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Titles by: Nancy Ferguson

Author: Nancy Ferguson

Nancy Ferguson is a certified educator and former day camp director at Camp Hanover in Richmond, Virginia. She lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where she concentrates on writing resources for camps and retreats. She is the author of eight books, including The Retreat Leader's Manual (with Kevin Witt) and Retreats for Renewal: Five Designs for Intergenerational Retreats.

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Bridging the Generation Gap through Storytelling 
By Nancy Ferguson
Not much has changed since the time of Isaac, Esau, and Jacob. Families still experience conflict and confusion; younger generations don't always understand older generations. In every family there is an unknown history that influences interactions a...
Price:
$7.50

Bridging the Generation Gap through Storytelling, Large-Print Study
Bridging the Generation Gap through Storytelling, Large-Print Study 
By Nancy Ferguson
Not much has changed since the time of Isaac, Esau, and Jacob. Families still experience conflict and confusion; younger generations don't always understand older generations. In every family there is an unknown history that influences interactions a...
Price:
$7.50

How can you build self-esteem in your teen?
Building Self-Esteem in Our Teens 
By Nancy Ferguson
The purpose of this retreat is to help teens claim healthy self-esteem as a gift of God's love and to examine the social pressures that threaten it. As beloved children of God, both parents and teens can joyfully claim their self-esteem. Society and ...
Price:
$12.00

How can you build self-esteem in your teen?
Building Self-Esteem in Our Teens 
By Nancy Ferguson
The purpose of this retreat is to help teens claim healthy self-esteem as a gift of God's love and to examine the social pressures that threaten it. As beloved children of God, both parents and teens can joyfully claim their self-esteem. Society and ...
Price:
$15.00

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the Bible and contemporary Christian faith ■can name most of the Church holidays and key dates we choose to mark each ■year, but many people may not understand that the development of the Church ■calendar was quite intentional and relates directly to our Christian life.
Celebrating the Seasons of the Church Year 
By Nancy Ferguson
Why do we have a church year?For many Christians, their lives are ruled by a variety of calendars: the annual calendar that runs from January through December, a school calendar that marks semesters and summer vacations, the agricultural calendar tha...
Price:
$12.00

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the Bible and contemporary Christian faith ■can name most of the Church holidays and key dates we choose to mark each ■year, but many people may not understand that the development of the Church ■calendar was quite intentional and relates directly to our Christian life.
Celebrating the Seasons of the Church Year 
By Nancy Ferguson
Why do we have a church year?For many Christians, their lives are ruled by a variety of calendars: the annual calendar that runs from January through December, a school calendar that marks semesters and summer vacations, the agricultural calendar tha...
Price:
$35.00

Choosing Curriculum
Choosing Curriculum 
By Nancy Ferguson
It is time to select the curriculum for the next year's Sunday school. You have been asked to bring several samples back to the CE committee or curriculum subgroup. Everyone has expressed an opinion about the curriculum. Teachers want something that ...
Price:
$7.50

In the Bible, Paul talks of equipping the saints for the work of ministry. For today's ■Christian, often bombarded with competing priorities, a spiritual retreat can provide ■the tools we need to become more saint-like in our quest to grow with God.
Church Retreats and Faith Formation 
By Nancy Ferguson
In this essay, the author provides thoughtful and practical suggestions for designing a retreat that nurtures faith formation. She identifies varying definitions of "retreat," reaching back to the days of pilgrimages and the monastic movement, all th...

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The Bible is filled with tales of the Christian faithful wandering the desert in search ■of a home. In this study we explore an extraordinary group of faithful Christians ■who actually chose a demanding life in the desert as a means of expressing their ■love for God.
Connecting with Our Desert Fathers and Mothers 
By Nancy Ferguson
Starting in the third century-and continuing for another 350 years-many Christian men and women went to live in the hazardous desert environment of the Middle East. These daring Christians came to the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Syria, and m...
Price:
$15.00

The Bible is filled with tales of the Christian faithful wandering the desert in search ■of a home. In this study we explore an extraordinary group of faithful Christians ■who actually chose a demanding life in the desert as a means of expressing their ■love for God.
Connecting with Our Desert Fathers and Mothers 
By Nancy Ferguson
Starting in the third century-and continuing for another 350 years-many Christian men and women went to live in the hazardous desert environment of the Middle East. These daring Christians came to the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Syria, and m...
Price:
$12.00

Christians grow up hearing stories about heroes in the Bible. Clearly, some of ■those heroes were heroines! Their rich and varied stories are instructive to the ■lives of women of faith in contemporary times.
Connecting with Women in the Bible 
By Nancy Ferguson
Women appear throughout the Bible, making their own particular mark on biblical history. They are the mothers and grandmothers of kings, followers of Jesus, and companions to apostles. These women provide us with spiritual models that can guide our l...
Price:
$12.00

Christians grow up hearing stories about heroes in the Bible. Clearly, some of ■those heroes were heroines! Their rich and varied stories are instructive to the ■lives of women of faith in contemporary times.
Connecting with Women in the Bible 
By Nancy Ferguson
Women appear throughout the Bible, making their own particular mark on biblical history. They are the mothers and grandmothers of kings, followers of Jesus, and companions to apostles. These women provide us with spiritual models that can guide our l...
Price:
$35.00

The Bible inspires us with tales of the earth's creation and as Christians we ■profess to be grateful for all God's gifts. Yet there exists ample evidence that too ■often too many of us take many of these gifts for granted. How can we claim to ■value the spirit of God's creation when we fail to protect it through environmental ■policy?
Developing a Green Action Plan for Your Congregation 
By Nancy Ferguson
The earth's resources are being damaged, diminished, and destroyed. As God's stewards charged to care for the creation, faithful Christians need to determine--individually and corporately--what their responsibilities are for that creation.To that end...
Price:
$35.00

The Bible inspires us with tales of the earth's creation and as Christians we ■profess to be grateful for all God's gifts. Yet there exists ample evidence that too ■often too many of us take many of these gifts for granted. How can we claim to ■value the spirit of God's creation when we fail to protect it through environmental ■policy?
Developing a Green Action Plan for Your Congregation 
By Nancy Ferguson
The earth's resources are being damaged, diminished, and destroyed. As God's stewards charged to care for the creation, faithful Christians need to determine--individually and corporately--what their responsibilities are for that creation.To that end...
Price:
$12.00

Christian prayer does not require a perfect vocabulary, full knowledge of the Bible, ■nor does God require that we first organize our thoughts and write them down ■before we pray Praying is quite simply a means of connecting with God.
Different Ways to Pray 
By Nancy Ferguson
Prayer is the term we use to describe our communication with God. It sounds so simple but many young people approach the practice of prayer with a little anxiety. "Am I doing this right?" "Am I praying for the right things?" "Does God hear me?" This ...
Price:
$12.00

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