Disciples Elders

Training Retreat

On Being an Elder (from Christian Board of Publication)

• Disciples Eldership: A Quest for Identity and Ministry by Peter Morgan
• Eldership Voices (audiocassette) by Peter Morgan
• You Are an Elder (pamphlet) by Marilyn Spry (also in Spanish)
• Your Calling as An Elder by Gary Straub

 (from Disciples Home Missions)

• Elders Lead by Ruth Fletcher
• Your Ministry as an Elder by Judy Turner
• Church Leadership by Lovett H. Weems

Elders' Resource Series

(from Disciples Seminary Foundation)

• The Ministry of Elders: A Handbook for Elders in Congregations of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Edwin C. Linberg and Rod Parrott
• The Teaching Ministry of Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Ruth A. Fletcher
• The Call and Nurture of Ministers: A Manual for Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Alton Beaver, editor
• Spiritually Informed Pastoral Care: The Elder's Ministry of Caregiving in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Joseph D. Driskill
• The Spiritual Leadership of Disciples Elders: Leading the Church as a Spiritual Community by Ronald C. Greene
• A Service of Installation with Forms for the Ordaining and Commissioning of Elders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Keith Watkins

Books on Table Leadership

• Communion Reflections and Prayers by James L. Christensen
• Bread of Blessing, Cup of Hope by Michael E. Dixon
• More Brief Prayers for Bread and Cup by Russell F. Harrison
• Re/Membering: Meditations and Sermons for the Table of Jesus Christ by Joseph E. Jeter, Jr.
• Invitations to Communion by Alec J. Langford
• Table Talk: Resources for the Communion Meal edited by Jane McAvoy
• Celebrate With Thanksgiving: Patterns of Prayer at the Communion Table by Keith Watkins
• The Great Thanksgiving: The Eucharistic Norm of Christian Worship by Keith Watkins