For our Confirmation Retreat, I created a series of activities around the baptismal promises that invited movement, reflection, …
Gifts of a Digital Confirmation Class: Embracing a Family-Based Model
When the Building Faith team heard about how one parish was reimagining Confirmation during this time of being church in …
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When Should Children First Receive Communion? Responding to Questions from Parents
Children's faces light up as I crouch down a bit to give them a communion wafer. They spread their fingers as wide as they …
Carpe Sacramentum! Parish-Wide Formation for Confirmation, Reception and Renewal of Vows
As whole congregations participate in the formation of new Christians, every person is invited to go deeper into their own vows, …
Explore Baptism with Children Through Storytelling and Picture Books
Sometimes concepts like baptism can seem too large to talk about with our children. Where do we start? We can best support their …
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How to Be a Great Godparent
"Pray for them and let them and their parents know that you do. Pray with them. What a great reason to renew your regular prayer …
(Re)Discovering the Adult Catechumenate: The Path of Discipleship
"The catechumenate evolved to be a process that nurtured growth in faith and ‘experiencing a change of heart’ to truly be a …
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Bits and Pieces: How We Use the Episcopal Children’s Curriculum
"The curriculum is informed and viewed through scripture, reason, and our wonderfully rich Episcopal tradition... ECC is, quite …
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Epiphany and the Baptism of our Lord
"And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the …
Confirmation Makes Disciples of the Included
Week after week I arrive at some Episcopal church and there they are seated in a semi-circle. Frequently, younger and older …
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Congregational Involvement Is Key to Successful Confirmation Program
Too often churches only look at confirmation as part of their youth programs, siloed and necessary, but less significant than …
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Robust Confirmation Can Be Part of Life-Long Formation of Baptism
“Already the savour of bliss is upon you, who have come to be enlightened; you have begun to pluck spiritual flowers with which to …
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