The juxtaposition of these two would-be opposites, popularized by Robert Webber in his numerous writings on the effects of the early church on contemporary …
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Blue Christmas: Descrption and Service Outline
God, let all of us find some peaceful forgettings and peaceful rememberings, a good friend to listen to our story again, and, at last, a still place within …
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Curriculum & The Church
by Sharon Ely Pearson They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. All who believed were together and had all …
Spiritual Disciplines: Inward, Outward, Corporate
Spiritual practices help us see Jesus more clearly. They can help us pay attention to God's grace all around us. The Celebration of Discipline (HarperCollins, 1998) by Richard …
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Digging Deeper: Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
"Into this darkness the twenty-fifth of December comes as a celebration of the invincibility of the Light." What is Advent? The time of preparation for Christmas, …
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Messy Church
"The church leadership decided to try to do something for all ages together, partly out of a belief that we grow best as a church when we walk the journey with as many different …
www.buildfaith.org: Church Publishing’s Ecumenical Online Community for Christian Educators Takes Off!
For Immediate Release November 10, 2010 (New York, NY) - Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI) has launched www.buildfaith.org, an ecumenical online community expressly designed …
Why Start a Children’s Chapel?
Children can be familiarized with the order and flow of a worship service, even if they're not in church with Mom and Dad. Then, when young people do join their parents in …