"Over the past year, we’ve rotated through a set of four collects, since the repetition fosters their confidence in leading." Searching for Prayers All Saints’ Children’s …
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Book Review: The Book of Comic Prayer
"Such a program can draw the entire congregation into a specific model of theological reflection that transcends the generations." You Drew What?! Picture, if …
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Social Media Sunday
"Social Media Sunday, with the hashtag #SMS18, can easily integrate into worship, fellowship time, or even beyond with faith formation opportunities." Social Media Sunday is …
Curriculum Review: TeenText
"TeenText helps youth connect Scripture with their lives by helping them get out of their heads and into their hearts." What is TeenText? TeenText is a Lectionary-based, …
Slip n Slide Kickball
Kiddie pools + plastic sheeting + water = silly, cool fun during these last hot days of summer! Dog Days of Summer We have reached that …
Does your Church Have Benchmarks for Christian Education?
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor." -Luke 2:52 What is a Benchmark? The term 'benchmark' comes from the world of surveying and …
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Fruits in Due Season: Growing Faith in the Summer Months
"For grace and love and are to our souls, what water and sunlight are to the tiniest seeds in the earth: vital for growing healthy, ripe, delicious fruit." Summer is a …
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We Invited our High School Youth back to Sunday School: And they Came!
"How do we honor the demands on your time, while ensuring that the adults who faithfully prepare lessons have enough critical mass of teens in the room to teach?" High School …
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9 Ways for Churches to Stay Connected with Parishioners Over the Summer
"They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper." - Psalm 1:3 Summer for …
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Honoring Communion without First Communion: One Church Strikes a Balance
"The children’s lessons focus on Holy Eucharist - which some of the children have taken since they were infants, yet others have never experienced." Children and Communion The age …
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