"With my photos, I was able to saturate our church communications channels with the story of our mission trip, but I am only one …
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"With my photos, I was able to saturate our church communications channels with the story of our mission trip, but I am only one …
Continue Reading about Why We Allowed Phones on the Youth Mission Trip
It's a lot easier to strike up a conversation with someone while pouring them a cup of coffee, than just "out of the blue." …
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There are plenty reasons why pizza is an ideal food for youth groups. It arrives ready-to-eat; most people like it (vegetarians …
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This past Saturday, October 4th, was the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. It is a tradition to bless animals on this date, as …
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“I want us to laugh, talk and study together, but do it in a public setting so that people who might not otherwise be comfortable …
Continue Reading about A Church Takes Adult Formation into the Community: “Prayerbooks and Potables”
If you were to ask me in the middle of April what I would be doing during the summer I would have told you that I was excited to …
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"May you encounter the risen Lord in your travels, in the freedom of the open road, in the fellowship of other bikers and in each …
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"At the end of this activity, we are always awed by what God is doing among his people." An hour-long exercise we call …
"I understand that there is evil in the world. I also know about mental illness. I am not naïve or ignorant. But really, what …
I have almost given up on church multiple times. Once, when I was fourteen, my mother was accused of some horrible things by the …
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