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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

Breaking Down Barriers at Church

December 13, 2019 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

Families can participate in the life of the church through different, and sometimes unexpected, ways.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: altar, altar guild, Children in church, church, ministry

Letters of Light

December 5, 2018 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

Looking for a simple, low-cost project to bless others this Advent? Forward Movement invites you to create Letters of Love – messages of love, hope, and inspiration for those away from home.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: Advent, bless, inmates, Letters of Light, military, ministry, Way of Love, youth ministry

We observe Lent. That doesn’t make us religious?

February 12, 2018 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

My daughter told me, “For you being a priest, we aren’t the most religious family.” Is that because our faith is practical and immersive?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Children in church, Lent, ministry, parenting, service, teenagers

Calling On God in Common, Creative Prayer

November 11, 2017 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

The creation of these prayers nearly always binds a group together in profound ways.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Prayer, Uncategorized Tagged With: creativity, discipleship, Family, ministry, Prayer

The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene reminds me of the strong women who shaped my life.

July 22, 2017 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

Mary Magdalene proclaimed to the Apostles and to the world the work of the risen Christ in her life.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, Family, ministry, parenting, St. Mary Magdalene, women, young children

Gather, Listen, Do & Go – A Simple Pattern for Family Faith

July 8, 2017 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

We can pattern our lives at home after the pattern we see in the liturgy.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, liturgy, ministry, summer

Soul-deep friendships can start in church – and last for a lifetime.

July 6, 2017 By Rachel Jones Leave a Comment

I met them when we volunteered together through an Episcopal program. They’ve shown me the love of God for almost two decades.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: friends, friendship, ministry, volunteer, young adults

Help children find their gifts this Pentecost season

June 16, 2017 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

The call to go into the world in ministry in Christ’s name is for our children too. How can we help them grow into it?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: discernment, Holy Spirit, ministry, parenting, Pentecost, young children

I thought my child was taking the Lord’s name in vain. It was the opposite.

May 11, 2017 By Tina Clark 4 Comments

We were hurtling through the air at an amusement park. Was my son really saying what I thought I heard?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: amusement park, Family, ministry, Prayer

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