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 …
Live Clue: Bring the Board Game to Life for Youth & Adults
I love doing fun and creative events with my youth group. One of these special events is a LIVE CLUE Night. Do you know the classic detective board game? We play it in person! This …
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How to Develop an Action Map to Help you Achieve Goals
Have you ever gone to a conference where you learned some good stuff that you knew could make a difference to your congregation? And then you come home, and life happens and before …
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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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A Second Pandemic Program Year: Finding Handholds
My small parish in central North Carolina started gathering for Sunday morning in-person worship again a month ago. Literally, we have physically received Communion together during …
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Praying Our Sorrows with Our Bodies
Knowing that a child’s body holds their sorrows, I suspected that when I returned to Haven House (a transitional facility for families without homes), we’d need to engage with our …
Results Are In: Here’s what we learned from our June 2021 Reader Survey
In June 2021, the Building Faith team conducted a 10-question reader survey. A total of 336 people responded. Here's what we learned! Who is our audience? Lay & Ordained …
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Time to Rekindle Relationships: 9 Fall Ideas for Intergenerational Ministry
We started as old and new friends for a Saturday morning book club at a coffee shop. We read and discussed the first chapter of the first book and then decided it was more …
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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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Marking Milestones During a Pandemic
On Thursday, March 5th, 2020, I eagerly packed the trunk of my tan 1998 Toyota Corolla to travel from my hometown to Western Massachusetts. There have been many times that I have …