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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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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
August 6, 2018
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A Gospel Summary for Kids
While it’s important for kids to understand the arc of Scripture, it’s not always easy to communicate it to them! Faith Formation Ministries developed this short gospel summary for kids as a resource for use in Sunday or Wednesday night children’s ministry, in VBS, in preparation for communion classes, and in other settings.
May 17, 2018
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Hiring a Youth Pastor or Director
Looking for someone to lead your youth ministry? Check out Hiring a Youth Pastor or Director: What Churches and New Hires Should Know — a new resource by Faith Formation Ministries’ youth ministry catalyzer Ron deVries.
March 7, 2018
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Ten Great Children’s Ministry Resources From the CRC
Check out the CRC’s growing list of children’s ministry resources on the topics of faith formation, Sunday school, worship, communion, family ministry, and more.
February 28, 2018
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Intergenerational Church Toolkit
This free online resource toolkit from Faith Formation Ministries shares dozens of ideas for how intergenerational ministry helps children, teens, and adults worship, learn, serve, and grow together.
February 27, 2018
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Children and Communion
While each child’s developmental path is unique, there are common patterns in how children’s understanding of the Lord’s Supper typically unfolds. This two-page resource summarizes those patterns from preschool through the teenage years.
February 27, 2018
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Building Blocks of Faith Toolkit
This free online resource toolkit from Faith Formation Ministries introduces four important "Building Blocks of Faith" and shares practical ideas for how to use them to assess and strengthen all of your church's ministries.
February 27, 2018
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Children's Ministry Catalyzer for CRC Churches
Mimi Larson is the new Children’s Ministry Catalyzer with Faith Formation Ministries! Contact her if you have children's ministry questions or challenges, e.g., faith formation and child-specific spiritual development, children’s ministry program development and curriculum selection, and more.
February 6, 2018
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Lent With Children: Simplified Stations of the Cross
The themes entwined in the Lenten season — self-examination, lament, mortality — aren’t easy concepts for kids to wrap their brains around. For Lent this year, consider adding visual and tactile elements to your observation of Lent.
January 16, 2018
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Ten Ways to Strengthen Intergenerational Worship
This two-page resource from Faith Formation Ministries shares ten tips for building intergenerational worship practices that engage children, teens, and adults at your church.
January 10, 2018
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Spiritual Characteristics of Children and Teens
This helpful brochure from Faith Formation Ministries explores how children and teens of different ages experience God and grow in faith. A great resource for pastors, youth workers, teachers, and parents.
January 10, 2018
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Ten Ways U.S. Churches Can Welcome Immigrants
Immigrants today are a blessing to our congregations, communities, families, economy, and country. This resource shares ten ideas for showing hospitality and experiencing the blessings immigrants bring.