Life is flux … The only thing that is constant is change. -Heraclitus of Ephesus, 535 BC The grass withers, the flower fades, …
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CMT Ushered Christian Formation into a New Era
When the Center for the Ministry of Teaching (CMT) opened at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in 1984, the heyday of the …
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Profile: Maria Harris
In 1989, Maria Harris, a Roman Catholic educator, published Fashion Me a People: Curriculum in the Church, and Christian …
Profile: John H. Westerhoff
In the mid 1970s John Westerhoff, theologian and educator, began a campaign in the church to move from a schooling model of …
Profile: Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
With her signature pragmatism and humility, Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook acknowledged, “Most of what I do as academic dean of a seminary …
Profile: Jerome Berryman
Jerome Berryman has been connected with the Center for the Ministry of Teaching (CMT) since its early years, as the development of …
Profile: Verna Dozier
Verna J. Dozier, a teacher and Bible scholar who lived from 1917 to 2006, was a gifted lay person who was tapped by Virginia …
Building a Staff for VBS
VBS staffing is a chicken and egg question. Do you begin by building a team of volunteers, which will determine the number of …
Creating an Agenda for the Future of Faith Formation
We are on the doorstep of a new decade. So many of the trends and challenges we experience today were just emerging as this decade …
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Should We Offer VBS at Our Church?
If you are reading this publication, it’s because you are already hosting Vacation Bible School or are thinking about offering it …