Eleven years ago, I left the parish where I had been a staff member for children’s ministries for 26 years, and joined a small, …
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How To Write A Land Acknowledgement For Your Parish
This land is your land, but it once was my landBefore we sold you Manhattan IslandYou pushed my nation to the reservationThis land …
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Webinar: Connecting Your Community – Integrating Social Media
About this Webinar Social media for ministry is more than learning how to use the tools, it requires building a strategy for …
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How to Reflect on our COVID Experience While We are Still Going Through It
This summer marks a critical moment in our COVID-19 journey. As we plan for the upcoming program year, I worry that our desire for …
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A Second Pandemic Program Year: Finding Handholds
My small parish in central North Carolina started gathering for Sunday morning in-person worship again a month ago. Literally, we …
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Predominantly White Churches & Racial Justice: Discern the Next Right Thing
Emily P. Freeman wrote a book and has a blog entitled "The Next Right Thing" (she has a podcast by that name too!). Emily's work …
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Results Are In: Here’s what we learned from our June 2021 Reader Survey
In June 2021, the Building Faith team conducted a 10-question reader survey. A total of 336 people responded. Here's what we …
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Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Practical Steps to Increasing Intergenerationality
My earliest memory of church was when I was four years old at a women’s gathering at my church. I don’t remember if there were …
A Gentle Regathering: Practical Resources for Tending to Grief & Loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful in ways that many people have never before experienced. The extended length, level of …
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What Does Welcome Look Like? Welcoming and Affirming Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Folks in our Churches
“I saw you were accepting of people like me and I wanted to find out how I could join.” A simple email from a local transgender …