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Singing With The Heavenly Choir: The Invitation Of Saint Michael and All Angels

September 29, 2023 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

Merry Michaelmas! Have you started working on your Christmas pageant yet?

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: angels, Children in church, St. Michael, St. Michael and All Angels

Journey with the Saints to Alaska

August 7, 2023 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Vacation Bible School at Saint Michael and All Angels in Corona del Mar, CA occurs on two Friday nights in mid-July.

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The Wondrous Chaos of Youth Sunday

July 7, 2023 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Youth Sunday is always filled with high anticipation. When working with children and youth, one never knows exactly what is going to happen.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Children in church, teens at church, youth ministry

Understanding Children as Full Members of the Church

June 6, 2023 By Elizabeth Felicetti Leave a Comment

While researching a book about fruitful women without children, I came across Antoinette Brown Blackwell,

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What’s In The Word? A Podcast to Help Children and Youth Find Themselves in Scripture

April 22, 2023 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

Our churches can, and must, be spaces where children are seen, heard, known, and loved for exactly who they are.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, love, Podcasts, youth ministry

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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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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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

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