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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

Sharing Love with the Unknown

April 25, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup 3 Comments

Mark’s evangelism took fierce courage to go beyond his boundaries, into the unknown, to the unseen, sharing news he knew was urgent, life-sustaining, and fortifying. 

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: parenting, saints, St. Mark, suicide, teenagers, teens at church

Come, see. You don’t want to miss out on this.

November 30, 2022 By Maria Kane 1 Comment

One month into my junior year of high school and four months after my dad’s sudden death, I declared to my closest friends over school lunch mystery meat that I was quitting church, and, by extension, God.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: doubt, evangelism, friends, patron saints, St. Andrew, teenagers, teens at church

Monnica: The Saint of Extreme Parenting

May 4, 2020 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

You are in a season of extreme parenting. I know it’s exhausting.I see you.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, parenting, teenagers, teens at church

Embracing an Imperfect Observation of Advent

December 8, 2018 By Tina Clark 1 Comment

There is so much I hoped to do during this Advent, for my own kids, for the children and families in my ministry, and yes, for myself. And as always, come Christmas morning, some of it will have to be put away with vague hopes and promises of next year

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, imperfection, St. Nicholas, teenagers, teens at church

Let’s keep working on involving teens in church life.

April 19, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

Adults have much to offer to teens, and teens have much to teach us. This is hard work. Let’s get started.

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