Jul 4, 2023
Are you thirsty for a way to pay attention to God’s presence in your life? In this workshop, we’ll use writing as a spiritual practice as we reflect on the themes of the conference and the poetry of Mary Oliver. In her collection titled “Thirst,” Oliver...
Jul 4, 2023
If you were given a million dollars to enhance the participation of children in corporate worship or to nurture their prayer lives, what would you do? The Wonder of Worship Project through Columbia Theological Seminary (CTS) answers that question with ways that your...
Jul 4, 2023
Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia are scary for the person living with the disease as well as their caregivers. Ministry for and with persons with dementia and their caregivers can be an uncomfortable prospect if you have no experience being around persons...
Jul 4, 2023
This interactive workshop will explore different methods of weaving faith practices into all areas of church life (worship, Sunday School, youth groups, mission projects, etc.). Participants will hear stories and experience themselves how the faith practices of...
Jul 4, 2023
You cannot just hand a game book to your church leaders and say, “Have fun.” Recreation leadership should be a part of the training for your youth leaders, Sunday school teachers, and childcare workers. So how do we give those folks a crash course in the basics?...
Jul 4, 2023
What are the rhythms and rituals that hold your life together? What do you do to sustain them? There seems to be much that is destabilizing the rhythm of our lives and the world in which we live. How do we maintain and grow our faith through the ups and downs of life...
Jul 4, 2023
Recent studies by Andrew Root, Christian Smith and The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada have examined what supports North American parents expect from their faith communities when it comes to supporting and resourcing faith formation in the home. These studies have...
Jul 4, 2023
On Sunday mornings, do you invite the children to come to the front of your worship space for a special message? Do you need some guidelines, some encouragement, or some new ideas (maybe just any ideas) to help make this time more meaningful and enriching? We know...
Jul 4, 2023
Neurodiversity is a relatively new term that recognizes the diversity of processing, learning, and behavior that exists in humanity. Neurodiversity includes people who are “neurotypical,” “neurodivergent” and the many who are somewhere on a spectrum in between....
Jul 4, 2023
Are you thirsty to create a program for tweens in your ministry setting that steps away from the traditional VBS week? Do your tweens want to be involved with your summer programming, but are thirsty to find where God is calling them, and use their voices for action...
