Each member of the crew receives a handknit gift, arriving in a cheerful package with handwritten cards, a greeting from the chaplain and other small Christmas gifts. What …
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Prayers for Children’s Sabbath
Sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund, the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Celebration is a way for faith communities to celebrate children as sacred gifts …
Our New Confirmation Class: “Create Dignity”
"I care very much who you are as human beings and so Confirmation this year will be focused on creating the dignity of others." Rethinking Confirmation Class It took me a …
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Trunk or Treat
"You can just have the Trunk-or-Treat part outside or you can have a combined indoor/outdoor party." Catching On More and more churches seem to be holding a Trunk-or-Treat as a way …
The Sunday School Movement
When an 18th Century England newspaper editor, Robert Raikes, looked out his kitchen window one Sunday morning in 1781 and saw children playing in the Glouchester streets – the …
Stop Hunger Now: An Event for Re-Thinking Food
"As I was preparing the beautiful, fresh, local, food, I was also thinking about the fact that the $120 for that dinner would have fed 480 people in the Stop Hunger Now …
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Ministry On (and Off) the Field
Lisa Chisholm-Holms is the Baptismal Ministry Formation Missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa (Canada). This article was originally published in the Anglican …
Recorded Keynote by John Westerhoff: “Changing Times, Changing Responses”
"Changing Times, Changing Responses" was the title of the keynote address given by The Rev. Dr. John Westerhoff at the Children, Youth and a New Kind of Christianity …
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How to Reach Young Adults
The following is taken from an article by Anthony B. Robinson about Generation Next, posted on Duke Divinity School's Faith & Leadership column. 8 Tips For Reaching Young …
Digging Deeper: Jesus and his Teaching Milieu
"We can read the gospels in a new light when we see Jesus as a teacher in this milieu. Like many other Jewish teachers, Jesus gathered to himself disciples who were eager to learn …
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