APCE RESOURCES
Try the new resource page:
A Lenten Experiment
Lenten small groups were now a tradition at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, NJ. A book or topic was selected and all the small groups gathered to discuss it (unlike the fall small groups that offered a variety of books or topics). But Lent 2019 was different....
Mission Trips Revisited
I still remember the conversation. I was talking with our associate pastor about an upcoming annual youth mission trip. We both expressed some frustration with previous years’ trips. It wasn’t so much the places we had gone or the things we had done but mostly with...
Greetings from Little Rock!
Most of us were able to gather in Little Rock at the 2020 APCE Annual Event. With hundreds of other educators from across the wider church, we attended workshops, worshiped together, heard challenging keynote messages, and connected with friends old and new. We look...
APCE Milestone Approaching
APCE is approaching a milestone. In 2021 APCE will be 50 years old! That calls for a celebration. Since the Annual Event in 2018 the APCE 50th Anniversary Task Force – a dedicated diverse team – has been meeting, dreaming, planning and putting into place a...
Basics in Reformed Theology
In partnership with the Office of Christian Formation of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators is hosting a FREE webinar on Thursday, February 20. Registration for the webinar is full. You will find the recorded webinar by...
Maundy Thursday: Ideas for Worship at Home
by British Hyrams Maundy Thursday is the first of three Holy Week rituals following Palm Sunday and culminating on Easter Sunday. Maundy means “commandment.” Maundy Thursday acknowledges the new commandment that Jesus gave his disciples at the feast of the Last...
How Do We Shout “Alleluia” in a Strange Land?
By Tori Smit Easter is coming and churches are beginning to wonder how they might celebrate the resurrection of Jesus in a meaningful and wonder-filled way when we can’t come together, in one place, and shout out ‘Alleluia’ at the top of our lungs. How do we celebrate...
Christ is Risen!
Blessed Easter to You, from each of us with the APCE Advocate Blog!
The Epidemic of Loneliness
The Epidemic of Loneliness that is happening now to many in the church and around the world has been emerging for a while. As a novel coronavirus pandemic causes pain and grief around the globe with many stricken ill and dying of COVID-19, the church is called to step...
How We Began: The Story of the ACE (Association of Christian Educators)
When the 50th Anniversary Team began its work and chose its theme, Circles of Faith: Fifty Years and Beyond—Connecting, Enriching, Empowering, Sustaining, we could hardly have imagined just how challenging a time was on the horizon. But in the midst of planning for...