Chi Rho Press eNewsletter
Vol. 1, No. 12
14 November 1999

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Contents:

1. New Holiday Series of Teleclasses
2. The 2000 Liturgical Calendar Introduced
3. A Special Offer -- the Pre-publication Sale of Steps to Recovery from
Bible Abuse
4. Promissory Notes are Still Available
5. Christmas is Coming!
6. Adam's Last Word: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs" Birthday and Thanksgiving
Greetings

1. Holiday Self-Care Workshop (Starting Monday Dec 6th)

Ronald DeVrou, MSW, Personal & Relationships Life Coach and a member of the Chi Rho Press board of directors, has announced a four part series of Holiday
Self-Care Workshops. We are pleased to be a part of this and encourage you to
sign up. It will be well worth the investment.

Ronald writes: Is your holiday time stressful? Are you wondering about
visiting the family and where your lover will fit in? Single and lonely this
holiday? Have you had the holiday blues before?

This four week telephone workshop/support group will offer you a place for
mutual support and to connect with others who also find this time around the
holidays challenging.

We will talk about the holidays and what challenges and opportunities they offer
you. This group will be a place to both give and get the support you need to
make the holidays the best they can be for you.

The cost for this short-term holiday telephone workshop/support group will be
$100. Visa/Master Card accepted. This works out to only $25 for each hour-long group. The group will begin December 6th at 9 PM EDT (Washington, D.C. time).

To register or get more information or e-mail today! mailto:Holiday@GayCoach.com


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2. New Liturgical Calendar.

Chi Rho Press has published a liturgical calendar for MCC and other Christian
communities of faith every year since 1995. The Rev. Joseph Gilbert has done a
wonderful job creating these calendars for us. This year, Joseph has retired
from that task in order to enjoy his retirement years.

The Rev. Tom Bohache, pastor of MCC in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, has taken on the liturgical calendar this year. Naturally it is somewhat different from in
past years, but the scripture readings for every Sunday and holy day are listed,
along with new secular readings that Tom has accumulated in his long and
successful ministry. He has also added a chart of liturgical colors, and other
surprises.

The Liturgical Calendar for Year B, which begins with the first Sunday of Advent on November 28, 1999 and goes through the end of the church year in November, 2000, is now available for $4.95 each, $3.75 each for six or more copies, plus
shipping and handling.

(Shipping and handling is $2.50 for total orders of up to $19.99, $3.50 for
orders of $20 to $39.99, $4.50 for orders of $40 to $59.99, $5.50 for orders of $60 to $79.99, $6.50 for orders of $80 to $99.99, and 7% of the order for orders of over $100.)

4. Special Offer

Chi Rho Press is pleased to announce the up-coming publication of "Steps to
Recovery from Bible Abuse," by Dr. Rembert Truluck. We know you have seen this before but if you haven't ordered you are running out of time to take advantage of this special offer. Dr. Truluck has the final galleys and is reviewing them. We expect to have the book at the printer no later than the end of November and it will be ready to be shipped in time for Christmas.

This long-awaited book will retail for $24.95, but we are now offering a
Pre-Paid, Pre-Publication Sale. From now until the books are delivered from the
printer and bindery, "Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse" is available
for$19.95, plus shipping and handling.

This price (20% off the list price) is only available for pre-paid orders
received before publication of "Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse." Books
ordered through this Pre-Paid, Pre-Publication Sale will be the first ones
shipped as the book rolls off the presses. Send your check or money order, made
out to Chi Rho Press, to us at P.O. Box 7864, Gaithersburg, MD 20898.

Shipping and handling for this special sale is $2.50 for one book, $3.50 for two
books, $4.50 for three books, $5.50 for four books, $6.50 for five books, and 7% of the total for six or more books ordered. You may order (and prepay)as many books as you want at this $19.95 price.

"Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse," says Dr. Truluck, "will be over 500 pages of information and encouragement to equip gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered people and all others who have been abused and oppressed by
religion to learn the truth and to rejoice and grow in their God-given worth as
individuals."

"Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse" is organized in 18 chapters. The first
five chapters contain introductory material, including essays on "Why this Book
is Here," "My Story" by Dr. Truluck, "Jesus Heals Sick Religion," "Guidelines
for Small Groups," and "How to Use this Book."

The next 13 chapters are the Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse. Each of the 13 Steps contains four Bible Study Lessons, suitable for personal study or small
group use. As a result there are 52 Lessons, one for each week of the year.

The 13 Steps are organized into five parts, "Jesus and Spiritual Freedom,"
"Eliminate the Negative," "Accentuate the Positive," "Reach Out," and "Beyond
Recovery."

In addition, there are six special studies in the book's appendix: "How I Lead
Workshops and Small Groups," "Homosexuality and the Bible," "Challenging the
Ex-Gay Industry," "The Dynamics of Religious Abuse," "A Gay Christian's Response to the Southern Baptists," and "How do You Name God?"

With all this information and at over 500 pages, "Steps to Recovery from Bible
Abuse" is well worth the $24.95 list price. So the Pre-Paid, Pre-Publication
sale price of $19.95 is a true bargain. And by sending your check or money order for this pre-publication sale you will also enable Chi Rho Press to pay for much of the printing immediately.

Rembert Truluck says, "'Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse' is far more than a book of information, Bible studies, and personal experiences. It is a book that
will be extended through my web site in on-going expanding resources of updates, bibliography, and new information about our dynamic changing world and our place in it. This combination of book and web site will provide a practical and constantly up-dated resource for individuals and small groups to learn and experience the truth and to share their hope with others."

Send your check or money order for this important, ground-breaking book today to Chi Rho Press, P.O. Box 7864, Gaithersburg, MD 20898. Thank you!

5. "Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse" Promissory Notes Still Available
In order to fund the production of Dr. Rembert Truluck's book, "Steps to
Recovery from Bible Abuse," $1,000 Promissory Notes at 8% interest are
available. We are looking for people who are interested in supporting Dr.
Truluck's excellent work by helping to fund the publication of his book. The
notes will be repaid over a two year period at 8% simple interest, with payments
being sent quarterly. Write Adam@ChiRhoPress.com for more information. Read
more about Dr. Truluck's ministry and "Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse" at
http://www.truluck.com.

6. Christmas is coming and you might want to consider the gift of books
this year. Here are a few gifts books we especially recommend:

The Bible and Homosexuality, Fifth Edition, by the Rev. Michael England. $10.95
each, six or more copies for $8.95 each, plus shipping and handling.

From Wounded Hearts: Faith Stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People and Those Who Love Them, compiled and edited by Roberta Showalter Kreider. $19.95 each, six or more for $14.95 each, plus shipping and handling.

Come Home! Reclaiming Spirituality and Community as Gay Men and Lesbians,
Second Edition, by Chris Glaser. $19.95 each, six or more for $14.95 each, plus
shipping and handling.

Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse (at the pre-publication sale price, it's a
bargain!). $19.95 each plus shipping and handling.

And we also have stained glass crosses ($12 each), lesbian/gay flags ($18 each),
and AIDS ribbons ($7.50 each) available too, along with leather thong and
rainbow bead key chains and bracelets which make great stocking stuffers (for
$2.00 each). See our Web page for details.

7. Adam's Last Word.
Mr. Paul Nash, of Jacksonville, Florida has done a great deal of research into
one of the earliest pioneers of Lesbian/Gay liberation, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.
He has created a web site and is suggesting a whole range of activities to
commemorate Ulrichs' 175th birthday. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was the first known
person to speak out publicly in defense of same-sex rights more than 130 years
ago.

His website with lots of pictures and text, can be reached at
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/celebration2000/)

I think you will enjoy this website. Paul encourages us all to celebrate this
great man's life with people from around the world on August 28, 2000, and
throughout the whole year.

That's it for this week. All the staff at Chi Rho Press wish you a blessed
Thanksgiving next week. We hope as you reflect on all that you have to be
thankful for, that there is much for you to call to mind. Certainly, the staff
and board of Chi Rho Press give thanks for YOU, our eNewsletter subscribers and supporters. You are more than just perspective customers to us – though we love it when you order books! – you are our friends, our community, and our reason for existing.

Thank you and God bless you.

Grace and peace,

Adam DeBaugh, Director
The Rev. Clay Witt, Ron DeVrou, and Steve Barchers (the Board of Directors)
Kevin Stone Fries, Assistant Editor, Mark David Streetman, Web Master, and
Stephen deVilbiss, Office Staff

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