d/Deaf* ministry is a ministry or program that has a primary focus of being in ministry with d/Deaf, hard of hearing, …
Mental Heath Awareness Month: The Role of Church Leaders
It’s estimated that nearly 1 in 5 adults in the US, or more than 50 million people, suffer from some form of mental illness. That …
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Finals Week Survival Kits
It can be intimidating, as a new campus minister, to think about campus outreach. Where's the highest foot traffic place to table? …
Loving College Students Through Care Boxes
If you went away to college, you may remember how receiving a box of goodies that smelled like home could immediately take you …
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Digital Faith Formation: 7 Practices for Intentional Gatherings
If I were asked to teach a digital faith formation class two years ago, I would have written out my flipchart notes onto …
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If You Are Exhausted, Of Course You Are.
2020 felt like a never ending year. It was such a relief when it came to an end. But then, I woke up on January 1, 2021 and …
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Digital Nativity Story from Shapes of Ministry
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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Walk, Love, Serve: A Service Learning Trip for Youth
In our congregation, the High School Youth Group participates in a short-term trip each summer. For summer 2021, we created a …
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Is God on TikTok?
After the last year of physical distancing, TikTok has become a ubiquitous presence in our lives. Even if we are not aware of it, …
Webinar: Connecting Your Community – Integrating Social Media
About this Webinar Social media for ministry is more than learning how to use the tools, it requires building a strategy for …
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A Second Pandemic Program Year: Finding Handholds
My small parish in central North Carolina started gathering for Sunday morning in-person worship again a month ago. Literally, we …
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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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