Lenten Program with Children Will your church be using Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John for Lent? Meeting Jesus is a …
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Lenten Program with Children Will your church be using Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John for Lent? Meeting Jesus is a …
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"The ministry of an acolyte is built upon a formative system of development that is changeless, consistent, powerful, and …

"We started with just three families for several months. I always call this time 'the growing pains of starting something new.' …
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Throughout my career as a minister I have participated in many Vacation Bible School weeks, and regardless of the church or the …

A few weeks before writing this article I saw a tweet from British comedian, actress, and writer Bethany Black. It’s the kind of …

At many churches, teens and tweens are invited to help with Vacation Bible School to create wonderful multi-age programs that …

The late Marianne Micks, a professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, who published widely on baptism, writes, “Most of us are …
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Every year it seems to get harder to find adult volunteers for a full week of VBS. Very early on in my ministry, I decided that we …

Over the years, the Center for the Ministry of Teaching’s (CMT) Top Picks have consistently come from the same three or four …

The Episcopal Church is rooted in a history of preparing individuals for proclaiming the Gospel locally and internationally since …
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