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… my husband and I are still worshiping from home using our church’s online service. What I most wanted to do this week … together. So Scott began to look for other ways we could safely sing at church and in school. He started as we all …
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… using the Circle of Grace materials promoted by CRC Safe Church Ministries. Afterward one parent commented to her …
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… The day 5-year-old Axel brought his plastic blue guitar to church, he walked to the front of the sanctuary, wove in and … to the people where she is going. Please bring her back safely.” There are four decades between each Emily. Each has …
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… God. I will make you strong and help you. I will hold you safe in my hands” (Isaiah 41:10, NIrV). And this: “The Lord … What might that look like in our homes and in our churches? How can we encourage each other to focus on what we …
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… about our congregational culture that makes me feel very safe." (Although I’m sure she had never heard that phrase … her on a deep level. She was a good musician, and the church provided opportunities for her to sing as part of an …
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… through the proper dimensions in order to make this bed a safe one for this very special child. It was a detail filled … quilt that Oma made with love. I wonder if ministry in our churches might be like this? Where the various ages are …
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… children; it is a much wider task of helping the whole church understand what it is about childhood that may help us … these transitions. It offers strategies for creating safe spaces, fostering intergenerational connections, and … to new environments, and finding meaning and purpose. Churches must adapt to meet their needs, avoiding comparisons …
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… from nearly every corner of the earth. It’s probably safe to say that we are the most culturally diverse country … a couple may decide that they will each attend the church of their choice, or even to alternate between his church and her church. This is a very workable solution for …
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… God to do his work in me.” And everywhere I go in the CRC, church leaders say that ministry is continually challenged … into grace, healing, and community and also provides a safe place to repent of misplaced priorities. A “Sabbath …
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… I’m sitting in a familiar, relatively comfortable chair in church—something I’ve done literally hundreds of times—and my … of stories, experiences, and journeys were opening in safe spaces. Our church was asking questions of young people …
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… she heard it. But something or someone, most likely at church or school, sparked that thought in her and it has … So how do we make these organic interactions happen in the church? Can we plan for spontaneous faith formation? While … feels rooted and can flourish and grow. It can be a safe place to question and to be comforted. Faith-forming …
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… It is kept in heaven for you. 5 Through faith you are kept safe by God's power. Your salvation is going to be completed. … the right of God the Father, because he is the head of his church, and the Father rules all things through him. … what you now see and hear. 2 – He defends us and keeps us safe from enemies. John 10:27-30 "My sheep listen to my …