On Palm Sunday 2019, the children and youth of Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park, California, were invited to dive deeply into the story of Jesus' passion by engaging Stations …
Hospitality for Online & Onsite Participants During Hybrid Formation
Two years ago, I thought of “hybrid ministry” as something that cutting-edge, super- hip formation leaders were doing—not my intergenerational parish formation program led by a …
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Digital Faith Formation: 7 Practices for Intentional Gatherings
If I were asked to teach a digital faith formation class two years ago, I would have written out my flipchart notes onto PowerPoint slides and run my class exactly as I would have …
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Advent: Something is Coming! A Five-Week Intergenerational Resource
In 2021, I developed an Advent reflection series to go with the Seeking Shalom (Isaiah) resources that I had previously created, and I really loved doing it. People who …
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Walk, Love, Serve: A Service Learning Trip for Youth
In our congregation, the High School Youth Group participates in a short-term trip each summer. For summer 2021, we created a service learning trip. Given continued uncertainty …
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On The Road to Emmaus: Pondering, Playing, & Baking with Luke 24: 13-33
I used to spend my Sunday mornings working at a bakery, mixing up twenty-pound batches of brioche and shaping hundreds of soft rolls alongside a crew of three other bakers. We took …
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Asking Better Questions to Spark Faith Formation
A friend had recently committed to mentoring a teenage girl and asked me for help because she was having trouble getting into conversation with her new mentee. Her conventional …
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Thanksgiving Day: An Alternative View
Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1789 and as a federal holiday since 1885. The Episcopal Church numbers it among the major feasts in the Book of …
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Godly Play With Senior Adults
Are you using Godly Play in your ministry with older adults? In many ways the people who live in retirement homes or nursing care facilities, people who have lived long, full …
Prayers for Native American Day (Indigenous People’s Day) & Native American Heritage Month
For many people in Native American communities, the federal holiday Columbus Day serves as a painful reminder of the brutal European settlement and conquest of the Americas. These …