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2010 - 2014 Leadership Development Selections can be from the 2014-2019 Reading lists if not included in previous reports, children and youth titles can be read for credit in all plans of the Reading Program. Brenda Thompson Reading Program Specialist UMW Communications. 2019 Leadership Development Eleanor: A Spiritual Biography – The Faith of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Woman. Harold Ivan Smith. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017. + More than fifty years after her death, Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as a formidable first lady and tireless social activist. Often overlooked, however, is her deep and inclusive spirituality. Her personal faith was shaped by reading the New Testament in her youth, giving her a Jesus- centered spirituality that fueled her commitment to civil rights, women's rights, and the rights of all "little people" marginalized in American society. Wayne County Public – 1 print copy 2019 Leadership Development Fresh Expressions – A New Kind of Methodist Church for People Not in Church. Kenneth H Carter Jr. and Audrey Warren. Abingdon Press. 2017. + New forms of church that gather and network with people who typically have never been to church. 2019 Leadership Development Synergy – A Leadership Guide for Church Staff and Volunteers. Ann A Michel. Abingdon Press. 2010. + Synergy is both a practical and deeply spiritual resource that helps provide a more collaborative way of thinking about ministry sha. between clergy and laity - how to engage others in ministry, how to build teams, how to manage meetings, how to develop others as leaders, etc. The book helps church workers, paid and unpaid, understand how their ministry relates to the mission of God and the ministry of the church, and provides practical guidance on the interpersonal ministry skills essential to any expression of collaborative ministry. 2019 Leadership Development Who is my Neighbor? Joyce Carrasco, MTS, et al. Teacher and Student manuals. Kindle only. 2019 Leadership Development - Children WEIRD! – A Story about Bullying in Schools. Erin Frankel. Free Spirit Publishing. 2012. + Luisa is repeatedly teased and called "weird" by her classmate Sam. Luisa initially reacts to the bullying by withdrawing and hiding her colorful nature. But with the support of her teachers, parents, classmates, and one special friend named Jayla, she is able to reclaim her color and resist Sam’s put-downs. Wayne County Public – 17 copies 1 2019 Leadership Development - Children [credit for all reading plans] RED. Jan De Kinder. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. 2015. + In this poignant story, a girl finds it funny when her classmate starts blushing on the school playground. Her friends laugh along with her, but one student takes the teasing too far. Torn between her sympathy for her classmate and her fear of the bully, the girl must make a difficult choice. Wayne CountyPublic – 20 print copies 2019 Leadership Development - Youth [credit for all reading plans] Step Up to the Plate Maria Singh. Uma Krishnaswami. Lee & Low/ Tu Books. 2017. + Nine-year-old Maria Singh longs to play softball in the first-ever girls' team forming in Yuba City, California. It's the spring of 1945, and World War II is dragging on. Miss Newman, Maria's teacher, is inspired by Babe Ruth and the All-American Girls' League to start a girls' softball team at their school. Meanwhile, Maria's parents--Papi from India and Mama from Mexico--can no longer protect their children from prejudice and from the discriminatory laws of the land. Wayne County Public – 6 print copies 2019 Leadership Development - Recommended Reading Courage is Abundant in the Abstract – Take Your Dreams from Abstract to Reality. Selena Einwechter. Deeds Publishing. 2016 + From the Author – “Courage Is Abundant In the Abstract is about my dream. I wanted to build a bed and breakfast and become an inn keeper. I thought about it all of the time, but I never acted on it. When a dear friend said to me, Selena if there is something that has been on your heart for so long that you just can't seem to shake it, well then, it might just be from God.” Wayne County Public - 1 print copy 2019 Leadership Development – Recommended Reading Hands on the Freedom Plow – Personal Accounts of Women of SNCC. Edited by Faith S. Hosaert. University of Illinois Press. 2010. + Fifty-two women--northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina--share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. Wayne County Public – 3 print copies 2018 Leadership Development 50 Women Every Christian Should Know: Learning from Heroines of the Faith. Michelle DeRusha. Inspiring stories of 50 Christian women, from Julian of Norwich to Ruth Bell Graham, who made a difference in the lives of people around them and had an immeasurable impact on the kingdom of God. Wayne County Public – 5 print. 1 ebook 2 2018 Leadership Development Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, FaCebook, and the AmeriCan Neutered the Gospel. Stephen Ingram. This book for youth leaders, pastors, and parents looks deep into the mirror of pop and church culture and asks the difficult, and often maddening, question, “Are those things we produce and consume defining us?” Author Stephen Ingram explores these themes of moralism, deism, meism, consumerism, pluralism, and therapeutic religion of pop culture, as well as current sociological and psychological data. Wayne County Public – 2 print. 2018 Leadership Development Interfaith Leadership: A Primer. Eboo Patel. A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines. Wayne County Public – 2 print 2018 Leadership Development The SaCred SeCular: How God is Using the World to Shape the ChurCh. Dottie Escobedo-Frank The Sacred Secular examines cultural spaces where people are experiencing something sacred. These places are not in the church. They’re in yoga studios, neighborhood potlucks, and TED Talks. Dottie Escobedo-Frank and Rob Rynders see lessons for the church in these spaces. They see new ways we can convey to people that the church is uniquely sacred and significant and that Jesus is for them. 2018 Leadership Development She: Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Women in Ministry. Karoline M. Lewis. We are not all the same. The time has come for us to honestly name the ways we are different and similar so that we can serve together in unity, grace and trust. Women in ministry experience unique challenges in their church settings which continue to hinder their vocational, professional, and personal success. 2018 Leadership Development – Recommended Reading List Rainbow Weaver. Linda Elovitz. Ixchel wants to follow in the long tradition of weaving on backstrap looms, just as her mother, grandmother, and most Mayan women have done for more than two thousand years. But Ixchel's mother is too busy preparing her weavings for market. If they bring a good price, they will have money to pay for Ixchel s school and books. And besides, there is not enough extra thread for Ixchel to practice with. Wayne County Public – 14 print 2018 Leadership Development The Amazing Age of John Roy LynCh. Chris Barton. John Roy Lynch spent most of his childhood as a slave in Mississippi, but all of that changed with the Emancipation Proclamation. Suddenly people like John Roy could have paying jobs and attend school. While many people in the South were unhappy with the social change, John Roy thrived in the new era. He was appointed to serve as justice of the peace and was eventually elected into the United States Congress. Wayne County Public – 23 print 3 2018 Leadership Development StiCk Up for Yourself.: Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power & Positive Self-Esteem. Gershen Kaufman. Newly revised and updated, it’s the ultimate resource for any kid who’s ever been picked on at school, bossed around, blamed for things he or she didn’t do, or treated unfairly—and for any kid who sometimes feels frustrated, angry, powerless, or scared. Simple words and real-life examples show how children can stick up for themselves with other kids (including bullies and teasers), big sisters and brothers, even grown-ups. Wayne County Public – 11 print. 2018 Leadership Development Feathered. Deborah Kerbel. Author deborah Kerbel has created a central character readers will connect with immediately in this captivating middle-grade novel. With a keen understanding of the particular difficulties facing girls as they enter adolescence, this powerfully written book is about learning to believe in yourself, finding the courage to do what you think is right and recognizing the difference you can make in the lives of others. It is both a compelling page-turner and an excellent reference for classroom discussions on loss, bullying, racism, learning difficulties and mental health. Wayne County Public – 3 print 2017 Leadership development Called to the Fire A Witness for God in Mississippi: The Story of Dr. Charles Johnson. Chet Bush. Abingdon Press (2013) 203 pages As the key witness to take the stand in the trial famously dubbed the “Mississippi Burning” case, Dr. Johnson, a young preacher fresh out of Bible college, became a voice for justice and equality in the segregated South. Overcoming fear and adversity and off erring clarity to the event that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Johnson’s story of love, conviction, adversity and redemption is a riveting account of a life pursuing the call of God and the fight for justice and equality. Wayne County Public – 2 Overdrive Listen. 1 MP3disc. 1 print. 2017 Leadership development Falling Into Place A Memoir of OverComing. Hattie Kauffman Baker Books (2014) 236 pages Covering wildfires and murder trials and interviewing presidents, astronauts and Olympians, Hattie Kauffman made history as the first Native American journalist ever to file a report on a national network evening news broadcast.