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Chuck's writing reflects his career commitment, to contribute to the emerging new models and understandings of the Church. He has reflected on the future of the church for more than 30 years, as a pastor and church planter, speaker, seminary professor and consultant in church development.



Connectional Church Development: A Handbook for Presbyteries Creating New Churches
This step-by-step practical handbook on creating a new church is available free from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA! A practical step by step guide to connectional Church Development. Beginning with a feasibility study and moving through to the creation of a thriving new Church, the Connectional Church Development handbook presents a model of local partnerships and connectional resourcing, of trained and motivated leadership, building a Presbytery task force or commission and calling an organizing pastor.
Free
Core Values: Creating the Culture of the New Congregation
A case study offers a concise guide to leading a congregation to define their identity in terms of core values. This booklet describes the process then uses a case study to illustrate the how-to's. It will be valuable for all congregations seeking to clarify their identity and values.
Free
Mainline Manifesto: The Inevitable New Church
Beginning with an overview of church history which establishes that this is not the first time we have had to "revision" the church, Denison goes to do exactly that.
$11.99
The Artist's Way of Preaching
An exciting journey into the Right Brain Bible, this book can unlock a preacher’s creativity in ways similar to Julia Cameron’s classic text on creativity: The Artist’s Way. The Right Brain Bible comes to life in this workbook filled with exercises, insights and examples designed to provoke y our imagination and spark your preaching.
$11.53


Music



The Great American Songbook: Stories of the Standards
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: The Stories Behind the Standards tells the stories of our most popular songs with humor, drama and insight. This is timeless music written in unique ways that is constantly being reinterpreted by each generation. Isaac Stern made this distinction between talent and genius: "A person possesses talent; genius possesses the person." This is a book about singers, musicians, lyricists and composers taking their talent into the atmosphere of immortality. They are fascinating, and they set the standards by which popular music is measured. They may not have lived easy lives, but their creativity drove them to new heights and they changed the face of American music forever.
$11.95
Tidings of Comfort & Joy
Chuck's Christmas CD is s surprisingly enjoyable blend of styles in a peaceful tribute to the great music of Christmas. Comfort and Joy reflects his love for guitar and Christmas – solo and duet fingerstyle and jazz guitar arrangements of traditional songs and carols.
$11.95


Romantic Jazz GuitarSamples:
  • My Romance
  • Georgia On My Mind


  • Singer/SongwriterSamples:
  • Wayfarin
  • Two Blue Cowboys


  • Tidings of Comfort and JoySamples:
  • It Came Upon the Midgnight Clear
  • White Christmas
  • Jingle Bells


  • Preaching Resources

    Chuck's book, The Artist's Way of Preaching introduces the Right Brain Bible. Chuck's preaching has been based on this technique of creativity and spirituality for many years. He has taught creative preaching at two seminaries and in numerous conferences, clinics and workshops.

    Now you can download unique sermon sets to sample this creative method at work. Sermon sets come with an extensive sermon outline (usually 3 pages) and live audio. Or you can order through the mail for a CD and outlines.

    Creative Christmas:
    New ideas for the "Most Wonderful Season of All"

    Santa's Helpers
    Fascinating history of St. Nicholas, and an amazing encounter with Santa himself.

    A Birth in Bethlehem
    Jerusalem is only six miles from Bethlehem. If everyone was "troubled," why did no one go?

    Taxi
    A lonely night in a Boston cab turns into a heartwarming feeling.

    When Christmas Comes
    A preacher on Christmas Eve is unexpectedly caught up in the spirit of Christmas, in front of his packed congregation!



    A Word of Encouragement
    "If you have a word of encouragement, please speak!" Acts 13:15

    "If You Can't Say Anything Nice…"
    The Synagogue rulers invitation, "If you have a word of encouragement, please speak!" (Acts 13:15) is more than that - it is the cry of our culture, and our homes!

    Club Barnabas
    Meet the Son of Encouragement, a man who lingers behind the, but who is partly responsible for the spread of Christianity and the writing of our New Testament.

    Passive to Passionate
    Paul shows up in Ephesus - "Have you received since you believed?" (Acts 19), and Ephesus is never the same.



     
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