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Making a start: developing pastoral care for older people
£2.50The ‘raison d’etre’ for this booklet was to answer the question of how to start a pastoral development project, a question put by many delegates stimulated by a paper given at Christians on Ageing’s 2019 conference. The booklet does this by looking at how five other organisations have tackled the situation. We hope that you will find their experiences and advice helpful.
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Dying and death: What have Christians to say to secular society – Gerry Burke
£3.00In this booklet Gerry Burke, currently Chair of Christians on Ageing but with experience of writing and speaking about issues around dying and death, explores ways in which the Christian understanding of death and grieving should be expressed and practised in today’s society. (A5 booklet, 43pp)
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Faith in the third age – Dr. Michael J Lowis
£2.50Based on a Christian Council on Ageing research study, Dr Lowis, a chartered psychologist, has covered the subject of that work, how people acquire a religious faith and what it means to them, but has also continued into a personal exploration of the experiences of the participants and into the nature, origin and effect of religious faith. (A5 booklet 31pp)
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Growing dementia-friendly churches – Gaynor Hammond
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With experience as both a Dementia Project worker and a Baptist minister in pastoral charge, Gaynor Hammond is eminently qualified to write about this subject. It is easy to read and full of practical ideas. A must for every church wanting to work their way towards being dementia-friendly. (A4 landscape booklet, 48pp)
A joint publication with FIEP and MHA
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I call you friends – Sister Joan Kerley
£2.50Another excellent booklet for bible study from the pen of Sister Joan. Reflections from the point of view of the participants and of Jesus gives another angle to answering the questions given for reflection. (A5 booklet 32 pp)
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I’d like you to know… – Sue Kennedy and Rodney Searle
£2.00This booklet has been produced by Christians on Ageing as an aide-memoire for anyone who wishes to make life a little bit easier for those who may have to make decisions on their behalf in the future. This may be at a time of ill-health or ultimately after death which are not events anyone particularly wishes to contemplate but, if one can, this booklet will be a guide to the really valuable decisions to take. (A5 booklet 20pp)
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Jubilee milestones 1982 – 2007 – Mannes Tidmarsh, Paula Francomb and Jo Kennedy
£3.00Published to mark the 25th anniversary in 2007 of the Christian Council on Ageing (now Christians on Ageing), this publication looks back over the years since its inception and forward to its work in the 21st century. A useful source for anyone considering setting up a similar organisation elsewhere. (A5 booklet, 34pp)
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Light comes with dawn: reflections on life’s journey – Sister Joan Kerley
£3.00This is a booklet made up of reflections on well-known stories from the Bible but seen from the perspective of one of the participants. The questions attached to each reflection makes the book particularly suitable for both individuals and groups. (A5 booklet 36pp)
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Light of faith: reflections on growing old – Bishop George Appleton
£2.00The author begins by wishing that Jesus had lived to old age for the insights that he would have brought to us on how to cope with the problems it brings and ends by assuring us of the enduring support of God. An endearing and helpful booklet (A5 booklet 15pp)
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Love is the dream: Christian spirituality and ageing – Sister Joan Kerley
£2.50Sister Joan Kerley, an American who is on the Leadership team of her Congregation, the Franciscan Missionaries of St Joseph, has every qualification needed to write a booklet on this subject. Her writing challenges society’s perception of ‘older people’ and looks at their spiritual needs. (A5 booklet, 28pp)
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People with dementia
£2.50Published by Methodist Homes (MHA) in cooperation with Christians on Ageing, this set of four leaflets covers dementia friendly churches, spiritual care, visiting and worship when it involves those with dementia. To care for someone involves knowing something about them and this is especially so for those with dementia. These booklets aim to provide some of that knowledge so that appropriate actions can be taken. (A5 leaflets: 19pp, 19pp, 8pp, 8pp)
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Staying alive. Resuscitation: who decides? – Sister Maureen Murphy
£2.00“Do you wish to be resuscitated?” Do we know what that means and fully understand the implications of…
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The Spirituality of Ageing – Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
£2.00One of Christians on Ageing’s best-selling publications, this booklet has recently been translated in Russian for distribution by the Metroplitan Anthony of Sourozh Trust. Russian Orthodox Anthony of Sourozh was a master of the spiritual life whose writings are accessible to all. Writing out of deep pastoral experience he is excellent on coming to terms with the past, with the need to ‘be’ rather than ‘do’, and with the inevitability of death. (A5 booklet, 14pp)
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Thoughts for meditation and worship – one
£2.00As this title is to be withdrawn the price has been reduced
Pages of reflections originally published in plus, the quarterly journal of CCOA. A mixture of thoughts,short quotations, bible passages, hymns and prayers, this is a useful resource for individual devotions and short services. (A5 booklet, 48pp)
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Thoughts for meditation and worship – two
£2.00As this title is to be withdrawn the price has been reduced
A second selection of items with a similar mix to the popular volume one with the addition of 4 longer items on life changing conditions. Again all the pages have been centre spreads in PLUS and will have the same appeal and usefulness as the previous volume. (A5 booklet, 48pp)
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Thoughts for meditation and worship – three
£3.50One of the series of booklets made up of centre pages from plus, our quarterly members’ magazine. This volume contains a mixture of four-page items made up of reflections, quotations and bible passages for use at home or when short devotions are needed. (A5 booklet – 48pp)
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Thoughts for meditation and worship – four
£3.50A further addition to this series of booklets made up of centre pages from plus. As in volume three these are a mixture of reflections with quotations and bible passages for use at home or when short devotions are needed(A5 booklet 48pp)
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Thoughts for meditation and worship – five
£3.50The latest addition to this series of booklets is a further collection of reflections and other items for personal use and for those times when a short devotion is needed. They were all first printed in plus, the quarterly members’ magazine of Christians on Ageing (A5 booklet 48pp)
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With grateful hearts – Sister Maureen Murphy
£2.50This is a very readable and practical booklet about gratitude from the pen of Sister Maureen Murphy. Sister Maureen leads the Franciscan Missionaries of St Joseph, a Roman Catholic congregation of women with a world-wide remit to serve the poor and disadvantaged. She takes the reader through thoughts on the nature of gratitude which leads naturally into ways in which the reader may enumerate all that for which they need to give thanks. (A5 booklet 24pp)
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Worship in Residential Care
£2.50Christians in residential care can often feel isolated from church life. Others too need to hear God’s word. Before venturing into conducting worship services in care homes anyone would find the insight and wisdom of this booklet really helpful. Make your worship appropriate, meaningful and helpful by following the advice contained within its pages. (A5 booklet 28pp)