Reclaiming Confirmation: Stirring the Souls of Youth

Reclaiming Confirmation: Stirring the Souls of Youth Research shows that adolescents seek relevant learning, place less value in organizational membership, and often stop trying if understanding is not immediate. How might the confirmation process be reshaped to be...

All Are Beloved, All Belong

All Are Beloved, All Belong: Creating LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministries Working and living in Beloved community requires engaging theological discussion, creativity, collaboration, and vulnerability. Church workers are often asked to lead ministries which deftly navigate...

Children’s Ministry that Forms Faith

Children’s Ministry that Forms Faith: Abandoning the Entertainment Model – FULL *This workshop has reached maximum capacity and is no longer available for additional registrations. We all want church to be fun and enjoyable for children. But what happens when our goal...

Jesus’ “I AM” Statements in the Gospel of John

Jesus’ “I AM” Statements in the Gospel of John Over three workshop blocks, this in-depth Bible study will dig below the surface of the seven I AM declarations in the Gospel of John. The sayings, such as “I AM the Bread of Life,” “I AM the Light of the World,” are...

New Member An Intergenerational Approach

New Members…An Intergenerational Approach When a new family comes into our faith community, we typically invite the adults(parents) to a New Members class. There they learn all about our faith community and being Presbyterian. Yet, when youth and children come into...