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Pandemic Times in a Small Church: Using Our Gifts to Celebrate Our Gifts

Eleven years ago, I left the parish where I had been a staff member for children’s ministries for 26 years, and joined a small, …

"Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere! Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is …

Each of the four short plays, around five minutes long, shows different characters and different events in the nativity story. A …

"My experience as a priest turned director is that the children stepped up to expectations and challenges with good spirit and …

"Children and adults get the power of committed, shared work. Sharing in committed work, working together, and taking specific …

The true surprise of Christmas is that, like all of us, God was born to eventually die. Unexpectedly, by taking our nature, by …

Children in Church There is a conversation in our parish, as in so many churches around the country, about what role children and …