Blog – Page 10

Evaluating a Program: One Church’s Process and Lessons Learned

About a year ago, our Children’s Formation Committee decided to make a big change to the children's formation program. Our …

When I started at St. John’s in Olney, Maryland, the church's biggest challenge was children's ministry. In its recent past, the …

Trekking below summer storm clouds, I climbed to a generous overlook of the town we’d lived in for two weeks. My first mission …

Imagine you had flour, sugar, baking soda, and water in front of you. What might you make? Even if you don’t bake, things like …

Recruiting volunteers is an active activity. Let me say that again. Recruitment is an active activity. Actually, let me restate …

If you have enough volunteers on your team and in your ministry, stop reading this now. Take the next few minutes to grab a drink, …

"Do you really want me? I do not have any experience.”Have you approached someone about becoming a formation leader and heard this …

The Juneteenth Diocesan Feast Day and liturgy grew out of a Diocese of California Resolution passed in 2021. The resolution …

Summer can be a great time to dive into a book or two (or more!). If you want to do some summer reading and would like to add a …

June is Pride Month in the U.S. To help Christian communities amplify and learn from the stories of people who identify as …