GBOD | General Board of Discipleship

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General Board of Discipleship
P.O. Box 340003
Nashville, TN 37203-0003
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�	Liturgical Musing #11 (April 5, 2006) Does Intercession Work? Over this past weekend, a number of major news outlets carried the story of the results of the largest, most scientifically rigorous study of the effects of intercessory prayer.
�	Music Resources for Native American Ministries Sunday, April 26, 2009
�	Festival of God's Creation (April 19, 2009) Resources The observance of the Festival of Creation (the Sunday closest to Earth Day) celebrates God's gift of the earth, our planetary home.
�	2009 Christian Home Month: Families Called to Love Planning resources for congregations & conferences.
�	Worship Resources for the 50th Anniversary of Full Clergy Rights for Women May 4, 1956, was the day that the General Conference of the former Methodist Church granted full clergy rights to women. In 2006, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of this historic event.
�	Offertory Prayers for April 2006
�	Older Adults Face Growing Threat of Poverty, Committee Warns Many working men and women will retire after a lifetime of service and come face to face with the shocking reality that the pension they thought would support them for the rest of their lives isn't worth the paper it is printed on. The United Methodist Committee on Older Adults recognizes that reality and is waving "a cautionary flag" before the church.
�	April 2006 Prayer Calendar: "Prayers for Growing a Life of Love" (in PDF format) This calendar, provided courtesy of the North Georgia Conference in a PDF format, may be posted online or reprinted for individual use or church-wide distribution.
�	Evangelistic Preaching Helps: Preparing for the Lenten Season This year, Lent begins March 1 with Ash Wednesday. With some prayer, forethought, and preparation, Lent can be a time of tremendous spiritual renewal.
�	School of Congregational Development August 3-8, 2006 San Diego, California
�	God Language Many individuals and congregations experience differences � and even tension � around our images and language about God. This issue arises most often in relation to the gender identity of our words and images referring to God.
�	Offering Christ Today: New Resources Aid Evangelism & Discipleship Church members and leaders often struggle to explain to unchurched friends and acquaintances the importance of being a disciple of Jesus and growing in faith among a community of believers. That's where the new "Pathways to Christ" Series of tracts can help.
�	Review of Roger Deschner's Your Ministry of Singing in the Church Choir Roger Deschner (1927-1991) draws deeply from his own well of experience as music minister in Singing in the Church Choir.
�	Wedding Resources
�	Hymns for Commencement