Why Support the Family Farm: A Spiritual Reflection.
Recommended By: Why Support the Family Farm: A Spiritual Reflection To Acquire Contact: Contact Tony Ends, CCLP --Churches' Center for Land and People, St. Benedict’s Center, 4200 County Highway M, Middleton , WI 53562. Ph. 608-831-9319 Cost: $3 each plus $1 shipping and handling Notes: Four sections: The Holistic Picture; Farmers as Nurturers of Household Earth; Land, People, and Society; Envisioning the Future. Followed by discussion questions 12 pages
Related Subject(s): Spirituality, Sustainable Agriculture, Hope
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Seasons of Celebration: Monthly Ways to Celebrate Our Lives, the Land, Scripture's Word, God's Presence.
Recommended By: To Acquire Contact: Contact Tony Ends at CCLP-- Churches' Center for Land and People, St. Benedict’s Center, 4200 County Highway M, Middleton, WI 53562. Ph.608-831-9319 $4 each plus $1.25 shipping and handlingNotes: Twelve easy-to-lead interactive discussion/ celebrations adaptable for any size group and a variety of formats (retreats. Bible studies, prayer-group gatherings or families or church members). Rural imagery and themes. 16 pages
Related Subject(s): Worship Resources, Biblical Interpretation, Images and Metaphors
Cameron Harder. Beyond "Survival of the Fittest": Pastoral Resources for Rebuilding Rural Community, in Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World: Essays in Honour of Roger C. Hutchinson, ed. by Phyllis Airhart, Marilyn Legge and Gary Radcliffe. Waterloo, ON, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2002.
Recommended By: To Acquire Contact: Available on this website under Presentations and Publications. open here without endnotes or download in .rtf formatNotes: Challenges the popular philosophy that the rural economy gets stronger as the "poor managers" and weak players are weeded out. This worldview leads to shame, failure to get help when needed, avoidance of cooperative enterprise and is ultimately an extinction philosophy for rural communities. Examines an alternate worldview that regards the "weak" as essential to the well-being of communities and identifies congregational resources for supporting and retaining rural population.ISBN/ISSN: 0-88920-410-1
Related Subject(s): Sustainable Communities, Church-community engagement, Rural Ministry
John C. Allen; Sam M. Cordes; Jeff G. Hart. Vitalizing Communities: Building on Assets and Mobilizing for Collective Action--Facilitator Guide. Lincoln, NB, U.S.: Center for Applied Rural Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To Acquire Contact: Available on the web but gets moved from time to time. A search for "Vitalizing Communities" will bring it up.Notes: Offers agendas for training leaders in community asset-mapping, along with definitions of terms, timeline of steps, etc.
Related Subject(s): Asset-mapping, Community Development Tools, Leadership Development
Small and Rural Church. , U.S.: Presbyterian church USA -- Presbytery of Kiskiminetas
To Acquire Contact: Small and Rural Church Articles and Links, Notes: A number of excellent links, including full articles, on small and rural churches
Related Subject(s): Small Churches, Rural Ministry, Small Church Principles
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