Episcopal Church Resources

WINNER OF THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S 2024 CHARLTON TEBEAU AWARD • An award-winning work that weaves together architectural, church and Florida history, this sumptuous hard-bound volume features engrossing storytelling, an abundance of...

Recommended in November 2023 by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves at Diocesan Convention for the Diocese of Florida. Created by Pádraig Ó Tuama five years ago, the Spirituality of Conflict website is...

Sunday morning St. John's Cathedral formation study for inquirers or new Episcopalians or February 2024   Part of the well-established Welcome to... series from Morehouse Publishing, this book addresses church history from...

We can't always control what happens to us. But we can discover how to heal the hidden hurt it leaves behind.If you're like many of us, you carry a weight...

This pocket-sized edition of a pastoral staple will include official new rites of the Episcopal Church. Included are prayers, litanies, and other material that address medical conditions that were either...

2024 CONFIRMAND BOOK STUDY, ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, JACKSONVILLE, FL Winner of a 2019 Illumination Book Award for Theology Take a journey through The Book of Common Prayer, the Christian life, and...

OCTOBER 2024 FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it....

A collection of meditations on the importance of stewardship.   Much has changed in the 21st-century world of stewardship. Now a person may use electronic funds transfer or use a...

This is the edition of Supplemental Liturgical Materials prepared by The Standing Liturgical Commission 1997. Materials include seventeen additional canticles taken from the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, the New Testament,...

A leading expert shares important benchmarks for leading liturgy.Grounded in Christian liturgical theology and how ritual forms the people who practice it, this book offers the principles at work in...

A classic best-selling manual on Episcopalian faith for lifelong followers, newcomers, and those wishing to sample and explore the beliefs and organization of the denomination. The original Episcopal Handbook, published in...

2024/2025 Bishop's Institute Licensed Lay Preacher Course, Diocese of Florida, textbook (one of two) In her bestselling preaching autobiography, Barbara Brown Taylor writes of how she came to be a...

An indespensable resource that supports vestry members and clergy in their ministry. Trusted by tens of thousands of vestry members, wardens, and rectors, The Vestry Handbook is the indispensable guide to the...

As seen in THE NEW YORK TIMES - READER'S DIGEST - SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH - HUFFPOST Featured on NPR's RADIO TIMES and WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here...

ONE OF THE ASSIGNED TEXTBOOKS FOR THE 2024/25 LAY PREACHERS CLASS (SERIES 5), BISHOP'S INSTITUTE, DIOCESE OF FLORIDA Insights from one of the most distinctive and eloquent scholar-preachers of our time...

Whether you're a new vestry member or a seasoned veteran, the newly revised Vestry Resource Guide is essential reading. With a deliberate focus on the importance of lay and clergy...

Become a more effective preacher by understanding the multiple intelligences and learning styles present in your congregation. Most preachers experience the conundrum of reaching some people in the congregation, and not...

A Lector's Guide and Commentary to the Revised Common Lectionary assists those whose calling, responsibility, and privilege it is to proclaim the Word of God through the public reading of Holy...

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church. Newly revised and reorganized, this guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church is organized around the seasons...

Newly updated Episcopal liturgies for every season. The Book of Occasional Services 2022 contains authorized liturgies for numerous occasions, including seasonal blessings, lessons and carols for Christmas and Advent, tenebrae,...

One of two selected books for 2024/2025 Licensed Lay Preaching Course from the Bishop's Institute, Diocese of Florida This is a newly revised edition of one of the standard introductory...

2024/2025 LAY PREACHER COURSE TEXT, SERIES 3 This fifth title in the Elements of Preaching series offers preaching students and clergy an overview of some of the most common sermonic...

People -- frustrating, confusing, disappointing, complicated -- are the most difficult part of leadership, and they challenge leaders everywhere, from leaders of many to managers of a few. In this...

A LECTOR'S GUIDE AND COMMENTARY assists those whose calling, responsibility, and privilege it is to proclaim the Word of God through the public reading of Holy Scripture. The Guide provides...

An ideal book to read with children to wonder and learn about baptism, with illustrations that reflect the diversity of God's people.

Perfect for newcomers and confirmation classes  The Episcopal Church has a language and a practice all its own. For a newcomer, these can seem intimidating at first glance. This book...

Reviewed by Dean Kate Moorehead Carroll in August 2024 Bookstore Newsletter "As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer, we find ourselves sometimes hungry for new...

These authorized rites are intended to be a supplement to the burial services in the Book of Common Prayer, adding a rich variety of material from many sources, including prayers for...

This is the first of two collections from the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of additional service music for the church with eleven settings for the eucharist and two...

Newly revised commemorations for saints and occasions throughout the church year. Lesser Feasts and Fasts supplements the Book of Common Prayer with material to commemorate numerous saints and occasions. This 2022...

The Eucharist, writes Timothy Radcliffe, is a three-part drama, forming us in faith, hope and love. In this book he examines what it means to celebrate the Eucharist. Other people experience it...

Religious talk quickly degenerates into insider talk, but what if we turned it back out?  Episcopal Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves takes six words related to Christian faith and translates them, so...

Engage your children with fun activities as they learn about Anglican liturgy and experience a more meaningful worship. With interactive puzzles, color-by-number, word finds, and more, this fun-filled activity book...

An authoritative priestly guidebook of the hows and whys of the Episcopal liturgy. The definitive reference work that simplifies liturgical officiating and celebrating of the rites of the Episcopal Church. A...

RECOMMENDED BY FELICIA BULLOCH, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S FORMATION AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, JACKSONVILLE Formative prayers for children, their families, and their communities. Rooted in Christian traditions of daily prayer, this...

The final installment in the critically acclaimed lectionary series that focuses on women's stories. In this third volume of a three-volume lectionary, widely praised womanist bible scholar and priest Wilda...

The two authors of this book, Linda Grenz and Del Glover, say at the outset that they are ordinary Christians writing for ordinary Christians and ordinary congregations. So why has...

CLASS BOOK FOR 2022 LAY MINISTER COURSE In this Christian bestseller, published in a new second edition for Stephen Ministry 2020, Dr. Kenneth Haugk draws from his background as a...

This unique new service book includes liturgies for blessing and healing as related to childbearing and childbirth. It includes prayers, Scripture readings and hymn suggestions organized around the blessing of...

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church. Newly revised and reorganized, Planning for Rites and Rituals is a guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church, organized...