Looking for the “best” intergenerational ministry curriculum? There are a variety of options from different publishers and …
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Looking for the “best” intergenerational ministry curriculum? There are a variety of options from different publishers and …
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In Fashion Me A People: Curriculum in the Church (1989), Maria Harris writes, "Now we are in a time of movement toward …
How many times have you sat down with your leadership team to plan a program and the first question posed is, What’s our theme? …
In the decade I have been serving in Christian education, I have found that it is necessary to have a few “back-pocket” ideas that …
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Creating our lending library, which we call our “Theological Library for Young People,” has been a result of focused, slow, and …
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As someone who has a heart for service, I make that a big part of my own family and my ministry at church. One of the most common …
During a recent workshop on Soulful Planning, my co-presenter asked participants to share a current ministry challenge in the chat …
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Back in December, I dug the signage for our Christmas Eve Services out of storage and put it in front of the church. Despite all …
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"A more positive approach is to see Halloween as an opportunity for celebration of God’s goodness in rescuing us from darkness …
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There were so many things I didn’t know when I became a mother. I didn’t know how to change a diaper; the hospital nurse showed …
The Compendium of the Church Mice, the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod's free, year-long Sunday …
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"Let’s be real. Let’s not look only to the sky for rescue. Let’s look into the face of our brothers and sisters and there we will …
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