[PDF] The Call To Serve eBook

Author : Robert F. Holley
Publisher : Lutheran Voices
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451415605

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Lutheran Voices provides quality, accessible books by Lutheran authors that inform, teach, inspire, and renew. Grounded in Lutheran theology and practice, the books cover a wide range of subjects and themes of interest to members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the wider Christian community. Church councils and leadership groups will discover ten helpful devotional reflections and discussion starters for a three-year cycle, focusing on the task of serving from a biblical and theological perspective. Insights from family systems theory provide a framework for the reflections. Through discussion of theory and by encountering and responding to real-life situations, participants will ponder aspects of what they are called to do together.

Author : Roderick L. Evans
Publisher : Abundant Truth Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,73 MB
Release : 2010-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1601411480

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In this book, we will examine the history and subsequent development of the Deacon's office in the Church. In addition, we will learn how the first men who were appointed to serve in the Church are the standard for which deacons and servants are to evaluate their service today. In doing so, the Church, deacons, and those called to serve will benefit from mutual understanding and cooperation.

Author : Jon Meacham
Publisher : Random House
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0593729455

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In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle features never-before-published photos and memories celebrating the forty-first president’s vision of leadership as service to country—curated by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham. Lavishly illustrated, The Call to Serve is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the forty-first president, a man who was so much more than just his politics. In words and images—many found in a lifetime of scrapbooks kept by Barbara Pierce Bush—Jon Meacham brings George H. W. Bush vividly to life. From the values of integrity, empathy, and grace that Bush learned in childhood to his leadership at the highest levels in tumultuous times, the forty-first president embodied an ideal of service that warrants attention in our own divided time. Bush pursued a life of service to America through his heroic combat experience in the Pacific during World War II, his political rise in Texas, his serving as U.S. ambassador to the UN, his time as envoy to China and as director of the CIA, his tenure as Ronald Reagan’s vice president, and his election as the forty-first president of the United States. Set against the background of America during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this book commemorates the legacy of a man who was far from perfect—he could be cutthroat on the campaign trail—but whose ambition was not an end unto itself. Bush’s drive to succeed was, rather, a means to put the values of balance, patriotism, and respect for others into action in the political arena. Toward the end of Bush’s life, the forty-fourth president, Barack Obama, said that Bush put the country first “both before he was president, while he was president, and ever since.” Featuring more than 450 photographs, Meacham’s introduction and commentary throughout, and narration drawn from his biography of George H. W. Bush, Destiny and Power, this is an essential tribute to a uniquely American life.

Author : Lanny L. Snodgrass
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2024-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1636244181

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“Defying age barriers, Dr. Snodgrass joined as a soldier at 63, shifting from psychiatrist to trailblazer in military thinking. In The Ageless Call to Serve he champions the seasoned battlefield, advocating for wisdom over youth in warfare. This thought-provoking narrative traverses military readiness, policy evolution, and the psychological impacts of deploying teenagers into conflict.” — Robert J. Schneider, Lieutenant Colonel, USA (Ret.), former Director of Research, Department of Military Psychiatry An 18-year-old in the United States is still barred from buying alcohol, acquiring a pilot’s license, or stepping into a casino. Yet, astonishingly, they can be enlisted in the military, trained in weapon handling, and deployed to a war zone. On the other side of the age spectrum, individuals over 39, regardless of their skills or experience, often encounter insurmountable obstacles to enlistment. Break this mold and meet Lanny Snodgrass, who, at the age of 63, became the oldest American to join the Army and complete officer basic training. It was 2003, the Iraq War had just started, and the Pentagon, grappling with a severe shortage of military doctors, momentarily relaxed age requirements. Recognizing an opportunity, Dr. Snodgrass stepped in to serve. With around four decades of experience treating veterans and active-duty military personnel, many teenagers grappling with psychiatric illnesses such as PTSD, depression, and suicidality, Dr. Snodgrass bears unique insight into the perils of sending young soldiers to war. He has seen firsthand the walking wounded, those who have served in multiple deployments and are often on the brink of despair. This book represents a culmination of these experiences. As a late-joining physician and one of the leading experts on PTSD, Dr. Snodgrass poses critical questions about the limits of service and whether these age constraints should be maintained or relaxed. He scrutinizes the age limits on military service, addressing the antiquated criteria that have remained largely unchanged for over a century. If we continue to send our young to war while overlooking the potential of older, willing Americans, tragic consequences will persist. It’s not an overstatement, then, to say that The Ageless Call to Serve presents a life-and-death proposition on how to build a more resilient, professional military force.

Author : Reginald Ezell
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1490714863

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The information contained in this book is vital to those called to the Ministry of Helps. It is a valuable resource for individuals who desire to understand and apply the scriptural principles to the area of servanthood. It can be used as a guide for all denominational churches in teaching members and leaders how to develop a heart to serve the individual that God has set as the overseer of the church. In every church, God has appointed an individual to oversee the sheep, or to teach and train His people. Everyone else has been called within the ministry to fulfill the vision of the ministry.

Author : Clinton L. Ryan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1905028407

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These sermons are to remind the readers of Abraham's confidence in the faithfulness of God. It was also to remind them that Abraham was not ashamed to build an altar to God and to worship Him in the presence of the heathen. By doing so he declared his expectation of the fulfilment of the Divine promise. Properly understood his actions serve as antecedents for Christians today. We can venture forth in faith and confidence in the promises of God. To respond positively to the command of God is the greatest service that any man or woman can do.

Author : Dr. Charlotte Morris
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1973639750

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“Called to Serve is not only a great source of information for women in leadership in the church but also a plethora of good teaching for anyone who seeks a better understanding of what it means to be a member of the body of Christ!” —(Chaplain Diane Gilbert, M.Div, Gilbert Ministries). “Women, have you searched for a book that resonates with your soul’s needs for instruction and appreciation of service, a book that appreciates your needs as a woman? I introduce to you Dr. Charlotte Morris’s book, Called to Serve. In my shelf, this book has earned a place beside Greenleaf ’s Servant Leadership and Bolman and Deal’s Leading with Soul. I encourage you to get your copy soon! It will bless your life” —(Denise Mendez, EdD, Dean, Mt Airy Religious Training Institute."