PASTORAL MINISTRY SPIRITUAL FORMATION Uncategorized Plan for Lent: Explore Our New 2025 Devotional and Other Resources
PASTORAL MINISTRY Lenten Postcards: Good Friday Service Outline January 22, 2020 0 Comment Beginning Ash Wednesday and ending Easter Sunday, Lenten Postcards provides resources for pastors and communities to move closer to Christ …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Listening in Community January 15, 2020 0 Comment We are facing a listening crisis that is due, in part, to the cultural liturgies that form us. We watch …
PASTORAL MINISTRY One Church’s Efforts to Care for Creation January 13, 2020 0 Comment The call to care for creation goes all the way back to the garden of Eden. It’s part of the …
PASTORAL MINISTRY A Sneak Peek of Our New Lenten Resource for 2020 January 06, 2020 0 Comment We are excited to announce our Lenten community-wide study for 2020, Lenten Postcards. We continue to hear how important these …
PASTORAL MINISTRY The Joy and Pain of Ministry Wives November 25, 2019 0 Comment The slide began for me when I heard the news that Jenna (not her real name)—a ministry wife from a …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION When We Don’t Get It December 22, 2016 0 Comment We sometimes like to ridicule the characters from the Bible for not “getting it” about Jesus. “How could they miss …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION For unto Us, a Child Is Born. December 25, 2016 0 Comment One of my favorite Lectionary scriptures for this season is the passage we read from Isaiah 11:1–3: A shoot will come up from the stump …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Church as Home: Shared Practice for All Generations December 28, 2016 0 Comment Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY High Five! Five Ideas for Transitioning Preteens to the Youth Group December 29, 2016 0 Comment “Okay, you’re in the youth group now! Have fun hanging out with kids with facial hair!” Is there a better …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION A Resolution to Rest January 02, 2017 0 Comment We are all busy and stressed, overworked and exhausted—evidenced by the fact that, compared to many of our peers, U.S. …
