Due to the limitations on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, we dreamed up a way for people to safely enter into the …
Helping Children Prepare for Worship: Objects, Practices & Support
Taking time to prepare to cross the threshold into church with intention and readiness helps people of all ages worship more …
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Blessing Animals at the Zoo
Caring for creation is holy. From the beginning, we’ve been entrusted with caring for our world and all things wooly, scaley, and …
Live Clue: Bring the Board Game to Life for Youth & Adults
I love doing fun and creative events with my youth group. One of these special events is a LIVE CLUE Night. Do you know the …
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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, …
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Praying Our Sorrows with Our Bodies
Knowing that a child’s body holds their sorrows, I suspected that when I returned to Haven House (a transitional facility for …
Time to Rekindle Relationships: 9 Fall Ideas for Intergenerational Ministry
We started as old and new friends for a Saturday morning book club at a coffee shop. We read and discussed the first chapter of …
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Prayer Calendar & Bingo Sheet for Creation Season
Last fall, I created a prayer calendar as part of our church's celebration of Creation Season. Each day featured a different …
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Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Practical Steps to Increasing Intergenerationality
My earliest memory of church was when I was four years old at a women’s gathering at my church. I don’t remember if there were …
Summer of Kindness: Free Resource in English & Spanish
Summer is upon us! Though we enter into what the Church calls "Ordinary Time," we are aware that we live in extraordinary times …
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Finding The Way of The Cross in Nature
Editor's Note: The Way of the Cross is also referred to as Stations of the Cross. I developed this guide for children and this …
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Video Blessings: An Idea for COVID & Beyond
The practice of giving blessings is an important one theologically and for our community life together. In the act of …
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