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Formation and development resources
from Ascension Press and the Order of the Ascension
Invigorate your Lenten program, plan fall formation, or set your parish on a new developmental path
Thoughtful materials grounded in prayer and an Anglican ethos
Available in paperback or Kindle format
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Nothing So Contagious as Holiness is part of the Shaping the Parish book series from Ascension Press of the Order of the Ascension. It offers 11 change initiatives designed to foster holiness of life.
• Use as a basis for adult formation, and for nurturing parish health and faithfulness more broadly
• Program designs and formats with different levels of complexity and impact—helps you improve what you’re already doing, or supports you in something entirely new
• Easily adaptable to your parish—provides material that may be used in churches of any size
In Your Holy Spirit: Traditional Spiritual Practices in Today’s Christian Life has been used by parishes around the country to teach the core practices of Episcopal spirituality. Engaging and flexible, this book is a perennial formation favorite. Use in tandem with Nothing So Contagious as Holiness.
An Energy Not Its Own: Three Cycles of Parish Life and the Purposes of the Parish Church considers how churches actually function and invites parish leaders to make good use of what is already happening by understanding the parish life cycle; oscillation between renewal in worship and formation and apostolate in daily life; and the parish’s processes for listening and responding to the ongoing opportunities and challenges posed by community relationships. Learn how working with these cycles can reorient the parish to better express the key purposes of worship of God, formation of God’s people for the world, and being a sanctifying presence in the broader community. This book is a powerful grounding for parish renewal.
Ascension Press is a ministry of the Order of the Ascension. We are a dispersed Benedictine community helping shape parishes of prayer, of adoration, awe, and service, since 1985. To learn more visit www.OrderoftheAscension.org ([link removed]) .

Free documents, models, and articles supporting healthy and faithful parish development are available at OrderoftheAscension.org/Shaping-the-Parish-Resources ([link removed]) .

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