The Resource Handbook for Lay Ministries, published since 1982, comes out in one or two loose-leaf installments per year, each containing five or six articles. It contains a wealth of articles that relate ways parishes and individuals are successfully serving others. It contains practical "how to" ideas for individual and collective parish initiative provide a variety of material upon which to reflect -- and act!
An Orthodox vision of the parish.
Parish administration and leadership.
Needs and talents assessment.
Education in the parish.
Parish fellowship and outreach.
Addressing special needs, and problems in the parish.
Groups, organizations and programs that contribute to parish life.
Parish growth.
Identifying the community and its needs.
Serving the hungry, the homeless, the naked, the imprisoned - locally, internationally.
Visiting the sick, the shut-ins.
