Jan 14, 2024 |
2024 Eastern APCE Spring Event Risky Business: Being the Church April 29- May 1, 2024 Rhodes Grove Conference Center Chambersburg, PA 2024 Event Brochure Register at:...
May 8, 2023 |
APCE Retired Educators’ Connection Dates. Join for a time to connect and grow together in the season of life of being retired. Email [email protected] for zoom link and more info.
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...
Jul 17, 2016 |
By: Steven Tuell A former student told me this story about a conversation overheard at her seminary. A classmate said that she had always loved Roman Catholic cathedrals: dim and cool and beautiful, illumined with jewel-colored stained glass, they had always felt to...
Apr 10, 2016 |
By: Lynne Baab After church on Sunday, a family prays together for the upcoming week. A small group sets aside a day to fast and pray for one of their members who has cancer. A congregation buys copies of a Lenten devotional so everyone can spend time each day reading...
Nov 5, 2015 |
By: Many years ago I worked for an interfaith organization in some of the toughest neighborhoods in Houston, Texas. Our goal was to help congregations connect with their communities. One of the congregations we partnered with overlooked a building that had been...
Nov 5, 2015 |
By: When I began working as a youth director in the church 14 years ago, I had a list of things I thought all youth should know about God. I found curriculum and experiences that helped me check off this rigid list, congratulating myself on graduated seniors that...
Nov 5, 2015 |
By: Kimberly Knight Imagine the scene at our church on any given Wednesday. As people begin to arrive, prelude music is playing softly while candles flicker and float in a pool of water. This group has been worshipping together for over a year now, and their joy...
Aug 1, 2015 |
By: Nanette Sawyer Recently as I was sitting with my Spiritual Director, I raised my hands in the air and spoke exuberantly to God. I said, “Look at me, God!” I meant it in the sense of “look at all the great things about me!” Does that sound arrogant? When I think...
Aug 1, 2015 |
By: Lillian Daniel You probably heard about it in the news. It was called the Pew Study on Religious Participation in America. Some experts went out and surveyed all kinds of people to find out what exactly we are doing with ourselves in this country religiously. The...
