Christians, Christians, Everywhere, How Do Your Gardens Grow? helps congregations to get the proper focus on stewardship for youth through a suggested order of service to be presented by youth. Within the service are songs, a skit and meditation, all centered on a gardening theme. Cynthia E. Cowen writes that her goal for this resource is to enable youth to participate in a worship service based on the theme of sowing and reaping in the kingdom of God. This resource helps participants and the congregation to understand the process of growth in the giving of our talents and offerings to the work of the church. Cynthia E. Cowen, Iron Mountain, Michigan, is a free-lance Christian resource writer and liturgical evangelist. As a lay worker in the church, her focus in ministry is worship, youth ministry and women's programming. She is currently working on certification as an associate in ministry. She is the author of many CSS books.

Now rapid spiritual growth is possible by applying modern gardening techniques like hydroponics, which emphasize gardening - without dirt, with plenty of water and with exposure to high intensity light. In this easy to read guide and supplementary Bible study you'll learn how spiritual hydroponics can stimulate your own spiritual growth and allow you to achieve the level of Christian maturity that God desires for those who follow Him.

Firmly Planted and Growing became a "must write" for it's author. As a volunteer working with women in crisis who hear and accept God's love story and salvation, I realized a need for encouragement and direction for new believers. This study offers information about the basics of a walk with our Savior and Lord. It addresses many of the questions asked by Christians who are just starting out in their new faith. This study will help you understand the similarities of plants and man as you grow a real garden and learn the many exciting parallels as man and plant develop and mature. You will never garden again without thinking of the ways in which God leads us to grow and mature in our faith. Not a gardener? No problem! You can harvest a wealth of guidance and information from this book without actually digging in the dirt. Gain knowledge about: . your new relationship with God . what to weed out of your life and what to plant . the disciplines of faith

In this literary gem Vigen Guroian chronicles not merely the changing seasons but the course of his own life as he and his family move from Maryland to a new home near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating another garden become an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings. While deeply personal, The Fragrance of God vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God s creation, the senses as paths to experiencing God, and the garden as a place of birth, death, and renewal. Laced throughout with quotations from Guroian s beloved church fathers and replete with theological reflection, The Fragrance of God will lead readers down a path of deeper insight into the creation and the Creator.

We all know that life can be hard, and working in the garden and trying to grow a garden is hard work. In our lives, if we want to grow spiritually closer to God, it takes work and effort in each of our hearts. The truth that God gives us is from his Word. It is the seeds that we need to plant in our lives and be willing to accept. The seed has to have water so it can grow. We need the active working of God in our lives so the truth can come alive in our lives. As we grow, we need be close to Gods will in our lives, in the light of His will for our lives, so we can continue to grow for him. As God prepares us to do his work, we must be rooted in the foundational truths that God has for us in his Word. Like a garden, we have to be aware of the dangers that come in and can contaminate our effectiveness for God. All the steps that we need to take so that we might be fruitful for God, to have a final product that is worthy before God when one day we meet him. I hope that you will take the journey and see that you too can have a beautiful garden for God.