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Laid out week-to-view and complete with lectionary readings, the Church Pocket Book and Diary 2026 is the ideal church diary for clergy and churchgoers in the UK.

Laid out week-to-view and complete with lectionary readings, the Church Pocket Book and Diary 2025 is the ideal church diary for clergy and churchgoers in the UK.

By interviewing those who have left churches but who are still pursuing a journey of faith, this text discovers that most of the church leavers had been in their churches for over 15 years. It outlines how churches can help leavers and suggests a conversion between post-church groups and churches.

Focusing on real-life situations, including many case studies, this handbook offers guidance to: the responsibilities of a churchwarden; how to become a churchwarden; working with the minister; the duties of a churchwarden through the year; what a churchwarden should know; what a churchwarden should ask; and, what to do when problems arise.

David Adam believes that the way to get the most out of worship on Sundays is to pray regularly on weekdays. To help us in this duty and joy of preparation, he offers prayers that link with the readings for each Sunday and great festival of the Christian Year. The prayers employ a Celtic emphasis and style.

Collective worship has been a contentious issue ever since it was first made compulsory in the 1944 Education Act. Richard Cheetham explores the historical background and goes on to discuss the educational, theological, sociological and philosophical issues that underlie current practice.

The Common Worship Lectionary 2025 offers an easy-to-use, clearly laid out presentation of the Common Worship lectionary and Bible readings for the 2025 liturgical year.

The Common Worship Lectionary 2026 offers an easy-to-use, clearly laid out presentation of the Common Worship lectionary and Bible readings for the 2026 liturgical year.