Web site: www.membermission.org
When the Members are the Missionaries: An Extraordinary Calling for Ordinary People
by A. Wayne Schwab
This book (203 pages) extends the popular notion of “mission” to congregation members as they bring love and justice in deed and word to each of their daily arenas – with God’s help:
Part One describes stories of fifteen ordinary people living one of their daily missions.
Part Two describes ways for congregations to organize themselves and ways for leaders to help the members to live out their missions every day. Congregations take as their primary purpose or vision supporting their members in their daily living as Christians. Congregations adopting this vision understand that they “live into it” step by step, year by year rather than by simply adopting it at a board meeting.
Initial copy free
More copies:
Send $19.95 per copy plus $4.00 shipping and handling (add $1.00 for each additional copy).
Two or more copies for study groups $11.97 per copy plus $4.00 shipping and handling (add $1.00 for each additional copy).
Send a check or money order payable to Member Mission Press to:
Member Mission Press, P. O. Box 294, Hinesburg, VT 05461
If needed contact: 802-482-7743 or membermission@aol.com
Also available on amazon.com and in select bookstores—ISBN 0-9717552-0-5.
For an ebook, Xlibris.com, $3.95
Living the Gospel: A Guide for Individuals and Small Groups
by A. Wayne Schwab and Elizabeth S. Hall
CONTENTS
OUR VISION
A new look at being a Christian
Mission and missionary: a rethinking
Love and justice: the signs of God’s presence and work
The Gospel and salvation
A theology for member mission: seven truths
SECTION I: How to Use this Guide
Supplies
Meeting guidelines for small groups
Suggestions for group leaders
Oral method
Rapid written method
SECTION II: Six Activities to Discover and to Carry Out Your Daily Missions
Leader’s guidelines for Section II
Beginning the discovery
Activity 1: What I am doing right now to make the world a better place
Activity 2: Discerning my daily missions
Activity 3: My daily missions at a glance
Activity 4: My road map for my daily missions
Activity 5: Discovering God’s gifts for my missions
Activity 6: Finding a teammate
SECTION III: Making Decisions and Moving Ahead
SECTION IV: Worksheets, Examples, Tables, and Resources
Worksheets
Activity 1: Worksheet: What I am doing right now to make the world a better place
Activity 2: Worksheet 1 for discerning my daily missions – Home
Activity 2: Worksheet 2 for discerning my daily missions – Work
Activity 2: Worksheet 3 for discerning my daily missions – Community
Activity 2: Worksheet 4 for discerning my daily missions – Wider world
Activity 2: Worksheet 5 for discerning my daily missions – Leisure
Activity 2: Worksheet 6 for discerning my daily missions – Spiritual health
Activity 2: Worksheet 7 for discerning my daily missions – Church life and outreach
Activity 3: Worksheet – My daily missions at a glance
Activity 4: Worksheet – My road map for my daily missions
Activity 6: Worksheets – Finding a teammate
Examples
Example A: Jim’s and Margaret’s missions on a specific day
Example B: Hints and sample responses for the home and work mission fields
Example C: My daily missions at a glance – two sample columns
Example D: Sample road map for my home and work mission fields
Example E: Finding a teammate at work
Example F: Finding a teammate – stories
Example G: A completed glance chart and road map
Tables
Table 1: The fields of daily life
Table 2: Enhancing responses to Activity 2 worksheets
Table 3: God’s gifts to us
Table 4: A guide for Christian decision making
Resources
Resource A: Our fields of daily life are our daily mission fields
The grand name for Christian work
Resource B: Four steps to practice finding a teammate
Moving still farther ahead
Initial copy free
More copies:
Send $14.95 per copy plus $4.00 shipping and handling ($1.00 for each additional copy).
Two or more copies for study groups are $8.97 per copy plus $4.00 shipping and handling (add $1.00 for each additional copy).
Shorter versions in Spanish, Chinese, or Swahili (all in draft) $15.00 each plus $4.00 shipping and handling.
Send a check or money order payable to Member Mission Press to:
Member Mission Press, P. O. Box 294, Hinesburg, VT 05461
If needed contact: 802-482-7743 or membermission@aol.com
Also available on amazon.com and in select bookstores—ISBN 0-9717552-0-5.
For an ebook, Xlibris.com, $3.95