ABOUNDING
Come Closer: A Call to Life, Love, and Breakfast on the Beach
Stones of Rememberance
Fear of the future...sins of the past...a relationship at rock-bottom...Whatever you're facing, it is nothing new to our God. With love and empathy and powerful encouragement, let Lois Evans and Jane Rubietta take you back to the rock hard truth in rock hard times: God loves you, loves you, loves you. Let that into your thirsty heart. Difficult times do not diminish God's love. God never changes, and remembering God's faithfulness in our challenges will help us cross over our River Jordan. From Achsah to Zipporah, thirteen precious women in the Old Testament will bring us into their lives and back into hope, whatever the situation facing us. Lyrical writing, warm stories, and solid application make Stones of Remembrance perfect for personal devotions, small groups, and Bible Studies.
$13.00/ISBN-13 978-0-8024-8398-0
Resting Place:
A Personal Guide to Spiritual Retreats
(InterVarsity Press: 2005)
A personal retreat. We've never needed it more. We run from one place to the next--from meetings and appointments to our kid's soccer practice, from class to work to choir rehearsal, from the grocery store to small group--and then drop into bed later than we hoped, exhausted and dreading the morning. We want to slow down but don't know how and don't really believe that we can. And often, the idea of a personal retreat--time for solitude and silence--makes us feel as anxious as all our frenzied rushing. What in the world would we do with an hour, an afternoon or (gulp!) a whole day of solitude with God?
These retreats help us enter Psalm 23 rest, a place of true rest and trust in our loving, gentle Shepherd. Full of quotes to contemplate, Scripture to meditate on, questions, prayer and journaling ideas, and ideas for creativity, Jane Rubietta leads us to and through times of silence and solitude that will follow us into our everyday world as we learn to allow Jesus to guide, comfort and restore us.
$14.00, ISBN 10-0-8308-3336-6
Resting Place CD:
A Musical Companion to the Book Resting Place
(InterVarsity Press: 2005)
Rich Rubietta and Abounding Music offer twelve Scriptures set to music and surrounded by fresh lyrics to strengthen your walk with God. This CD serves as a companion to Jane Rubietta's book, Resting Place. Tracks include:
1. Restingplace 2. Portion 3. Everlasting Love 4. Integrate 5. I'll Arise 6. Whole Soul 7. Be Angry 8. Fear Not 9. Final Answer 10. This Is the Day 11. Serve One Another 12. Love of My Life
$14.00
Grace Points:
Growth and Guidance in Times of Change
(InterVarsity Press: 2004)
SOMETIMES WE GET LOST.
We lose our sense of who we are, what life is about and where God is in the midst of it all. This sense of lostness often comes in times of transition whether in a move from one city to another, a health crisis, the loss of a family member through death or divorce, or downsizing at work. Jane Rubietta has written this book to help us find God in the wilderness of life changes. Here you'll find healing through encouraging stories from women's lives, Scripture, reflection questions and much more.
God has good gifts for you even in the wilderness. Come and find them!
$12.00/ISBN 0-8308-1952-5
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Abounding
225 Bluff Ave.
Grayslake, Ill. 60030
How to Keep the Pastor You Love
(InterVarsity Press, 2002)
“Overwhelm your pastor with love and appreciation”
(I Thes. 5:12-13)
33% of pastors leave churches due to conflicts with the congregation, with goals or expectations
In one denomination alone, 100 ministers are forced out of ministry each month
The average tenure of all clergy is 2.3 years
When church members need comfort or spiritual guidance, they go to the pastor. But where do pastors go when they have a concern?
"After a few years in ministry I saw so many casualties across the country - broken pastors, church conflict, abandoned callings, ruined marriages, too-brief stays in church, burnout," says Jane Rubietta. "And very few denominations have a structure in place that is confidential, caring, affordable, and accessible to help them."
Designed for individual and group use, with practical application points for parishioner and pastor alike, How to Keep the Pastor You Love enables the congregation to become part of that support system for ministers. Rubietta's book helps develop stronger pastor-congregation relationships with open communication, accountability, support and honesty.
How to Keep the Pastor You Love educates congregations and church leaders on issues pastors face, such as frequent moves and expectations of the church, the pastor's spiritual life, care for the pastor's spouse and children, and financial compensation.
$13.00/ISBN 0-8308-2319-0
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Sensational After 60
Life on the Other Side of Mid-Life Struggles
(New Leaf Press, 2005)
Author Shirley Mitchell (with Jane Rubietta), a beautiful 65, speaks from experience as she leads the way for the first of the 10 million baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) who will be crossing into their 60's over the next 20 years. Promoting a positive and uplifting approach to aging, Shirley gives readers many reasons to be excited about this wonderful decade of life: believing in a loving God, the experience that time has givien, the zest for life, children and grandchildren, retirement, and rekindling intimacy.
$12.00/ISBN 0892216093
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Quiet Places
A Woman's Guide to Personal Retreat
(Abounding Publishing, 2005)
Quiet Places: A Woman's Guide to Personal Retreat answers our yearning for a deeper relationship with God. Deepen your spiritual life through this unique guide.
“Jesus said, ‘Come away with me to a quiet place, and get some rest.’” Mark 6:31. When is the last time someone offered to give you rest?! Take Jesus up on His invitation…
Whether your time slot is twenty minutes or a day-long getaway, explore such issues as stress, forgiveness, loss, gifts, goals, and relationships.
This practical book invites the reader to come away to a quiet place, using quotes, meditative Scriptures, and soul-deepening questions. Moving narratives will take you by the hand and lead you to the Savior. Bring your Bible and slip away for a time with Quiet Places: A Women's Guide to Personal Retreat.
Designed for individual or group use.
$11.00/176 pp. ISBN 0-7642-2001-2
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Fabulous after 50
by Shirley Mitchell with Jane Rubietta
(New Leaf Press 2000)
Wouldn't It Be Wonderful . . .if every woman inching toward the half-century mark could consider herself absolutely . . Fabulous. Unfortunately, age 50 and beyond is not looked upon as the ideal time of life. But, God wants us to see every age as an exciting, glorious adventure and with this book, you can put an end to the myth that wh en you reach the age 50, you are “over the hill.”
A woman’s book, written by women with a deep concern for women, Fabulous After 50 is the perfect text for small group discussion. It includes not only chapter questions for immediate application, but looks deep into the scriptures for inspiration, and encouragement.
Topics Include:
· Aging With a Positive Attitude
· Fighting Midlife Fears
· Getting In Spiritual and Physical Shape
· Improving Relationships
· Menopause
· Emotional Well-Being
· Advice From Nutritional and Health Experts
This book truly touches the many concerns and realities the almost 80 million baby Boomers face today. It is a powerful tool to focus on God’s amazing grace through the golden years and embrace the future!
$12.00/ ISBN 0-89221-497-x
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Between Two Gardens: From Eden to Gethsemane
(Bethany House, 2001)
A Soul Journey Through the Bible's Most Important Gardens
The gardens of Eden and Gethsemane represent turning points for humanity that are often little understood. In Between Two Gardens, Jane Rubietta invites you to take a soul journey through the Bible's most important gardens and explore their similarities and significance for us today.
The work of Creation in Eden was completed by the work of the redemption in Gethsemane. Yet many Christians are caught between the gardens. We strive for the fullness of Gethsemane's promise but are often mired in the mud and matted with the dust left over from Eden's exile. Though we run in shame and live life separated from God and one another, Jesus invites us into the accomplishments of Gethsemane and into the garden of new life.
In this deeply moving devotional, forty contemplative readings with practical applications calls us to return to the Garden, exploring the soul's longing for fellowship, acceptance, freedom, purpose, and ultimately, fulfillment in God
$12.00/ ISBN 0-76422-471-9
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Quiet Places CD
A moving, enriching companion resource to the book Quiet Places
, with a key Scripture from each chapter set to original music by Rich Rubietta.
This CD will guide and enrich your spiritual life, reinforcing the
application from the book.
$14.00
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ROOM 4U & ME CD - for Public Schools
2004 Parent's Choice Approved Award!
Hear and feel the energy of these eleven songs that reinforce Character Education with active music,
drawn from the Music Assemblies this Illinois Arts Council ArtsTour artist offers in Public Schools
Traditional tunes receive a new feel, like Lean on Me, Peace Like a River, Don't Play with Bruno,
by Tom Chapin and Harry Chapin's Flowers are Red. Brand new originals include Tenderheart
(a girl, beautiful in all ways), Michelangelo Blues (3 chapters in the artists life), Funky Monkey
(honoring our capacity to rise above animal instinct), Why Not Me?! (about Peter, the Little Hero of
Holland), Hop Up & Help, Santa Filomena (aka the pioneering courage and caring of Florence
Nightingale) & Room 4U & Me (a 5th grade boy misjudges a girl by her appearance).
$12.00
Hear this CD at www.CDBaby.com/Rubietta
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(please write-in Room 4U & Me - Public School version)
Classroom Discussion Guide for Room CD
A vibrant, full-color guide to use with students, youth groups, and other groups of kids! The Classroom Discussion Guide coordinates with the Solid Core Values Music Assemblies, and features 8 dynamic songs from the CD, Room 4U & Me. The full-color Guide contains the lyrics to each song,and includes ideas to help students prepare for a music assembly called "GEARING UP", and a "GOING DEEPER" section for after the Assembly, with activities and discussion questions.
Activities are designed to build community, break down barriers, and offer fun ways for students to move out of their cliques and comfort zones. Songs featured are "Tenderheart," "Lean on Me," "Michelangelo Blues," "Funky Monkey," "Why Not Me," "Santa Filomena" (a.k.a. Florence Nightingale), and "Room 4U & Me".
The Theme of the Solid Core Values Assembly and the Room 4U & Me CD is that your heart, the core from your values and behavior flow, makes you attractive and appealing.
$10.00
ROOM 4U & ME CD - for parochial schools
14 songs of faith for children and adults. Standards with new energy like Christ the Lord is Risen
Today, City of God, They'll Know We are Christian, Lean on Me & the River is Here, plus new
originals, like the Prayer of St. Francis (ala disco!) and How Can You Say?! ("you love the
unseen God, if you don't love your own sister right here?"). This CD also has some of the
songs pastor Rich does in Public Schools with the Illinois Arts Council ArtsTour which
reinforce Character Education, like Tenderheart, santa Filomena (aka Florence Nightingale),
Michelangelo Blues, Funky Monkey, Hop Up & Help, Why Not Me?! (Peter, the Little Hero of Holland)
& the title track, Room 4U & Me. This CD was recorded with children and adults.
$12.00
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(please write-in Room 4U & Me - Parochial School version)
2004 Parent's Choice Approved Award
