AMONG recent booklets from Grove Books is EV114 Hosting Mary and Joseph: Posada: An Advent experience for your community, by Jacqui Horton and Susanna Gunner, in the Evangelism series. The authors, a Methodist and an Anglican, explain the tradition of bringing figures of the Holy Family into the public realm during Advent, provide case studies and reflections, liturgical resources, and a sample letter to hosts (£3.95 (£3.55); 978-1-85174-974-4).

Alan Stanley’s The Challenge of the Funeral Celebrant: A mission opportunity for the Church, W224 in the Grove Worship series, advocates recognising the vocation of some lay Christians to be funeral celebrant (£3.95 (£3.55); 978-1-85174-945-4).