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Maundy Thursday’s Pairing of Service and Celebration

April 14, 2022 By Ann Benton Fraser 1 Comment

The world is heavy with sorrow right now.This is not a season that requires take much imagination to ponder Jesus’s suffering on the cross.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Lent Tagged With: Jesus Christ, Maundy Thursday, service

Sabbath by Sprain

January 21, 2022 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

I think it all happened because the eighteen-year-old boy behind the counter called me ma’am.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: humility, rest, Sabbath

Gender Inclusive Children’s Ministry: Where To Start

January 12, 2022 By Rowan Larson Leave a Comment

There are so many ways that we can invite children into safer spaces when at church or in Christian formation settings. Here are some starting places.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Christian formation, gender, Sunday School, young children

Youth Ministry 2021: The Comeback

September 16, 2021 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

What’s your new year looking like? For one church, it’s a return to the physical building. Here’s how youth minister Miriam McKenney created a plan for maximum safety and fun in a big pop-up tent.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: bean bags, beanbags, Calvary, coronavirus, Jesus, ministry, Prayer, teenagers, teens, tent, youth, youth group, youth ministry

Notes from an Altar Guild Intern

September 9, 2021 By Anne Warner 3 Comments

It seems altar guilds have secret society tendencies. They keep to themselves for the most part, dutifully showing up when no one else is around to do tasks that only get noticed if they aren’t done or are done incorrectly.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar guild, church

Little by Little

August 18, 2021 By Tim Gavin 2 Comments

Haiti is a complicated country and everything from its people, faith, and art reflect this reality. And once again, they need the help of the world for a relief operation.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Way of Love Tagged With: Episcopal Relief & Development, Haiti, natural disaster, The Episcopal Church

Shifting in Overhead Bins and Within Our Souls

August 17, 2021 By Jamie Osborne 1 Comment

“Please use caution when opening overhead bins as items may have shifted.”  That’s how this past year or more has felt for me. 

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: coronavirus, Faith, priesthood

A Resource Re-Entering Faith Formation

July 9, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago Building Faith shared a resource about resuming formation classes from the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) and the Office of Christian Formation in the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA)\, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Building Faith, Christian formation, coronavirus, e-formation, faith formation, PCUSA

The Imprint

July 4, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

When I was growing up, my mother always purchased Revere Ware, which she said it was the best. The pots were made with sturdy stainless steel and finished with a copper bottom—a look that was always distinguishable on the stove top.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, love

Baptized in a Dram Shop Dress

April 27, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Last summer some church paperwork requested my baptismal anniversary. Having no idea of the date, I consulted my early years photo album.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, grandparents

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