NEW for women: Your Treasure, Your Heart: Women and the Stewardship of Money includes 12 study sessions plus a closing worship gathering ideal for women’s groups, Sunday school classes, retreats or individual reading and inspiration. Mennonite Women sponsored this resource.

Purpose: Stories of Faith and Promise: This newly redesigned monthly magazine features personal stories, articles and verse by Christian writers, as well as regular columns on food, peace, humor and resources. Published monthly, individual and group rates available.

10 percent off orders of 200 or more Close to Home pamphlets: These pamphlets help Christian caregivers reach out to people dealing with difficult personal issues. While supplies last, order any 50 pamphlets and receive a free Close to Home sign, suitable for placing with a display of pamphlets. New topics coming soon: Bullying, Drug Addiction, Child Abuse. For sample excerpts and more information, check www.mph.org/closetohome.

Worship resources for marking faith milestones: Faith Markers: Marking Each Child’s Faith Journey is a churchwide ministry program to help you celebrate significant faith events in the lives of children and youth. Use the worship resources and ideas to nurture faith in all ages.

Submit by Sept. 15: A second volume of Words for Worship (1996) is under way. Editor Diane Zaerr Brenneman seeks colorful, fresh, vivid, concrete and theologically interesting new resources written by Mennonites. Experienced or new writers are invited to submit up to a dozen original worship resources (litanies, corporate readings, prayers) for potential publication. Find more information and submit online at www.mpn.net/wordsforworship.

Order Advent-Christmas bulletins by Sept. 1: Call now to order Mennonite Worship Bulletins for the season of Advent-Christmas-Epiphany. This special series includes six bulletins for Nov. 30 to Jan. 4, 2009. Find cover images, sample back-page content, the Biblical Themes & Passages for 2008-2009, and more information at www.mpn.net/bulletins.

Hymnal Concordance on CD: This extensive resource allows location of any English word in all hymns in Hymnal: A Worship Book. Useful for worship planning, organizing devotions or study and research. Sample excerpt at www.faithandliferesources.org/concordance.htm.

Also available: Hymnal Companion, a 752-page hardcover volume with information about the origin or background of the hymns and worship resources in Hymnal: A Worship Book. Biographies of most of the authors, composers, translators and arrangers are also included.

For artists and worship planners: Proclamation by Design: The Visual Arts in Worship includes helpful background and ideas on using visual arts in worship. Colorful pictures offer a wealth of examples to inspire creativity. Read an excerpt at www.mpn.net.

New for youth ministers: Beyond Me: Grounding Youth Ministry in God’s Story helps Christian youth workers look beneath programs, understand the consumerism and alienation in postmodern youth culture and respond with mature understandings of God’s call.

Free youth ministry planning tool: Download YouthGuide, a four-year outline for planning youth Sunday school, youth group and other learning experiences at www.mpn.net.