Table of Contents: Summer 2009

Editorial - Richard Kauffman

Features

"Good Food"
by Nina B. Lanctot
How one congregation put food on their tables for seven weeks.

The love feast
by Frank Ramirez
The meal that the Church of the Brethren cherishes.

Justice in the market
by Ken Beidler
A Jesus-centered approach to food.

Are we too sensitive?
by Amy Frykholm
Personal preferences are making hospitality a challenge.

Departments

Editorial

Pastoring God's People– Responses to eating problems
by Joanne Klassen

Guiding Worship– The great banquet
by Shirley Yoder Brubaker

Forming Faith– Summer service project for youth and children
by Jeanne Bye

Tending the Body– Loving food for life
by Jo Pannebaker


Sidebar: "Good Food" worship planning.


Worship Resources: Letters to the early churchs—Introduction and guidelines (page 17); Reproducible resources (page 19); Adapting the worship resources (page 45); MPN copyright (page 46).


Resources for Leaders