from Living the Good News Pentecost was the second of the three great annual festivals of Israel, the others being Passover and the feast of Tabernacles. The festival was often called the feast of Weeks because it took place seven complete weeks, or 50 days, after the Passover. Jews from all over the world came to Jerusalem for this festival, more than [...]
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Choosing a curricular resource is an important decision. It is one that you can hopefully live with for at least two or three years. But remember, curriculum (currere = a course to be run) is a tool to help you and your student get from “one place to another.” It is hopefully one of a variety of resources you will tap into to help others along their spiritual journey and faith development.
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In response to continuing declining numbers of members in mainline churches in the U.S., a loosely hinged group of stewardship staff and consultants is adopting a new approach to stewardship and annual giving campaigns.
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It’s not yet Spring and the groundhog saw his shadow, so Winter is still supposed to be with us for awhile. But many teams of church educators and volunteers have begun the annual process of planning for summer – which means Vacation Bible School.
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Not only is this on-line class feeding the souls of individual members who can’t physically be part of a small group in the church building, parishioners who would never have had come together at any other Church program are getting to know and trust one another.
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“Seeking God’s Justice for All” is the third part of an ongoing Lifelong Faith Formation resource from The Episcopal Church to support their repudiation and renouncing the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a set of legal and ecclesiastical documents and policies which gave the full blessing and sanction of the Church to the colonizing dispossession (genocide) of [...]
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Lent is an important time to go into the interior crevices of our lives and communities, and ponder yet again who is there, and what voices we are hearing. Elder abuse is often a silent voice as it occurs within the noise of our living.
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This is the perfect time of year to include nature in your formation activity plans. Both church and secular occasions already in place in the calendar offer an easy entry point.
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Spiritually and physically, we are one big family, sharing the earth with an array of other species. Yet for many, nature is left behind on the church doorstep, a missing presence in church life.
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With all the preparation that Advent has encouraged, how do we hear the story of a couple far from their home, nestled in the scratchy, smelly floor of a stable preparing to give birth to God’s son? How can we hear an age-old story again as if it were for the first-time? What makes the retelling of the story important?
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Most churches have a “one-size-fits-all” ministry for young people. What is offered is what is available, and if that doesn’t work for a particular youth or young adult, he or she usually gets lost in the shuffle.
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It’s that time of year when we are gearing up to begin Church School and programs in our churches. It’s also a time of gathering leaders for training and support to start the year off with everyone fresh, with renewed energy after a summer hiatus.
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