https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:00:37 +0000 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/how-stop-worrying-using-spare-thought-method Like many of us, I have been a worrier all my life. When someone is late getting home, I worry and imagine what horrible things might have happened. When I say something stupid, I relive the moment over and over, wishing I could change it. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/how-stop-worrying-using-spare-thought-method Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/discerning-gods-will-future-hint-its-not-hiding We often talk about God's will as if it's a treasure chest that we simply need to discover. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/discerning-gods-will-future-hint-its-not-hiding Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:12:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/facilities/any-luck-selling-donating-or-recycling Have any of you successfully sold or donated your pews when you take them out? We are putting in chairs and it seems like everywhere I look, all I see are others trying to sell or donate their pews. Wondering if anyone has had luck with this. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/facilities/any-luck-selling-donating-or-recycling Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:50:02 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/hospitality/communion-post-covid-19 We are thinking ahead to communion when we are all able to worship together again. Right now, we stand in a circle, pass the bread around in a basket, and pass the juice around in a cup in which people dip the bread (tincture). Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/hospitality/communion-post-covid-19 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:47:30 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/any-churches-conducting-bilingual-worship-service Anyone out there conducting bilingual worship services? Our church is exploring the idea of merging with a Chinese-American CRC that has rented our space and partnered with us for years. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/any-churches-conducting-bilingual-worship-service Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:03:33 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/dinner-church-or-meal-church Our church is thinking of starting a once monthly service where we eat a meal together, including communion, and also have our worship service. I've read quite a bit of stuff from web searches but am wondering if anyone on The Network is also doing this kind of thing. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/dinner-church-or-meal-church Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:52:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/homeless-church-campus Our city, San Jose, CA, has a huge unsolved problem with homeless. Our church campus has 3 buildings and quite a large surrounding yard, as well as a parking lot. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/homeless-church-campus Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:54:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hashtaghuh-during-sermon If you’re like me, you may have called this symbol -- “#” -- the pound symbol, or an abbreviation for the word “number”. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hashtaghuh-during-sermon Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:50:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/are-you-mobile They (whoever “they” are) have been saying for a while now, “The world’s going mobile,” and it sure seems they are right, doesn’t it? Wherever you look, people are peering, or talking, or singing along, or listening as they walk, ride, fly — whatever. What about you and your church? Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/are-you-mobile Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:08:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/tablets-church Looking back on technology in 2013, tablets were a pretty important item. The first Apple iPad was released in 2010, so the tablets have been around a while now, but it seems to me that they were still quite newsworthy throughout 2013. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/tablets-church Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/god-hes-huge My mind’s been on the “bigness” of God lately. The theme of God’s majesty and unfathomable greatness keeps recurring. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/god-hes-huge Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:09:26 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/trials-tribulations-and-travails-new-projection So, I'll tell you my story, then you tell me yours. This is the story of the trials, tribulations and travails we experienced at my church as we went through the process of upgrading our projection technology. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/trials-tribulations-and-travails-new-projection Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:31:39 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hello-again This is Mavis Moon, signing in again as the guide for the Church & Web Network. I enjoyed it so much last time, I’m doing it again! Actually, I was honored to be asked to return and I look forward to engaging with you all again. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/hello-again Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:16:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/something-nothing I’m reading the book Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber. (It’s excellent — highly recommend!) One chapter is called “Cotton Candy” and had some aspects that resonated with me. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/something-nothing Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:23:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/sacred-space-home I like the liturgical calendar. I think the idea of a year-round pattern for worship used by believers throughout the world is cool. And, just to be more childlike about it, I like the colors. For years now I’ve had this thought that I’d like to create a space in my home for worship and prayer. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/sacred-space-home Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:20:11 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/til-we-meet-again “How time do fly,” my dad sometimes jokes. It’s been a year since I started as the guide for The Network’s Church & Web section, and I will be saying so long, until we meet again -- which I’m sure we will, right here in The Network. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/til-we-meet-again Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:44:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/texting-churchly-activity Do any of you use texting in your church? I think it’s a promising idea. Some churches encourage texting during church services, some use it for sending news, encouragement, prayer requests, whatever information they wish to share. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/texting-churchly-activity Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:55:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/craigslist-its-churches-too In this time of New Year’s resolutions, I, like many others, decided I should get more exercise. I had been thinking for a while that I would like to purchase an elliptical machine. So where do I go to find one? Craigslist, of course! Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/craigslist-its-churches-too Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:33:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/top-10-church-web-network Happy new year! Top 10 lists are all over the place right now. I figured, why not join in? Below is a list of the articles or blogs that I consider some of our “Church and Web” top entries. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/top-10-church-web-network Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:20:40 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/going-show When her parents are getting her ready for church, my little 3-year-old granddaughter asks, “Are we going to the show?” That’s what she calls church -- “the show.” At her church, the service is shown via streaming video to the outlying rooms such as the nursery where she goes each Sunday. Mavis Moon https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-communications/going-show Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:16:04 +0000