"The best hunts allow for teams or small groups to get to know one another as they get to know their church home. These hunts ask for more than a one-word answer about different …
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Finish Strong: How to Celebrate Pentecost, Honor Youth, Thank Volunteers, And Avoid a Three-Ring Circus
"An intergenerational service of formation and worship is one way to bring all of the things 'we need to do' at the end of the program year into a celebration of the spiritual …
When To Do Youth Sunday? EVERY Sunday
"I want us as a church to turn away from the easy stereotype of a once-a-year Youth Sunday and towards a more spirit-filled and life-giving model of youth led …
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Urban Ministry: A Conversation with Ramelle McCall
"These folks are up for new things. If I can use my leadership to make the right connections and help Holy Trinity to serve the community, they'll go for it. My job is to encourage …
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(Re)Discovering the Adult Catechumenate: The Path of Discipleship
"The catechumenate evolved to be a process that nurtured growth in faith and ‘experiencing a change of heart’ to truly be a follower of Christ within a community." From Membership …
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Webinar: Forming Faithful Stewards
"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be …
Choosing a New Curriculum? Read This First!
"Take a step back to look at the church as a whole, its strengths and weaknesses, its character or ethos, its beliefs and faith identity, among other factors." Matching Resources …
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On Ash Wednesday: A Word from St. Francis
"May we be able to follow in the footprints of Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and, by Your grace alone, may we make our way to You." Who Was Francis of …
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Epiphany and the Baptism of our Lord
"And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to …
Confirmation Through the Generations
Through the Ages: 20s By Dorothy Linthicum Hattie Strange, Chicago, Illinois “I did everything backward,” said Hattie Strange in describing her confirmation experience. She was …