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December 18—December 22

• Dear Father Charles (GBOD)
• 2007 Worship-Preaching-Music Planning Calendar, PDF (GBOD)
• Frequently Asked Questions About Kwanzaa (GBOD)
• Christmas Eve Hospitality: Twelve Ways to Welcome (GBOD)
• Christmas Eve Musical Hospitality (GBOD)
• Kwanzaa Reflections 2006 (GBOD)

December 10—December 16

• Eager Anticipation (Upper Room)
• Christmas Carol Quiz (GBOD)
• Resources for International Migrant Day — Mon., Dec. 18, 2006 (Women's Div.)
• Christmas Eve/Day Planning Resources (GBOD)
• Merry Cold, Dark Christmas (iLeadYouth.com)

December 3—December 9

• Advent Devotion: An Answer to Prayer (GBGM)
• Who Is Mary? (GBOD)
• Upper Room Daily Reflections (Upper Room)
• Christmas at the Mall (Worship Connection)
• What You Can Do: Advent Bible Study (GBCS)
• The Jesse Tree (Pockets Magazine)
• Advent Campaign Against Torture (GBCS)
• Space for Ministry (Circuit Rider, Nov/Dec 2006)
• Offertory Prayers for December 2006 (GBOD)
• Christianizing the Calendar (GBOD)
• Free Digital Downloads for Advent-Christmas-Epiphany (GBOD)
• Advent Reflections: From Despair to Hope (GBOD)
• Understanding Advent (GBOD)

November 26—December 2

• December Prayer Calendar (North Georgia Annual Conf.)
• World AIDS Day Resources (GBCS)
• Prayers on World AIDS Day (GBOD)

November 19—November 25

• Advent Wreath Meditations — 2006 (GBOD)
• What to Do About Advent (GBOD)
• A Modest Proposal for Advent/Christmas Peace (GBOD)

November 12—November 18

• World AIDS Day Resources (GBGM)
• Instructions for Submitting Petitions to General Conference 2008
• Music and Worship Resources for Christ the King Sunday (GBOD)
• That They May Be One: Ecumenism and Mission, New World Outlook (GBGM)
• Faith Sharing and Thanksgiving (GBOD)

November 5—November 11

• A Prayer for Those Facing Transitions in Political Leadership (GBOD)
• Singing When You Can't Carry a Tune (GBOD)
• Faith Sharing and Thanksgiving (GBOD)
• Thanksgiving Resources (GBOD)
• Thanksgiving Celebrations for the Home (GBOD)
• Thanksgiving Worship Service (Worship Connection)

October 29—November 4

• The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church—Nov, 12  (GBOD)
• Video on the importance of 100% Apportionment giving (GCFA)
• Offertory Prayers for November 2006 (GBOD)
• Understanding our Theology: Reformation Sunday 2006 (GBGM)
• Resources for Racial Justice (Women's Div.)

October 22—October 28

• Halloween: Ghosts or Saints? (GBOD)
• UMCOR Calendar "Questions of Crisis: Answers of Hope" (UMCOR)
• Kids Can Lead the Way: Trick or Treat for UNICEF (GBOD)
• Family Litany for All Saints Day (Pockets Magazine)
• Faith in Action: Special Election Resources (GBCS)

October 15—October 21

• Suggestions for Observing Veterans' Day in Worship—Nov. 11 (GBOD)
• Thanksgiving Prayer Calendar (North Georgia AC)
• 1,000 Conversations in 7 Days: Conversations about the Death Penalty (GBCS)
• Igniting Ministry advertising application—Nov.1–Dec. 1 for Lent 2007 (UMCOM)
• Worship, Preaching, and Music Resources for All Saints' Day — Nov. 1 (GBOD)
• Small Church, Big Worship (GBOD)
• New GCFA website (GCFA)
• New Stewardship in Mission Website Offers a Wealth of Resources (GBGM)

October 8—October 14

• Preventing Abuse, Creating Safety (GBGM)
• Leading from the Center: Sabbath (GBOD)
• Review of Beyond the Roll Book: Sunday School and Evangelism (GBOD)
• How Adults Can Nurture Children in the Christian Faith (GBOD)
• A Call to Prayer with the President of the United States
  And Leaders of the World (GBOD)
• Worship Ideas for Children's Sunday (GBOD)

October 1—October 7

• What's Next? Transitions—Webcast (DMYP)
• Musical Musings: Increasing Church Attendance (GBOD)
• Laity Sunday 2006: Promptings for the Word—Oct. 15 (GBOD)
• United Nations Sunday, Oct 22, 2006 (GBCS)
• The Best Church Advertising and Promotion (GBOD)

September 24—September 30, 2006

• Resources for Children's Sabbath—Oct. 13-15 (GBOD)
• Laity Sunday 2006—Oct. 15 (GBOD)
• Offertory Prayers for October 2006 (GBOD)
• Resources for Mental Illness Awareness Week in Oct. (GBOD)

September 17—September 23, 2006

• Back to Basics — Evangelistic Sunday School (GBOD)
• There’s room at God’s table for all: World Communion Sunday (Interpreter Magazine)
• Worship and Music Resources for World Communion Sunday—Oct. 1 (GBOD)
• World Communion Sunday Resources—Oct. 1 (Interpreter Magazine)
• October Prayer Calendar (North Georgia AC)
• Spiritual Care in Disaster Response (UMCOR)

September 10—September 16, 2006

• "Mission Theology in the 21st Century," New World Outlook, Sept/Oct. (GBGM)
• "Charles Wesley: Still Shaping Our Faith," Circuit Rider, Sept./Oct. (UMPH)
• International Day of Peace — September 21, 2006 (GBOD)
• State of The United Methodist Church Survey (Connectional Table)
• "Out of the Whirlwind: Stories of Katrina," Alive Now Sept./Oct. (GBOD)

September 3—September 9, 2006

• "Security," Weavings Sept./Oct. (GBOD)
• "Aftershocks" (In Memory of 9/11/01) [GBOD]
• Family Devotional Guide for the Fifth Anniversary of 9/11 (GBOD)
• Grandparents Day Worship Resources—Sept. 10 (GBOD)
• Preaching and Worship Resources for
  Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15 (GBOD)
• The Great Thanksgiving (English and Korean) (GBOD)
• Safe Sanctuaries Resources (GBOD)
• The United Methodist Church in Eurasia launches new web site
• What Should a Music Director Know? (GBOD)

August 26—September 2, 2006

• Offertory Prayers for September 2006 (GBOD)
• Toll the Bell! A Poem of Remembrance (GBOD)

August 20—August 26, 2006

• The UMC in Eurasia launches new web site
• Offertory Prayers for September 2006 (GBOD)
• Hurricane Katrina & Rita Recovery Assistance (Cokesbury)
• Stories of Survivors (GBOD)
• Offertory Prayers for September 2006 (GBOD)
• Responding with Faith to Immigration Study Guides (GBCS)

August 13—August 19, 2006

• Remembering Katrina: A Service of Living Hope (Worship Connection)
• Christian Education Showcase (Cokesbury)
• September Prayer Calendar (North Georgia AC)
• Lighten the Burden: A Gathering of United Methodists Working to Fight AIDS
  Sept. 8-9 (GBCS)
• Worship Connection/Bishop's School of Ministry—Sept. 5-8 (Worship Connection)

August 6—August 12, 2006

• Making Sense of Contemporary Christian Musical Style (GBOD)
• Season of Creation: An Ecumenical, Global Observance for September (GBOD)
• Family Litany for Back-to-School (GBOD)
• Pastor as Song Leader (GBOD)
• Campus Ministry Resources (Orientation Online)
• Pastor as Song Leader (GBOD)

July 30—August 5, 2006

• A Service of Holy Communion for Labor Day—Sept. 4 (GBOD)
• Grandparents Day Worship Resources—Sept. 10 (GBOD)
• Reflections and a Hymn for the Fifth Anniversary of September 11, 2001 (GBOD)
• Offertory Prayers for August 2006 (GBOD)
• Worship Resources for Promotion Sunday and Rally Day (GBOD)
• Ideas for Celebrating Open House Month Through the Sunday School in Sept. (GBOD)

July 23—July 29, 2006

• Building Communities of Peace (Upper Room)
• Music Musing: Real Men Don't Worship (GBOD)
• Movie Review: An Inconvenient Truth (UMC.org)
• Connecting Worship and Back to School (GBOD)
• Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds —
  Embracing Our Hispanic/Latino Brothers and Sisters (GBOD)
• "Faith in Action" Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Parsonage Life and Clergy Families—A Review of
  Life in the Fishbowl by F. Belton Joyner Jr. (GBOD)
• Music certification and why you should have it (GBOD)

July 16—July 22, 2006

• Music certification and why you should have it (GBOD)
• August Prayer Calendar, "Prayers for Raising Children" (North Georgia AC)
• Methodists from around world gather amid global tensions (UMNS)
• United Methodists learn health ministry leadership skills (UMNS)
• Middle East Conflict 2006 (GBGM)
• Women’s Division calls racial justice consultation, Aug. 10-13 (UMW)
• "Sing a New Song Unto the Lord!" National Introductory Event
  for the New Upper Room Worshipbook—August 28-31, 2006 (GBOD)
• An Interfaith Prayer with the Peoples of Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon (GBOD)
• Tsunami Disaster Response Resources (GBOD)
• Bird Flu: What You Need to Know (GBGM)

July 9—July 15, 2006

• "Faith in Action" Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Musical Musings: Give of your best (GBOD)
• Movie Review: Superman Returns (UMC.org)
• Superman Returns—Without Clark Kent (iLeadYouth.com)
• A Great Thanksgiving Based on The Song of Solomon (GBOD)
• The Feast—Circuit Rider Magazine July/August (UMPH)
• Mystery & Meaning—Alive Now Magazine July/August 2006 (GBOD)
• Young Adult Network (Div. on Young People)
• Responding with Faith to Immigration (GBCS)
• For the Life of the World—Weavings Magazine July/August (GBOD)

July 2—July 8, 2006

• Offering Christ Today: Is Evangelism Objective? (GBOD)
• Offering Christ Today: Preoccupied with How or Why? (GBOD)
• Give Adult Members a Taste of Sunday School (Cokesbury)
• Book Review: Sacred Challenge: Blazing a New Path for the Sunday School of the Future (GBOD)
• Movie Review: Click (UMC.org)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)

June 25—July 1, 2006

• Why Aren't There More Patriotic Songs in Our Hymnal? (GBOD)
• A Prayer with Those Facing Flooding (GBOD)
• Ideas for Celebrating Open House Month through the Sunday School (SSIFL)
• Liturgical Musings: Ecumenical Etiquette: Worshiping
  with and Toward Others (GBOD)
• Musical Musings: Disposable Hymnody (GBOD)
• Celebrating Independence Day in your home (GBOD)
• Information: Adult Ministries—Summer 2006 (GBOD)

June 18—June 24, 2006

• July Prayer Calendar (North Georgia Annual Conf.)
• Spiritual Practice of the Month: Live Simply (MethodX.net)
• ‘Red Sweater Girls’ care for each other (SSIFL)
• Worship and Music Resources for U.S.A. Independence Day (GBOD)
• Offertory Prayers for July 2006 (GBOD)
• Resources for World Refugee Day, June 20 (UMCOR)
• Praise of God the First Day of Summer: Summer Solstice — June 22 (GBOD)
• United Methodist Women Support Immigrant Rights (Women's Div.)

June 11—June 17, 2006

• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Bible Study: Laborers in the Vineyard (Women's Div.)
• Review of The Upper Room Worshipbook [Revised 2006] (GBOD)
• Resources for Choir Recognition or Music Appreciation (GBOD)
• Sunday School Revives Dying Church (SSIFL)
• Introducing The Way of the Child: Helping Children Experience God (Upper Room)
• Movie Review: Cars (UMC.org)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Musical Musings: Musical Salvation (GBOD)
• New World Outlook , May/June Issue, "Building Peace" (GBGM)
• Baptism and Membership Library (GBOD)
• Aiming for the Back Row (WorshipConnection.com)

June 4—June 9, 2006

• Missionary Minutes (GBGM)
• Planning Helps and Resources for the Sundays After Pentecost (GBOD)
• Father's Day Worship Resources (GBOD)
• Wedding Resources (GBOD)
• A Litany for Dedication of Teachers (SSIFL)
• Be Opened! (iLeadYouth.com)