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January 4, 2021
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Welcome to the Neighbo(u)rhood
This series of 6 webinars explores ways churches can be better neighbors.
December 6, 2020
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Gifts That Give: Better Than Santa
The best ways for us and our churches to give at Christmas, or any time, is by discovering and building on the gifts and skills of people and communities.
November 17, 2020
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Just Giving? Or Giving JUSTLY? Questions, Ideas, and Principles For Your Christmas Giving
Is it time to evaluate if the Christmas giving project you’ve ALWAYS done, is, well, just? Find a Q&A and 3 principles to help you create more just Christmas giving opportunities.
August 18, 2020
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School and Church: Creating a Unique Partnership During COVID
As we wonder about schools and their reopening plans, are congregations involved in crafting creative community solutions and ideas to make education for all students a fair and equitable priority?
April 6, 2020
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"How Are You Doing?" Assessing Your Congregation and Community During COVID-19
What are you doing to check-in on your church and community members? Here are some resources, and we would love to hear your stories.
March 24, 2020
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Deacons, We Need You!
Wondering how your church will meet the needs of its members and community? You can lead the way to create a system of response and hope.
September 18, 2019
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Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries
Here's a review of Brian Fikkert and Kelly M. Kapic's recent book, A Field Guide To Becoming Whole. The book and field guide are helpful in understanding where traditional responses to poverty have missed the mark.
December 17, 2018
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Biblical Call to Wholistic Help - Video Resource
This video resource is a great tool for Deacons and Community Engagement Teams as they educate their church membership on how to be meaningfully involved in community.
December 11, 2018
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Resources to Help Deacons and Teams Connect With Community
Whether you are a deacon looking for ways to connect with community or a team commissioned to do the same, these resources will help you through the planning and programming.
November 12, 2018
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Case Management - Creating a Plan for Change through Covenantal Commitment
When is a case management program appropriate? This book will help you assess the needs, gifts, calling, and hopes of the participant; develop a Development Covenant between mentor and participant; and follow up and evaluate the process.
November 12, 2018
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Developing a Community Vision
This book will help you determine whether your church programs adequately recognize and utilize the gifts that God has already placed in the people you serve.
October 15, 2018
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Through God's Eyes, With God's Heart - Building Readiness For Community Ministry
Few churches would say they aren’t interested in sharing God’s heart for their community. This workbook provides those tools and resources that will help you imagine your community the way God sees it.
October 13, 2018
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Justice - Creating Policies, Laws, and Systems that Work for Everyone
This book will help you learn what your church can do to tackle injustice in your community.
October 3, 2018
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Meeting Needs - Moving From Relief to Individual Development
This book will help you discover the difference between relief and development ministries, and assess your church’s programs.
October 1, 2018
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Community Organizing
How does a church organize neighbors to work together toward their common goals? That is the focus of this workbook.
September 26, 2018
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Community Strengthening
This workbook will help you understand the role of the church in strengthening community, discover what your church’s reputation is in the neighborhood, and more.
September 26, 2018
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The Theology of Development - A Biblical Understanding of Christian Mission and Community Development
This is a seven-lesson series designed to help participants deepen their biblical understanding of Christian mission and community development.
May 23, 2018
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Engaging With Your Community: Why Bacon & Monorails May Not Be Working
What if, as deacons, we actually took the time to sit down and listen to the people we are trying to serve? This could potentially change the entire way churches engage with their communities!
March 23, 2016
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Enhancing the Role of Deacons in Community Engagement
Here's a PowerPoint presentation about the changes in church order made by Synod 2015. It explores how these changes can enhance the role of deacons at all levels of the church — local, regional, and beyond.
February 26, 2016
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Deacons, Church Order and Community Transformation
In January 2016, the leadership of the CRCNA posted an announcement to all the CRC churches in the US. The announcement drew attention to the changes Synod 2015 made in the Church Order.
April 1, 2015
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Deacon Job Description Template
Here is an updated version of a job description for deacons in the CRC. Use it as a template to develop or update a job description for deacons from your congregation and in your particular setting and context.
June 19, 2014
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ABCD for Churches in 3 Minutes
This 3 minute video does a very nice job of explaining and highlighting the what, why, and how of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) for local congregations.