DREAMS FULFILLED

In this highly-anticipated rerelease, Fran Jones revisits the most trying aspects of her life’s journey and invites readers to reflect on the painful experiences that shaped her deaconess ministry. She draws on these experiences to demonstrate the imperativeness of meeting the needs of today’s women in insightful, practical, spiritual, and professional ways. Now with book and workbook under one cover, she aims to equip deaconesses for work in the pews and in their communities.	Reverend Shirley Y. Cobb takes readers on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and forgiveness as she challenges women to recognize their closet captors, break free from their captors’ chains, arise, and come out of their closets. Cobb combines personal testimony with godly wisdom and practical exercises (available in companion workbook) to help readers discover their identities in Christ. Coming Out of the Closet is the perfect guide for any woman who wants to reclaim her freedom.	On Occasion is an intimate collection of poetry that reveals Bernadette Sharp Melvin’s thoughts about issues close to home. Her poems tell stories about men and women who have left an imprint on her heart in some way, great or small. It is a spirited work that encourages, teaches, and entertains, and it is sure to touch the hearts of those who have loved, lost, and persevered.
The Odyssey of Yaqui is the tale of a young, African male's transition from boyhood to manhood. As he journeys on the crossroads of life toward adulthood, he learns and experiences situations that ensure him to become a great role model and leader. Through the odyssey, he earns the love and respect of the African people, undoes wrongdoings, and finds his queen in the process.	Before and Beyond the Niagara Movement: As the Youth See It offers lesson plans and materials suitable for use in classrooms, study groups, and youth programs. These lesson plans allow young people to learn key concepts from the 1905 Niagara Movement and apply them to their own lives and circumstances. The curriculum includes handouts and documents and Before and Beyond allows educators and youth groups to build upon and apply historical lessons from the past.	The Training with a Purpose Workbook is a guide written to help youth think critically. Readers are challenged to reflect on their beliefs, their goals, and their actions, and they are taught how to make positive, thoughtful decisions that will help make the world a better place.
In The 21st Century Deaconess: Meeting the Urban Challenge, Deaconess Fran A. Jones and Pastor John L. McCoy, D.Min. come together to share their wisdom and experience in addressing one of the toughest challenges facing churches today, meeting the needs of young women in a way that is practical, compassionate, godly driven, and spiritually significant. This text is thoughtful and honest in the way it discusses the tools needed for progress.	The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Support Employees is the story of a fed-up administrative assistant. On the day she resigns, she gives her manager a memo detailing what she believes is management’s contribution to the grief of her position. She insists she is not bitter, but she probably shouldn’t be the judge.
Entrepreneur and former teacher Sheilah Gill takes readers on a joy ride and schools them about living life to the fullest in her first book Get a Life and Live It. Gill insightfully explains how to map your journey, navigate roadblocks, and reach your final destination. With Gill’s direction, readers will learn how to take control of their lives, grab the steering wheel, follow the signs, and drive passionately and confidently down the road of Life.

DREAMS FULFILLED

The Training with a Purpose Workbook is a guide written to help youth think critically. Readers are challenged to reflect on their beliefs, their goals, and their actions, and they are taught how to make positive, thoughtful decisions that will help make the world a better place.