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Bible Readings: Mark 10:17-31 Free Resource: Doorway to the Kingdom (Kids PK-2nd) Unit Theme (March 1—March 22): The Call to Serve The Point: Living in God’s kingdom is not about possessions, but about our love toward others. Lent is finally … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Mark 5:21-43 Free Resource: Film-Strip Bible Bookmarks (Youth) Unit Theme (January 26—February 23): The Power of the Kingdom The Point: Jesus has power to heal and bring life. We are continuing our march through the season of Epiphany, … Continue reading
God’s Story These past few weeks I’ve been looking at the idea of stories, specifically, the Power of a Story. In Part 1, I discussed how stories, in general, are important and powerful. Part 2 (last week), moved from the … Continue reading
This post is the second in a series on the Power of a Story. Last week, we looked at our human need for stories; we are created to hear and tell stories. But more than the tales we hear around … Continue reading
My Need for Stories When I was growing up, there was nothing I liked more than to curl up with a good book. When I was captivated by a story, I would basically ignore everything else (just ask my mom). … Continue reading
For Part 3 of our blog series on What Is Cross+Gen Ministry?, we now look at intergenerational ministry in our homes as family. To do this, I have asked Debbie Streicher of Milestones Ministry to write a guest post. See … Continue reading
Today, we have Part 2 of my four-week series on Cross+Generational Ministry. Last week, I shared my belief that every single person in our congregations has something to learn from every other person, and, as a corollary, each person has … Continue reading
How many generations do you have represented in your congregation? Do people of different ages interact? Is that even important? The presence of a full spread of ages in a congregation is a sign of that congregation’s general health and … Continue reading
This is the fourth and final blog post in my series What Is Faith Formation? This one is on faith formation and the mission of the church. The previous posts covered: Part 1: The definition of faith formation that I … Continue reading
This post marks the third in a series I’m doing on What Is Faith Formation? Previously, I described what I mean by faith formation, and then last week I argued that our corporate worship services are the biggest, and therefore … Continue reading