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Blessing of the Halloween Costumes

We believe in a God that prevails over fear, evil, and death. We can laugh at scary costumes because we know that evil, death, and …

Sometimes those rich, beautiful stories are just begging to burst out of the classroom and into another context that might not …

So how do you do Godly Play authentically in “big” circles like this one? By holding fast to those things that support the circle …

Cookie Church is a child-centered-but-not-just-for-kids, mostly child-led evening liturgy...We want to invite kids deeper into our …

Burying pets offers us the opportunity to share something of what our pet meant to us. I had the somewhat unique experience …

Resources for the webinar "Speaking to the Whole Room: Tips on Intergenerational Preaching" with presenters Mark Jefferson and …

What Congregations Practicing Intergenerational Worship Have In Common What is “intergenerational worship”? “Intergenerational …

Ultimately the well-formed life of prayer is about unifying that experience: two sides of the same card. Gamifying the …

"Especially when teaching inter-generational groups, or communities with widely varying levels of education, grounding a …

"Tonight we wash one another’s hands in a deep spirit of love, preparing one another to enter into the service of God who came …

"The ministry of an acolyte is built upon a formative system of development that is changeless, consistent, powerful, and …

"Over the past year, we’ve rotated through a set of four collects, since the repetition fosters their confidence in …