As a teen, my stomach sank whenever I boarded a plane. I wasn’t scared to fly, I was nervous about sharing the gospel with my seatmate. What could be more awkward than cornering the total stranger trapped next to you to inquire about their eternal destiny? Yet that’s what my evangelical preachers told me to do on flights.
Youth in the Wilderness: A Lenten Reflection
As we approach Lent, I wonder how we can use this season to help the teenagers in our care, at home and at church, keep the door open for faith.
Timothy: Young, Able, and Faithful
Please church, welcome, encourage and support the faith, prophetic voices, and ministries of our young people. We need them now more than ever.
Be the blessing you want to see in the church.
How can we help young people feel included in our churches? Miriam suggests ways to include teens in your stewardship campaign by offering them the opportunity to be a blessing to, in, and for your congregation.
Following the Way of Love with Youth
Are you practice The Way of Love? Read about Bishop Curry’s call to us to follow the seven principles of The Way of Love: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bess, Go, and Rest and see how one youth group begins their journey on The Way.
The Power of Youth at General Convention
My name is Claire Parish and I was one of two youth selected from my province to be part of the General Convention Official Youth […]
A Place To Run Home To: Camp Gravatt
Summer camp was not a norm for me when I was a kid. I was a competitive swimmer, and so my summer consisted of two […]
Don’t take a vacation from God! Faith Formation is year-round and lifelong.
Every year, the church-going faithful come into Pentecost with their post-Easter glow and then, well…honestly, everyone seems to disappear. The “summer slump.” as my formation […]
Learning who I want to be at Camp McDowell
“You know how God appears in lots of different ways? Like God takes on different shapes and forms, but they all add up to mean God. […]
A Language Practice for Pentecost
In the Gospel for this Pentecost Sunday, one line jumps out at me in particular as a parent. Jesus says to the disciples, I did […]