Aug 6, 2017 |
By: Carol Wehrheim Looking for ideas to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this year? Check out some of these: From PC(USA) Adult Resources Donald McKim: Reformation Questions, Reformation Answers Donald McKim: Moments with Luther, Meditations ...
Jul 30, 2017 |
By: Josh Richard I have had a dim view of church mission trips for much of my life. At best, they felt exploitative and self-righteous. At worst, they were damaging to vulnerable populations and an opportunity for a new Facebook profile photo. Anecdotally, that view...
Jul 23, 2017 |
By: Carol Wehrheim “I was driving on a very, very, snowy, icy, visibility-zero highway.” With these words, the congregation quieted waited for the next line. A congregational member was telling the story, the testimony, of another member, anonymous to the teller and...
Jul 16, 2017 |
By: Tanner Pickett So you’ve got an amazing ministry going and you’d like to get people involved. What if there were a way for hundreds, even thousands of people to witness and even participate in that ministry? Well, luckily for you, there is. Social media has worked...
Jul 9, 2017 |
By: Carol Wehrheim Perhaps you have seen an Escape Room in your community and wondered what it is. These rooms have become popular for team building. When I heard Angie Olsen, a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ, tell about taking her team from work...
Jul 2, 2017 |
By: Ken Evers-Hood Do you like games? Chances are the people you serve do. When I ask church groups to tell me their idea of what a “gamer” looks like, folks invariably guess a teenage boy playing videogames alone in his room. The reality is quite different. Even if...
Jun 26, 2017 |
By: Jill Duffield Early into my tenure as the pastor of a small church in rural North Carolina, when I was anxious about preaching every week and unsure God would indeed supply the words through the Word from Sunday to Sunday, I received a gift. I received a divine...
Jun 18, 2017 |
By: The APCE Advocacy Team We have all been there—or will be some day. You are dry-mouthed, nervously seated before a group of church members you have never met before who have the title of Director/Minister of Christian Education Search Committee. After some...
Jun 12, 2017 |
By: Sharon Grace Budin What are your favorite games? Are they classics like Monopoly or newer games like Apples to Apples? What do you like about them? As Christian Educators we are always looking for new and fun ways to engage people of all ages in learning Bible...
Jun 4, 2017 |
By: Traci Smith When my oldest son, Clayton, was four months old, he contracted his first cold. The pediatrician said it wasn’t cause for alarm, to monitor him closely, and to bring him back if anything got worse. I spent the whole day worried. I trusted our doctor,...
