In our current culture, both youth and adults struggle to make consistent long term commitments such as showing up to youth group every Sunday evening for nine months. But we found …
Pew Cards: 4 Approaches to Communicating “Children Welcome”
Fully welcoming children in worship, with their wiggles and super loud whispers, can be a starting point for welcoming other folks who do not look, sound, smell, or act like the …
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VBS Update: Roar!
Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary has a long history of providing Vacation Bible School Reviews to equip Christian Formation practitioners in making informed …
The Best VBS Programs of 2019
The Reviews Are In! Each year Lifelong Learning at VTS compiles reviews on Vacation Bible School programs for the current year. We believe that VBS helps churches spread the Good …
Webinar: Addressing Racial Injustice: Equipping Congregations
Faith Communities Address Diversity and Racial Justice Learn from this conversation about racial justice and why people of faith should be engaged in working towards an equitable …
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Editoral: Winter 2019 Special Issue
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1). This issue of Episcopal Teacher is focused on the Center for the Ministry of …
Profile: Sharon Ely Pearson
The Center for the Ministry of Teaching (CMT) has both influenced Sharon Ely Pearson as it has been influenced by her life and work. A 2003 graduate of the M.A.C.E. program at …
Profile: Helen Barron
One paragraph in The Book of Common Prayersums up the ministry of Helen Barron, a lay powerhouse who coordinated the development of two important curricula, supported …
Profile: John Palarine
John Palarine’s journey in the Church began with a revelation he had in Minnesota, where he lived as a child. On his own, he had located a church to attend without his parents. …
Building on the Legacy of the CMT in a Changing World
Life is flux … The only thing that is constant is change. -Heraclitus of Ephesus, 535 BC The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. …
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