Teaching Tips Archives - Building Faith

A Path of Support and Discovery: Mentoring for Formation Leaders

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

Bible study in community can be a profoundly enriching experience for adults. Familiar stories can spark fresh insights. A text by …

When you need to choose a resource, a prayer, or even a group game for a formation program, the theological dimensions of that …

After phone calls, emails, text messages, and social media queries here are three Educational Planning Calendars for your …

Every year at our Maundy Thursday service, I told the story of Jesus’ Last Passover. Usually, the children joined me at the front …

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 …

Asking the big, hard questions of faith with children is beautiful and challenging work. Even as we hope to nurture their …

Gender, like so many other aspects of human identity, exists on a spectrum. I’m a non-binary trans Episcopal priest, and …

If I were asked to teach a digital faith formation class two years ago, I would have written out my flipchart notes onto …