Making The Decision Context matters as local churches, camps, and retreat centers make decisions about canceling or postponing events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each local …
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Canceling Summer Programs: When Camps, Trips, and VBS Cannot Go On
In the weeks and months ahead church leaders will have to make tough decisions about summer programs. Whether we are canceling, moving forward, postponing, scaling back, or moving …
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Webinar: Children’s Literature for Ministry
Children's literature can be used in a variety of ways from preaching to children's chapel and far beyond. In this webinar, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard and Miriam McKenney share …
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This Feels Hard Because It Is.
I don't know about you, but last week felt like a year to me. I was really doing alright. The days were long, but we had some small victories on Zoom, FaceBook, and with an old …
This Changes Everything: Day Camp Bible Study (Lutheran Outdoor Ministries)
This Changes Everything: Day Camp Bible Study Note: Because this is a perennial VBS, the review has not been updated since it was originally written. Cost: $100.00 …
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MennoMedia & Brethren Press: Great Big Beautiful World
Plant seeds of faith in your children and watch them grow! Great Big Beautiful World invites children to explore, celebrate, and care for God's creation. Five Bible stories lead …
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God’s Garden, God’s City (THE SUNDAY PAPER)
God’s Garden, God’s City is a five-day program specifically designed for churches interested in investigating the arc of the faith story from the Book of Genesis through Revelation …
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Webinar: After the Survey: Using Assessment Tools to Empower Lay Ministry
There are many different assessment tools for ministry including Spiritual Gifts inventories, CliftonStrengths, and more. No matter which one you choose, they can be helpful for …
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St. Paul’s Lent-in-a-Bag 2020
Lent has historically been a time of fasting, penitence, almsgiving, prayer and study for those being baptized, reconciled, and those wishing to grow closer to God. Currently, …