Building Faith has featured a number of articles with prayers and blessings for the seasons and holy days of the liturgical year. …
Continue Reading about Prayers and Blessings for the Church Year
Building Faith has featured a number of articles with prayers and blessings for the seasons and holy days of the liturgical year. …
Continue Reading about Prayers and Blessings for the Church Year
In our church, we have noticed that our children and youth do not know the story about the birth of Jesus as well as they did ten …
Continue Reading about A Healthy Edible Nativity to Tell the Christmas Story

Storytelling can take many forms: oral, digital, and written. A pilgrimage, as the Episcopal Church defines it, is “a journey …
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When asked, what is your favorite season? I am always compelled to say, “Advent!” (even though I know they probably expect one of …
Continue Reading about Carrying Christmas With Us: Prayer Cards for All Twelve Days

Even before the move into virtual ministry, I struggled to find Bibles or picture books for children to use in my ministry. Some …
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Due to the limitations on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, we dreamed up a way for people to safely enter into the …

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Jennifer McNally and the Rev. Anna V. Ostenso Moore collaborated to …
Continue Reading about Handouts for Observing Liturgical Seasons at Home
The practice of giving blessings is an important one theologically and for our community life together. In the act of …
Continue Reading about Video Blessings: An Idea for COVID & Beyond
To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of Christmas at home as a PDF, click …
Continue Reading about What Does This Season Mean? Handout for Christmas at Home
As many church buildings are closed and continue to offer worship over Zoom and other online platforms, we can still celebrate the …
