Chi Rho Press eNewsletter
Volume 32 (12/15/00)

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Contents:

1. Internet Ministry Signs New Contract with Chi Rho Press
2. Two New Stained Glass Designs!
3. New Liturgical Calendar Published!
4. Holiday Shopping!
5. Would you make a gift to your Press?
6. Adam's Last Word New Writers!

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1. Internet Ministry Signs New Contract with Chi Rho Press

The Rev. Dr. Sandy Bochonok has signed a contract with Chi Rho Press to
publish her book of daily devotions, Living as the Beloved: One Day at a
Time. Dr. Bochonok is the founder of the very popular Soul Food Ministries
and its Web site (www.soulfoodministry.org), special works of the
Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C.

During a recent trip to the nation's capital, Dr. Bochonok and her partner
met with Director of Chi Rho Press Adam DeBaugh and Editor Kevin Stone Fries
to begin the project of publishing the author's collection of daily
devotions, meditations and prayers. Dr. Bochonok has written this book in
hopes of helping those new to prayer, as well as those not-so-new to prayer,
to explore spiritual empowerment.

Currently on the World Wide Web, Living as the Beloved has already reached
untold numbers of readers in multiple languages through Soul Food
Ministries' web site. Dr. Bochonok is already writing new content for her
Internet ministry.

Chi Rho Press is not simply putting into paper form what is beyond the reach
of those who choose not to find spiritual community on the Internet. Living
as the Beloved will be a road map to enrich each reader's prayerful
experience. Readers will benefit from the author's presentation in a
different form of her guide to daily observance and peaceful celebration of
scripture.

The project continues work Chi Rho Press started with its involvement in the
publication and sale of another book of daily devotions, The Road to Emmaus,
compiled and edited by the Rev. Joseph Houle. Chi Rho Press, like Dr.
Bochonok and the contributors to The Road to Emmaus, wants to affirm the
scripture's daily relevance to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered
people of faith and their friends and supporters.

Dr. Bochonok currently works and resides in Washington State and led a
well-attended workshop on Internet ministry at the 1999 UFMCC World Jubilee General Conference.

Chi Rho Press plans to release Living as the Beloved by November 30, 2001.

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2. Two New Stained Glass Designs!

We are introducing two new Stained Glass designs for the holiday season
today!

Now these two important symbols of religious faith are available in the LGBT
rainbow colors. Our Rainbow Cross and Rainbow Star of David are both made
of seven different colored pieces of glass (red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, and purple with a frosted clear center).

Both are $18.00 plus shipping and handling and both can be previewed and
ordered on our Web Site. Please take a look!

Go to http://www.chirhopress.com/products.html and click on Stained Glass in
the left pane. Use our shopping cart and pay with your credit card.

On the Rainbow Cross, the colors are in rectangles forming the arms of the
cross, with the center piece in clear frosted glass.

For the Rainbow Star of David, the six colors form the points with the
center piece in frosted glass.

We have pictures of all of our stained glass products now on our Web page.
As with our original stained glass cross, the LGBT rainbow flag, and the
Aids ribbon, these new pieces are hand crafted in the copper foil and solder
method. They have an attached loop so you may hang it in a window to catch
the light.

Stained Glass prices are as follows (plus shipping and handling):

New Stained Glass Rainbow Cross, $18.00.

New Stained Glass Star of David, $18.00.

Stained Glass LGBT Rainbow Flag, $18.00.

Original Stained Glass Cross (clear with red center), $12.00.

Stained Glass Aids Ribbon, $7.50.

Please go to our Web site to order and continue your holiday shopping.
www.ChiRhoPress.com is always open. Browse our books too!

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3. New Liturgical Calendar Published!

2000-2001 LITURGICAL CALENDAR, YEAR "C"
compiled by the Rev. Tom Bohache. $4.95 each, $3.75 each for six or more
copies, plus shipping and handling.

The calendar is perfect to guide weekly prayer and Bible reading for worship
and small groups.

The Rev. Tom Bohache, pastor of MCC in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, has again
compiled the liturgical calendar for us this year. In response to readers'
requests, Tom has used the Revised Common Lectionary.

The scripture readings for every Sunday and holy day are listed, along with
The liturgical color of the day and season of the church year. Instead of
specific themes for secular readings, as last year, Tom has provided an
extensive bibliography of suggested secular readings that has accumulated in
his long and successful ministry. There is also a chart of liturgical
colors corresponding with seasons of the church year.

The Liturgical Calendar for Year C begins on the first Sunday in Advent on
December 3, 2000, and ends on the Last Sunday of Pentecost on November 25,
2001. In the interest of clarity and convenience, the calendar runs through
to the end of calendar year 2001, Advent and Christmas of the next
liturgical year (Year A).

"It is the author's aim to provide, in one easily
accessible location, the most frequently needed information for preparing
the worship service the readings of the church year," writes Rev. Bohache in his introduction.

The Calendar is now available for $4.95 each, $3.75 each for six or more
copies, plus shipping and handling. Please go to our Web page to order
using our convenient shopping cart, and pay with your credit card.

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4. Holiday Shopping!

For those of you who haven't finished your holiday shopping, remember
Christmas is just ten days away. Every day is a shopping day at Chi Rho
Press. We never close!

As we have said before and firmly believe, books make great gifts! Here are
some suggestions:

"The Road to Emmaus," a daily devotional compiled by Joseph Houle, now only
$9.95.

"What a Fellowship," by Jean Gralley, a wonderful cartoon book, $8.95.

"Families Re-Membered: Pastoral Support for Friends and Families Living with
HIV/AIDS," by the Rev. Dr. Louis F. Kavar, $10.95.

"The Bible and Homosexuality," by Rev. Michael England, the best primer on
the "clobber passages" around, only $10.95 each.

"From Wounded Hearts", a wonderful anthology of people of faith from many
different church backgrounds telling their stories, including LGBT people
and family members and friends, $19.95 each.

"Called OUT!", another great anthology of LGBT Presbyterians telling their
stories of their lives in and out of the Presbyterians church, at $17.95.

"Come Home!" by Chris Glaser, probably the best Gay Christian author in the
United States today we think this is his best book, at $19.95.

"Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse," by Dr. Rembert Truluck, for $24.95.

In addition to books, our rainbow key chains and bracelets make great
stocking stuffers or small inexpensive gifts at only $2.00 each!

All are available on our Web site, www.ChiRhoPress.com, where you can buy
them using our handy shopping cart and your credit card.

You can help us tremendously by doing at least part of your Christmas
shopping at www.ChiRhoPress.com. Choose from our many wonderful books and
gifts. Even if you have visited our Web page recently, we encourage you to
click on again today and order a Christmas gift or two.

Thank you and happy holidays!

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5. Would you make a gift to your Press?

At this time of giving, would you consider making a gift to your LGBT
Christian publishing house?

As our faithful readers know, we have taken on a significant additional
financial obligation by hiring Kevin Stone Fries as our Editor/Office
Manager. Kevin's work is making an important difference here at Chi Rho
Press.

Would you consider helping by making a year-end/Christmas gift to Chi Rho
Press, along with your purchases? You might also want to pledge a monthly
gift to Chi Rho Press during the new year. If you can make a contribution,
please send your check or money order to us at Chi Rho Press, P.O. Box 7864,
Gaithersburg, MD 20898. Your gift will be an important element in our
continued success. As always, we also ask for your prayers as we continue
in this non-profit ministry. Thank you!

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6. Adam's Last Word.

We are sending weekly eNewsletters this year from Thanksgiving through
Christmas. We hope to have something new and exciting for you in each
Advent issue.

Our next issue, on Dec. 22, will feature a guest article by a wonderful
columnist for USA Today, Mr. Craig Wilson.

Books make wonderful gifts! Please do at least some of your Christmas
shopping at www.ChiRhoPress.com!

The Epistle reading last Sunday, December 10, 2000, the second Sunday of
Advent, struck our Editor/Office Manager Kevin Stone Fries so much that he
wrote me e-mail about it Sunday afternoon. When I reread it, our faithful
readers and supporters were brought to my mind. Allow me please to share it
with you here:

"I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine
for you all making my prayer with joy, thankful for your partnership in the
gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure that the one who began a
good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It
is right for me to feel thus about you all, because I hold you in my heart,
for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in
the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I
yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer
that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for
the day of Christ, filled with the fruits of righteousness which come
through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God."
Philippians 1:3-11.

I wish you all joy in this holiday season. May God continue to bless you
throughout Advent and Christmas.
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We are glad you are partners with us here at Chi Rho Press. We are eager
for your comments, your suggestions, your assistance with selling our books, and
your own purchases! And of course, we covet your prayers for this ministry.

Grace and peace,

Adam DeBaugh, Director
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