of the biblical and Christian traditions to offer a complete personal guide to spiritual growth.

A tabulated guide that enables clergy and worship leaders to choose hymns that relate to the day's Bible readings for each Sunday, major holy days and festivals throughout the Christian year. This work offers a range of choices for opening, gradual, offertory and closing hymns.