Lay Leaders & Vestries

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.

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

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

This comprehensive manual from the Episcopal Church Foundation shows clergy and lay leaders the most effective ways to encourage legacy gifts

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.

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

An important book for any leader and for those who deal with dependency in their friends and family.

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

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

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

This pocket-sized volume offers a diverse collection of prayers for family, life events, church work, and other unique occasions.

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.

Explains the historical and biblical roots of lay involvement, outlining how to promote lay leadership to change and grow the church.

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

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

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

Provides prospective donors with in-depth information about the Episcopal Church Foundations' charitable remainder trust program and how individuals can set up such a gift.

Provides prospective donors with information about the Episcopal Church Foundation's charitable gift annuity program and how individuals might create such a gift.

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