Lay Leaders & Vestries

Explains how charitable remainder trusts work, details some of their features, offers an example, and lists where to get more information.

Describes how these annuities work, details some of their features, offers an example, and suggests where to get more information.

Includes helpful suggestions about the steps to take before, during, and after writing a will, as part of planning for the end of life.

Describes how pooled income funds work, details some of their features, offers an example, and explains where to get additional information.

Provides guidelines for practicing centering prayer and answers common questions concerning this popular form of contemplation.

Highlights the holy seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost as well as additional holy days and days of optional observance.

A source of spiritual strength for alcoholics themselves as well as those praying for anyone dealing with the disease.

Explains the three stages of the labyrinth journey—releasing, receiving, and returning—and provides themes for reflection along with prayers for meditation.

A four-step approach to reading and praying scripture with its roots in western medieval monasticism

Explains the symbolism of the Anglican rosary, offering advice on how to use it along with suggested prayers.

Offers insightful introductions to ten ways to pray that have proved useful to many.

Learn when and why we sit, stand, and kneel; when and why we exchange the peace; the meaning of incense and genuflecting; and much more.

Explore what it means to be bearers of Christ's Good News and why we are all called to be evangelists, using our particular gifts and talents.

Offers concrete ways we can share the Good News of Jesus Christ to our friends and neighbors.

This pamphlet offers seven simple ways to support growing Christians in your own home.

Praying together forms a healthy spiritual practice your children will rely on for years to come.

Explores the meaning of spiritual growth as well as presents a plan for growth that can guide both congregations and individuals.

A 5.5x8.5 card with the service The Distribution of Holy Communion by Lay Eucharist Ministers from The Book of Occasional Services.

A booklet of the Catechism—the basic Episcopal teaching document.

Details how to set up a pooled income fund through the Episcopal Church Foundation and provides the necessary forms for starting a fund.