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Stalling on the Dock of the Bay

September 8, 2022 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

I was sitting on the dock of our diocesan camp, the Barbara C Harris Center, when I began feeling uncomfortable.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: camp, Jesus Christ, summer

Praying Compline with children during this summer of disruption, violence, and injustice

August 22, 2022 By Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

It’s 9 pm on a Tuesday evening, and my 9 and 11 year old boys have just finished their second full day of Camp Mama.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: compline, parenting, summer, young children

Dual Feelings

August 17, 2022 By Victoria Hoppes 2 Comments

This summer, I have learned a lot about how to hold contrasting feelings: joy and sadness, excitement and anxiety, even fear and courage.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: camp, children, coronavirus, feelings, summer, youth ministry

Co-Creating A Christian Life: Dispatches from the Wild Goose Festival

August 3, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

The simplest way I can describe Wild Goose is a progressive Christian festival, an ecumenical experience that can house exvangelicals on deconstruction journeys alongside various mainstream protestants, Catholics, Quakers, and the unaffiliated.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Godly Play, summer, Wild Goose

Don’t Keep the Kids So Busy

July 7, 2022 By Lisa Witherspoon 2 Comments

Why do we need to keep the kids busy all summer? Aren’t they busy enough all during the school year? Don’t they deserve a little time to rest and relax, too?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: rest, Sabbath, summer

From Go Karts to Food Banks: Staying Connected over the Summer Months

July 4, 2022 By Tina Clark 2 Comments

Summer in youth ministry is filled with opportunities that arise with the relaxation of schedules and routines.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: summer, teenagers, youth ministry

Have the Summer of a Child

June 15, 2022 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler Leave a Comment

Jesus tells us to have the faith of a child, but I wonder if there is also something to having the summer of a child.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, parenting, summer

When Summer Camp is Living Our Best Life

August 21, 2021 By Emily Gowdy Canady 1 Comment

I remember that first pick-up — he was sweaty, hoarse, stinky, and did not want to leave.

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How Reconnecting with Nature Helped Me Reconnect with God

July 30, 2021 By Oscar Collins Leave a Comment

Little did I know that reconnecting with nature and my inner being would help me reconnect with God, too.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: creation, nature, summer, travel

Holding on to Promises

July 26, 2020 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

Our almost-8-year-old son is attending two weeks of day camp right now, in the middle of July, hopefully before the second wave of covid-19 crashes into our area of central Virginia.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, parenting, summer

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