Bonus Book List
Remember -- Read 1 of these books, and it will count as 2 books in that category!
Remember -- Read 1 of these books, and it will count as 2 books in that category!
Education for Mission:
2021 -- What About Our Money? A Faith Response: United Methodist Women Mission Study
2023 – Susan Angeline Collins: With a Hallelujah Heart
2024 – I’m Black. I’m Christian. I’m Methodist.
2024 – The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Leadership Development:
2021 -- Youth – Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
2023 – All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
2024 – Our Strangely Warmed Hearts: Coming Out into God’s Call
Nurturing for Community:
2021 -- Women United for Change: 150 Years in Mission (Mission Study Book 2019)
2023 – Land is not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery, The
Social Action:
2019 – Nobody Cries When We Die
2019 – Walking on Lava
2019 – “We Are All Fast Food Workers Now”
2022 – Pushout
2023 – Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Spiritual Growth:
2021 - Practicing Resurrection: The Gospel of Mark and Radical Discipleship (Mission Study)
2022 – Finding Peace in an Anxious World
2023 – Youth -- Community in the Midst of Challenging Times: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2023 – Children – Our Growing Tree—From Self-Love to the Beloved Community and All of God’s Creation:
A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2023 – Who Can We Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2024 – Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
2024 – Youth – Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Note: For the Spiritual Growth Bonus Books, you must participate in or lead one of the Mission
studies in order to receive Reading Program credit. You may attend or lead the 8-part
Mission u study either in a conference/district Mission u context or in your own local
context (church, unit, otherwise) to receive Bonus Book credit. If you read the study
but do not lead/participate in a group, it counts as only one credit.
2021 -- What About Our Money? A Faith Response: United Methodist Women Mission Study
2023 – Susan Angeline Collins: With a Hallelujah Heart
2024 – I’m Black. I’m Christian. I’m Methodist.
2024 – The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Leadership Development:
2021 -- Youth – Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
2023 – All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
2024 – Our Strangely Warmed Hearts: Coming Out into God’s Call
Nurturing for Community:
2021 -- Women United for Change: 150 Years in Mission (Mission Study Book 2019)
2023 – Land is not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery, The
Social Action:
2019 – Nobody Cries When We Die
2019 – Walking on Lava
2019 – “We Are All Fast Food Workers Now”
2022 – Pushout
2023 – Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Spiritual Growth:
2021 - Practicing Resurrection: The Gospel of Mark and Radical Discipleship (Mission Study)
2022 – Finding Peace in an Anxious World
2023 – Youth -- Community in the Midst of Challenging Times: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2023 – Children – Our Growing Tree—From Self-Love to the Beloved Community and All of God’s Creation:
A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2023 – Who Can We Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Mission Study)
2024 – Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
2024 – Youth – Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Note: For the Spiritual Growth Bonus Books, you must participate in or lead one of the Mission
studies in order to receive Reading Program credit. You may attend or lead the 8-part
Mission u study either in a conference/district Mission u context or in your own local
context (church, unit, otherwise) to receive Bonus Book credit. If you read the study
but do not lead/participate in a group, it counts as only one credit.