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This webinar will build on intergenerational biblical foundations and provide a wide variety of ideas and resources for strengthening the interaction between the generations in our congregations.
This webinar was recorded on: Thu, 05/30/2013 This webinar introduces some of the sobering statistics about youth staying, leaving and returning to church in Canada.
This webinar will explore the current youth ministry landscape and the challenges of developing a contextual approach to discipleship that is good for the local church.
So your congregation is moving forward on welcoming children and all baptized members to the Lord's Supper. Here’s your chance to get them answered by our panelists and to hear the questions that other churches are asking.
This webinar was recorded on: Wed, 04/25/2012 Is your congregation reflecting on Synod's decision to welcome children to the Lord's Supper? Join us to explore the roles of the pastor, elders, and parents in this significant process - and equip your congregation to move forward with joy.
This webinar will present basic principles of discipling and enfolding which will help you embrace the new people God is sending to your church.
"Making it look easy takes a lot of practice" say Matt Smay and Hugh Halter about incarnational life and missional community. "A workbook alone won't get the job done...It also includes learning to take personal responsibility for your own calling."
In Shaped by God, twelve experts share their perspectives on faith formation at home, in worship, in education, in intergenerational contexts, in people with developmental disabilities, and more.
This bible study is more challenging than most Small Group bible studies, encouraging others to dig deeper.
In Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life, Traci Smith gives many practical ways to make the practices of daily life practices of faith.
Here's a pattern that has proven helpful for hosting a youth retreat focused on the Heidelberg Catechism.
The ideal is that our young people will feel that they are known, loved and deeply cared for. Allow me ask a few questions about the young people of your congregation...
How can an adult help a child enter into worship?
A great article about an unlikely friendship between an older gentleman and a teenager. How can we multiply stories like these in our congregations?
Looking for a simple way to bless the students in your congregation this fall? Read this.
The story of a car salesman and his new found love, Jesus Christ, and the call to make disciples. How are you doing in the field where God has placed you to disciple others?
A podcast on the power of ritual in shaping faith and giving structure and meaning to life.
I want to introduce a resource that I hope will be helpful in describing a gospel-centered understanding of sex and intimacy.
Groundwork, a brand new radio program, uses dialogue and conversation to turn the soil of Scripture. Hosts Dave Bast and Scott Hoezee guide listeners, leading them to practical applications of God’s Word.
Inclusion is the idea that all people, of all abilities are to be active integrated members of their community. How do you teach your children to be inclusive?
Children can learn a lot from doing service projects. Service learning creates learning opportunities outside the classroom whether the activities are in the school building or out in the community.
Children might not choose the right path unless they are guided. We give leadership, guidance, and help define for children what it means to be a man, a woman and a Christian.
Groundwork is a 25-minute radio and podcast program using dialogue and conversation to dig into tough issues from the Bible. In this set, we hear about the challenges facing those sharing the Gospel in Africa and in America
Are you looking for something to help you teach kids biblical literacy and faith formation, and at the same time to be very entertaining? Here's a weekly, 25-minute audio program for kids aged 6 to 12.
Here's a great, thought-provoking activity for your youth group, small group, family devotions, or even for yourself.