Bookstore - St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church/The Anglican Internet Church

We offer a unique collection of prayer, study and other publications in both traditional print form and electronic format. Our eBooks have been tested for use with portable reader devices sold by Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple as well as laptop and desktop computers. eBooks do not currently include illustrations. 100% of the proceeds benefits the parish and helps the Anglican Internet Church Internet ministry grow. For print orders, purchase of more than one book shipped at the same time can result in reduced shipping & handling charges. When used on laptop or desktop computer you will need the free Abode Reader program. See below for a link to download your copy of the latest version.

For A.D. 2012, we've planned several new works to be offered in both print and eBook editions: A Pocket Book of the Psalms; Catenae on the Psalms; The Real Meaning of "Catholic," and Christian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God.

Two ways to order: By Check Send a list of the books you want and a check payable to payable to St. Chrysostom Church) to 7162 Soft Wind Lane, Mechanicsville, VA 23111-5623. By PayPal Click the Add to Cart button and indicate quantity.

PRAYERS COLLECTIONS

You won't find these convenient, pocket-sized books anywhere else. They were designed to be carried in your shirt, suit or coat pocket, where they can be accessed any convenient time, whether on a bus or subway, airplane, car pool, or break room at school or at work. They were collected to help modern Christians return to the historic roots of the Church Universal in the West and in the East.

PRAYERS IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION (3rd Edition) Listen to more

From ancient sacramentaries, missals, prayer books, and document collections from the 1st through the 20th Century comes this collection of prayers from the various branches of the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian traditions, plus several catenae, or prayers based on Scripture. Includes prayers by John Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Richard of Chichester, the Venerable Bede, William Laud, Alcuin of York, Serapion, Jeremy Taylor and John of Damascus. Divided into nine sections: Prayers to the Father; Prayers to the Son; Prayers to the Holy Spirit; Prayers to the Holy Trinity; Morning Prayers; Noonday Prayers; Evening Prayers; Other Prayers; and Special Prayers.

Print edition: Cover art copyright 2008 Corinne M. Shibley. All rights reserved. Text copyright 2005, 2007, 2008 St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church, Inc. Pocket size, 4.25" x 5.5" with soft cover. 104 pp. Requested donation: $20.00 plus $2.50 shipping & handling.

A COMPANION PROGRAM for these Prayer Collections:

If you have an interest in our Prayer Collections, you might also enjoy The Anglican Hour's Christian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God, currently available as videos on our UStream channel or as Podcasts in MP3 format.

Watch the videos using the live links on the Anglican Hour page. Visit Anglican Hour now Listen to the MP3 files from the Christian Spirituality page. Visit Christian Spirituality NOW .

Any of the Prayers Collections make excellent companion reading to Christian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God.

Christian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God will be published in expanded form as an eBook early in 2012.

HEAR US, O LORD: DAILY OFFICES FOR THE LAITY Listen to more

This handy, pocket-sized book makes it easy for any Christian to say
First Hour (6 AM), Third Hour (9 AM), Sixth Hour (12 Noon), Ninth Hour (3 PM), Vespers (5 or 6 PM or local sundown), and Compline (before bed) based on Anglican, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox usage. Say them aloud or silently anywhere and at any time that 10 to 12 minutes is available. Responses in bold type for group use.

Print edition: Pocket size 4.25" x 5.5" with soft cover. 60 pp. Requested donation: $15.00 plus $2.50 shipping & handling.

AWESOME PRAYERS TO OUR AWESOME GOD
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Awesome Prayers was published as an antidote to the rampant secularism in the world today and the revisionist tendencies of many denominations. It is an ideal companion book to our Chrisitian Spirituality: "Seeing" the Face of God program on UStream. Includes prayers adapted from 28 Psalms plus Exodus, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Jonah, Isaiah, Ephesians and Additions to Daniel. Six sections: Praise & Thanksgiving; Protection & Deliverance; Penitence; Righteousness; Songs of Praise; and Other Prayers. Cover design copyright 2009 Corinne M. Shibley is adapted from a quilt design based upon the Altar murals at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel, Richmond, VA.

Print edition: 4.25" x 5.5" Color covers front and back. 64 pp. Requested donation: $15.00 plus $2.50 shipping and handling.
eBook edition: General Index: Saints & Blesseds, Bishops, Archbishops; Other Persons, Places & Things; Offices, Prayers & Songs. Scripture Index: Old Testament & Apocrypha; New Testament. 67 pp. Color pdf of original cover art available on request. Requested donation: $9.95.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION STUDY PUBLICATIONS

The CESP publications were developed out of the Bible Study program at St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church, Richmond, Va. They offer a way to learn the traditional teachings of Christianity unaltered by modern, revisionists trends.

THE PRAYER BOOK PSALTER: HISTORY, TEXT & COMMENTARY Listen to more

This unique book is a must for anyone, clergy or laity, wishing to understand the Book of Psalms and how they are used in Anglican worship. Following a brief history of the Psalms and how they came to be printed in England and American Books of Common Prayer, this one-of-a-kind work offers complete text of all 150 Psalms followed by verse-by-verse commentary from the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and majority Protestant traditions. Following the Commentary is a complete listing of every Prayer Book usage of the each Psalm. The Glossary includes every person and place named in the Psalter, each entry cross-referenced to Psalm and verse number, plus historical and Scriptural cross-references. Cover art copyright 2008 Corinne M. Shibley includes insets from the stained glass windows by the renowned firm of Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel, Richmond, VA.

For more on the Chapel's collection of 46 unique stained glass windows by Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc., see our newest publication, Paintings of Light: the Stained Glass Windows of St. Joseph's Villa Chapel (currently available only in eBook format)

Print edition: 5.5" x 8.5" Color covers. Comb binding with plastic protective sheets. 344 pages. Requested donation: $35.00, plus $4.95 shipping and handling.

eBooks edition: Includes General Index and Scripture Index. 576 pages. Color pdf of cover available upon request. Requested donation: $19.95.

THE LAYMAN'S LEXICON: A HANDBOOK OF SCRIPTURAL, THEOLOGICAL & LITURGICAL TERMS Listen to more

Looking for convenient access to layman's language explanations of commonly-asked questions about Christian doctrine? Whether you are a clergyman writing a homily or a lay person looking for answers, you'll find this an invaluable resource for more than 300 words and phrases from Anglican liturgies, Scripture, hymns, canticles, and creeds of the Christian faith.

The Layman's Lexicon is not an encyclopedia but a handy, layman's language reference book explaining terms that commonly arise in Bible Study classes or after Church services, from Abba (Aramaic for father) to Zoe (Septuagint Greek for Eve). Scriptural or traditional sources are cited where appropriate.

Cover art copyright 2009 Corinne M. Shibley based on the Sanctuary Murals murals and stained glass windows at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel, Richmond, VA. For more on the stained glass windows, see Paintings on Light: the Stained Glass Windows of St. Joseph's Villa Chapel in the Other Publications section.

Print edition: 5.5" x 8.5" Color covers. Comb binding with plastic protective sheets front and back. 236 pp. Requested donation: $35.00, plus $4.95 shipping & handling. For previous purchasers of the print edition, please send an email requesting a pdf with a list of errata.
eBook edition: Includes a General Index (pp. 533-562) and Scripture Index (pp. 563-576) in two sections: Old Testament & Apocrypha and New Testament. 560 pp. Upon request, we can provide purchasers with a color pdf copy of the cover to the print version. Requested donation: $9.95

THE BELIEFS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
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The Beliefs of the Anglican Church is an entirely new, multi-media approach to teaching the traditional understanding of Christian doctrine in preparation for Confirmation. It is also intended as remedial instruction for those coming into Anglican jurisdiction from other denominations. It is free of any negative references to the traditions of other denominations and the intimidating question-and-answer format found in the Prayer Book catechisms that many people find intimidating.

Instead, the book, and its companion slide presentation (offered separately), teaches doctrine in a positive way, providing answers to all the questions asked in traditional catechism, offices of instruction and the Thirty-Nine Articles. The text offers a history of creeds and their purpose, followed by phrase-by-phrase explanations, with Scriptural authority where appropriate, of the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Commandments, and the Summary of the Law. Other sections explain the Anglican understanding of Scripture, including the Apocrypha; the seven Sacraments, and eight important doctrinal subjects: the Church, Grace, Faith, Sanctification, Mercy, Fear of the Lord, Sin and Prayer. The final chapters explain the Anglican Calendar, the Church Building, and Church Etiquette. Two new Catechisms, each based upon the 1928 Book of Common Prayer format but with modernized language consistent with the New King James Version of the Bible. The first Catechism is intended for use with young adults who were christened as children in an Anglican jurisdiction. The second Catechism is intended for use with those who background is is other denominations.

Print edition only: 5.5" x 8.5" Comb binding. Color covers. 106 pp. Requested Donation: $20.00, plus $2.50 shipping & handling).
Slide Presentation: The same material covered in the print edition is offered in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. The slides can be presented orally only, or, using the attached sound files, shown as an audio presentation in which the narrator reads the text. Divided into 10 sections for presentation over several sessions. Distributed on a CD. Requested Donation: $50.00. Please add $2.50 for shipping. Can be customized with title page for a specific clergyman or a parish at an additional cost of $25.00.

eBook edition: General Index and Scripture Index (in two sections: Old Testament & Apocrypha; New Testament. 143 pp. Requested Donation: $9.95.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

PAINTINGS ON LIGHT: THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF ST. JOSEPH'S VILLA CHAPEL

Text by the Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Shibley
Photographs by Fr. Shibley and Corinne M. Shibley

Our newest publication (available in December 15, 2011) offers a history of St. Joseph's Villa and the Chapel (consecrated 1931), a primer on stained glass windows in general and the firm of Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc., maker of our 46 stained glass windows and pictures with narrative of 44 of 46 windows (3 are identical). Also includes commentary on the Sanctuary Murals, the fourteen Stations of the Cross in the Nave and Transepts, the restoration of the Chapel by St. Chrysostom parish volunteers, and a picture/text "walking" tour of the Villa's $10 M campus upgrade for the 21st Century. The cover picture may differ from that shown.

DETAILS: 75 pages. full color, high resolution photographs taken with our new Nikon D5100 High-Resolution digital camera (All pictures full color except historical photographs), 125 illustrations. Bibliography. General Index. Scripture Index. Delivered only by electronic means (your email address required). REQUESTED DONATION: $20.00. If we can find a donor, a limited number of softcover editions could be published in 2012. All proceeds will be dedicated toward additional improvements to the Chapel and Chapel maintenance.

ST. CHRYSOSTOM EDITION BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

This new edition of our Book of Common Prayer is part of our commitment to bring the Anglican tradition into the Twenty-first Century. It is easy to hold, easy to read, and includes section titles with instructions on when to sit, stand, kneel or respond.

We've reformatted the St. Chrysostom Edition of the Book of Common Prayer into this eBook edition for the convenience of our Distance Members who watch services on our UStream Channel. We have changed our service format to include regular references to Page Numbers and section names, which are the same in both the Large Print version we use in the Chapel and in this eBook edition.

Text includes Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Holy Eucharist (two versions: 1928 and 1549), Litany, Penitential Office, Morning Office (Third Hour), Noon Office (Sixth Hour), Evening Office (Compline) and the full text of our special services for Christmas Eve (The "O" Antiphons service), Midnight Office for Christmas Eve (Midnight, 12/24), and special Holy Eucharist liturgies for Christmas Day, Maundy Thursday, Transfiguration and Ascension. Also included is the special Easter Morning Office for sunrise on Easter Day, a Deacon's Holy Eucharist based on the 1928 BCP, and our Anglican Litany for Healing. Not available except as an eBook.

eBook edition: Requested donation: $9.95.

FATHER RON'S KITCHEN COMPANION Listen to more

This is the 7th Edition of a small book Fr. Ron first published in the early 1980s. It was revised in its 6th Edition for use as a fund-raiser for our parish in August 2010. The eBook edition is intended to offer broader access and also raise funds for our local and Internet ministries.

The Kitchen Companion is an ideal addition to anyone's kitchen's cookbook collection or as an inexpensive gift that keeps on giving for friends, family, or business associates. Within its covers are special chapters, Eight Tips for Better Cooking and Herbs, Spices & Other Special Ingredients, a Guide to Sources, offering web addresses and phone numbers for difficult to find suppliers, and a Recipe Index. Includes 80+ pages of recipes, many with several variations, using family recipes, including several that Fr. Ron and his wife Corkie's gathered on trips to Hawai'i, as well as personal adaptations of classic recipes from Virginia and the American Southeast.

Print edition only: 5.5: x 8.5" Comb binding. Color covers with plastic protectors front and back. Color illustrations in the Guide to Sources. 104 pages. Requested donation: $25.00 plus $2.50 shipping and handling.

eBooks edition only: 267 pages. Requested donation: $15.00. Upon request, purchasers can obtain a color pdf of all illustrations from the print edition.

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