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Saint Andrew’s Evangelism

November 30, 2020 By Marcus Halley Leave a Comment

Saint Andrew was a pioneer in many ways. His festival is often the first major Christian feast celebrated after the beginning of the Christian year to commemorate his status of being the “first called.”

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, evangelism, Feast Days, St. Andrew

Saint Bartholomew and Brokenness

August 24, 2020 By George Roberts Leave a Comment

Nothing, really, is known about Bartholomew, who is mentioned in the list of disciples in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). While John does […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, Feast Days, St. Bartholomew

Celebrating Pentecost at Home

May 31, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

It’s been fifty days since Easter Day. Fifty days. Seven Weeks. An entire liturgical season spent physically distancing from our church families.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: art, cooking with kids, coronavirus, Feast Days, Heather Sleightholm, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Pentecost

I Choir the Proper Praise

April 29, 2020 By Cara Meredith 2 Comments

Just after 7:30 this morning my younger son and I trekked out to the driveway in our slippers and pajamas, a box of sidewalk paint, a roll of masking paint, and my cup of coffee our only companions.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: art, children, coronavirus, Easter, parenting

Our Family’s Guide for the Good Book Club

January 25, 2020 By Emily Watkins

I love Epiphany.  I love the stories of the Magi, Anna, Simeon, Paul, Peter, the wedding guests, and others who realize who Jesus is and why he has come.

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Filed Under: Good Book Club Tagged With: art, Bible, children, Epiphany, Scripture, The Good Book Club, young children

#AdventWord 2019

December 1, 2019 By Sarah Stonesifer Leave a Comment

For the past six years, #AdventWord has given the opportunity to participate in a global advent calendar with visual and written meditations. Each day, a short reflection, word, and image arrives in email inboxes and on social media to help focus on the preparatory season during the 24 busy days of Advent.  

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, adventword, art, creativity, social media, Virginia Theological Seminary

Celebrating James of Jerusalem and the Power of Names

October 23, 2019 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

There’s going to be a brother in our house. The two big sisters, upon learning we are expecting a boy, spent nearly five minutes in anguish before returning to delightful anticipation of Baby. 

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: art, baby, Bible, children, Family, Feast Days, Jesus, saints, siblings, St. James of Jerusalem

A Picture Study on the Feast of Saint Luke

October 18, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

I am delighted to be celebrating the Feast day of Luke the Evangelist. You see, Luke and I have been traveling closely lately. Along with the fact that it is his turn in the lectionary, I’m also currently writing a curriculum for the families at my school studying his gospel.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, evangelism, gospel, St. Luke

Church Art Projects for Summer Faith Formation

August 2, 2019 By Christine Hides Leave a Comment

We are made in the image of God and we believe God to be the ultimate Creator. What better way to honor our Creator than to do likewise?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: art, Building Faith, children, Christian formation, youth

Celebrating Saint Brigid, a woman of fiery faith

February 1, 2019 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

I first learned of Brigid a few years ago while researching Ireland, and discovered that Brigid was another much beloved patron saint of the country, alongside Saint Patrick. I

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, brigid, generosity, ireland, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, patron saints, poor, saints

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