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Written Resources for Disciples Elders

On Being an Elder (from Christian Board of Publication)

  • Disciples Eldership: A Quest for Identity and Ministry by Peter Morgan
  • Eldership Voices (audiocassette) by Peter Morgan
  • You Are an Elder (pamphlet) by Marilyn Spry (also in Spanish)
  • Your Calling as An Elder by Gary Straub 

 (from Disciples Home Missions)

Elders' Resource Series
(from Disciples Seminary Foundation)

  • The Ministry of Elders: A Handbook for Elders in Congregations of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Edwin C. Linberg and Rod Parrott
  • The Teaching Ministry of Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Ruth A. Fletcher
  • The Call and Nurture of Ministers: A Manual for Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Alton Beaver, editor
  • Spiritually Informed Pastoral Care: The Elder's Ministry of Caregiving in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Joseph D. Driskill
  • The Spiritual Leadership of Disciples Elders: Leading the Church as a Spiritual Community by Ronald C. Greene
  • A Service of Installation with Forms for the Ordaining and Commissioning of Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Keith Watkins

 Books on Table Leadership

  • Communion Reflections and Prayers by James L. Christensen
  • Bread of Blessing, Cup of Hope by Michael E. Dixon
  • More Brief Prayers for Bread and Cup by Russell F. Harrison
  • Re/Membering: Meditations and Sermons for the Table of Jesus Christ by Joseph E. Jeter, Jr.
  • Invitations to Communion by Alec J. Langford
  • Table Talk: Resources for the Communion Meal edited by Jane McAvoy
  • Celebrate With Thanksgiving: Patterns of Prayer at the Communion Table by Keith Watkins
  • The Great Thanksgiving: The Eucharistic Norm of Christian Worship by Keith Watkins