Due to the limitations on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, we dreamed up a way for people to safely enter into the Christmas story. We created a Journey to Bethlehem …
Community Outreach to Veterans: 5 Ways You Can Help
Veterans and service members may often experience difficulty when returning from active duty and preparing to re-enter civilian life. One way other citizens can show their …
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Pandemic Times in a Small Church: Using Our Gifts to Celebrate Our Gifts
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, diverse, welcoming congregation in a nearby town, …
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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 was stole by you from me.~A verse written by …
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What Does This Day Mean? Handout for The Feast of All Saints & Souls at Home
To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of the Feast of All Saints & Souls at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction In the New …
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Handouts for Observing Liturgical Seasons at Home
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Jennifer McNally and the Rev. Anna V. Ostenso Moore collaborated to create a series of two-page handouts to help households …
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Teens Teach Adults About Dismantling Racism
What happens when we let young people lead? Members of Calvary Episcopal Church are not new to being led by our youth: we’ve hosted events to raise money for Heifer Fair, served …
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Story as a Path to Healing: An Activity for Youth
Brené Brown says the two most powerful words when we are in struggle are: “Me too.” These simple words can lift us out of loneliness in seconds. To know we are not alone. To …
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Plan a Virtual Juneteenth Celebration
Juneteenth (“June” plus “nineteenth”) is a day that marked the beginning of the journey towards justice, accountability, and reconciliation in the United States. On June 19, 1865, …
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Obras de Navidad: la alegría de los niños inmersa en las Escrituras
"Las experiencias educativas más vívidas y duraderas que puede tener un niño son las que involucran teatro". ¿Por qué hacer una obra de Navidad? ¿Por qué volverse aún loco …
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