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Helping Families Talk About Faith
What’s one thing your church could do that would echo down the generations? Simple: help families learn how to talk about faith together.
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October 23, 2019
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Coaches' Corner: Micro-Sabbaths
While we often hear about the Sabbath day and the need to have a day of rest, micro-Sabbaths are short moments of stopping in each day to reorient ourselves in relationship to God and God’s work.
September 11, 2019
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Introducing Kristen Rietkerk, Faith Formation Regional Catalyzer in California
We are excited to welcome back a former member of our Faith Formation Ministries team: Kristen Rietkerk. Kristen serves as a Regional Catalyzer in California!
September 9, 2019
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Dear Parent: A Guide for Family Faith Formation
This book introduces parents and caregivers to four Building Blocks of Faith that will encourage them as they help children to find their place in God’s family, learn God’s story, live in hope, and discover their calling.
August 30, 2019
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Introducing Jill Benson, the New Dwell Curriculum Coordinator
We are excited to introduce to you one of the newest members of our Faith Formation Ministries team: Jill Benson. Jill serves as the Dwell Curriculum Coordinator.
August 29, 2019
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Introducing Joel DeBoer, Faith Formation Regional Catalyzer in Iowa and Heartland
We are excited to introduce to you the newest member of our Faith Formation Ministries team: Joel DeBoer. Joel serves as a Regional Catalyzer in Iowa and Heartland.
August 23, 2019
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Coaches' Corner: Finding the Values Behind our Strategies
One of the most challenging aspects of ministry programming can be to deviate from strategies and program elements that already seem to be successful. Why fix what isn't broken?
August 20, 2019
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52 Ways Your Church Can Encourage At-Home Faith Formation
Last August, Faith Formation Ministries began providing weekly family faith formation tips. This year an entirely new set of tips is available! Find them below.
June 3, 2019
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Exploring Ministry to and With Older Church Members at Inspire 2019
Faith Formation Ministries is excited to present a workshop at Inspire 2019 about faith formation for people age 60 and above.
May 9, 2019
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Faith Formation Workshops at Inspire 2019
Would you like to learn more about a framework for determining how your church is meeting the faith formation needs of all ages?
May 2, 2019
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Youth Ministry and Youth Leadership Workshops at Inspire 2019
Make sure you don’t miss out on these workshops being offered by the Faith Formation Ministries (FFM) team at Inspire 2019.
April 24, 2019
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Children's Ministry Workshops at Inspire 2019
Faith Formation Ministries is excited to connect with all who are passionate about children's ministry at Inspire 2019. Workshop topics include choosing curriculum, building a strong foundation for children and youth ministry, and more!
April 23, 2019
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Coaching Corner: Snapshots From Around the Denomination
From California to Thunder Bay, ON, God is at work in mighty ways and Faith Formation is grateful to be a part of it. Here's a glimpse of how we've seen God moving!
April 16, 2019
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Everyday Family Faith: Fresh Ideas for Family Faith Formation
Looking for new ways to equip parents and kids to grow in faith at home? Check out Everyday Family Faith.
March 28, 2019
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Deepening Sunday School During Dinner in Oostburg, WI
The group engaged in a lively and stimulating conversation, reflecting on how they might apply Mimi’s teaching in ways that best fit the Oostburg congregation.
February 7, 2019
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Ten Ways to Help Your Family Grow in Faith
This resource gives parents ten affirming tips for beginning a journey of family faith formation in everyday life.
February 7, 2019
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Ten Ways to Encourage Faith Formation in the "Third Third" of Life
This resource gives your church fresh ideas for helping faith grow in people age 60-plus.
February 5, 2019
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Ten Ways to Cultivate Youth Leadership
This tool can help your church learn how to identify and awaken leadership gifts in young people and make space for them to practice leadership skills.
February 5, 2019
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Ten Ways to Bless and Be Blessed by Older Church Members
Discover ten ways your congregation can actively love, support, and include older members of the body of Christ.
December 14, 2018
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Coaching Corner: A Coaching Intensive on the Isle of Green Gables
We at Faith Formation Ministries are grateful that Charlottetown invited us to walk with them for this “Faith Formation Intensive Weekend.” Might your congregation benefit from something similar? Let us know.
November 29, 2018
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New Reformed Discipleship Manual for Teens, Adults, and New Believers
Come and See. . .Our World Belongs to God is a discipleship manual that has taken the Contemporary Testimony Our World Belongs to God and divided the 58 paragraphs into 25 chapters.
October 21, 2018
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Coaching Corner: Canoeing the Mountains Workshop on Adaptive Leadership
On Sept 22, 140 congregational leaders gathered in Brampton, ON for an all day workshop led by LA-based Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains. Would your region be blessed by a workshop?
September 26, 2018
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Family Faith Formation Toolkit
This free online toolkit helps ministry leaders develop a vision for family faith formation and equips parents and caregivers with family faith practices and resources.
August 24, 2018
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Coaching Corner: The Challenges of Staffing a Congregation Wisely
When the youth pastor at Gateway CRC in Abbotsford left after 15 years of service, the congregation wasn’t sure what the best succession plan was. They invited Ron deVries, Faith Formation Ministries’ youth ministry catalyzer, to lead a discernment session for the congregation.
August 22, 2018
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Weekly Family Faith Formation Tips for Your Church Bulletin
Want to help families in your congregation grow in faith? Watch for these weekly tips in your inbox!