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Every Invite book carries a name worth knowing. Some you may recognize right away. Others you're about to meet. All of us write in the Wesleyan tradition, and all of us write for the person in the pew, not only the scholar in the study. Browse the full roster below. Each name opens to their story and everything they've written for Invite.

Dan Metzger

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Dan Metzger

Dan Metzger is the Senior Pastor of St. Marks United Methodist Church in Findlay, Ohio. After receiving his Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, Dan began serving churches throughout west Ohio. Dan and his wife Holly have three amazing daughters: Adelyn, Renee, and Emilia. Dan is passionate about helping people find and tell their own stories of life change through Jesus.

The How (Not) to Ruin Christmas Kit

Don't Miss the Miracle of God's Greatest Gift

Forget peace on earth — you just want some peace at your dinner table!

Dan Metzger’s How Not to Ruin Christmas is a funny, hopeful and heartwarming little book that names the real reason why so many of us struggle during the holidays. Share the message of the book with your entire church this year. Help your community shift their perspective, reclaim the wonder of the season, and experience Christmas like never before…from the inside out.

In this kit you will find all the goals, strategy, and tactical steps you need to make it happen.

The kit includes:

  • One paperback copy of the CORE BOOK, How (Not) to Ruin Christmas by Dan Metzger
  • One digital (EPUB) copy of the core book, How (Not) to Ruin Christmas by Dan Metzger
  • A 25-day Advent DAILY DEVOTIONAL, based on the material from the book
  • A downloadable WELCOME LETTER from the author that includes the overview on the contents of the kit
  • DIGITAL ASSETS for promoting the campaign to your church and community that will be available in your Invite account
  • A 25-day fillable JOURNAL 
  • A How (Not) to Ruin Christmas BOOKMARK
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How (Not) to Ruin Christmas (Paperback)

Don't Miss the Miracle of God's Greatest Gift

You want to have a good Christmas. Really, you do. But every year, something steals your joy. Could that something be you?

At Christmas, there’s lots of talk about comfort and joy…but the reality of the season is often less-than-jolly.

The holidays have a way of underscoring grief, magnifying divisions, and creating chaos in the fragile balance of our busy lives.

Forget peace on earth — you just want some peace at your dinner table.

Is there anything you can do to make Christmas all you wish it could be?

How (Not) to Ruin Christmas is a funny, hopeful, and heartwarming guide that will help you replace worry with hope, conflict with peace, misery with joy, and selfishness with love, even in the chaos of the holiday season.

Through humorous personal tales and the unedited, messy story of the first Christmas, you will discover that Christmas was never about the absence of pain and struggle but about God’s light piercing the darkness – a light that still shines in our lives, 365 days a year.

Without adding one more thing to your to-do list, How (Not) to Ruin Christmas will inspire you to shift your perspective, reclaim the wonder of the season, and experience Christmas like you never have before…from the inside out.

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How (Not) to Ruin Christmas Daily Devotional

Stop stealing your peace and start experiencing true joy at the holidays.  Use this little book of daily devotions, based on the book How (Not) to Ruin Christmas, for each day of the holiday season this year.  The 25 included devotions are built according to the Advent Season in the Christian Calendar and are good for individual and group study.  

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