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The Lenten Journey at Saint Michael’s

March 16, 2023 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

The season of Lent is a gently shifting lens at Saint Michael’s.

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Children in church, formation, Forward Movement, Godly Play, Lent, Lent Madness, teenagers, young children, youth ministry

How Intergenerational Ministry Looks at Saint Michael & All Angels

August 20, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

Early on in my church ministry, I received the book Sticky Faith from a parishioner

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Children in church, Fuller Youth Institute, intergenerational, youth ministry

Faithfully and Earnestly Confirmed not to be Confirmed

June 17, 2022 By Melissa Wilcox 4 Comments

“Are you sad?” Without hesitation he said no, and he then paused and asked me, “Why, are you?”

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Children in church, Confirmation, godparents, parenting

Joseph of Arimathea at Easter

April 21, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 1 Comment

I listened to the retelling of the final chapters of the Gospel of John thinking about how special it is to hear a story told out loud, even when I’ve heard it many times before.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Children in church, courage, Easter

Weary and Burdened

March 22, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

What do we do when we, as a congregation, as a community, as a world, are truly exhausted and need the rest Jesus promises? Is that space still in the sanctuary? Or are we meant to seek peace away from our community as we heal?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Children in church, COVID-19, discipleship, Family, parenting

All things Advent

December 12, 2021 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

In an Episcopal Mission Church in the mountains, Father Joe staunchly said: not one bit of Christmas until the Christ Child is placed in the manger.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Children in church, Elizabeth

Journey to the Mountains at Vacation Bible School

July 22, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

Summer is the time for Vacation Bible School! My church Saint Michael and All Angels hosts VBS on July Friday nights from 5:30 PM-7:45 PM with the date night model for parents in mind.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, Moses, pilgrimage, VBS

Returning to the Sanctuary

June 18, 2021 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

Every other pew was roped off, complete with red ribbon. My daughters looked back at me, a little confused. Were we allowed to be close to our friends and neighbors?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Children in church, coronavirus, worship

The Uncertainty This Ordinary Time

November 5, 2020 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

The other day, my son John Paul and I were looking through some of his work from last school year (perhaps to take our minds off the realities of virtual 2nd grade). He pulled out a paper and showed it to me.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: altar guild, Children in church, coronavirus, Music, ordinary time

Conversations, Spoken and Unspoken

August 13, 2020 By Matthew Cadden Hyde  1 Comment

I recently had a conversation with someone about their autistic son. It wasn’t a comfortable chat, being marked with regret and sadness and questions about faith. I

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: autism, Children in church, church, conversations, parenting, special needs

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