Advocate | Fall 2013
ConnectED
Stepping into the New Year
You’ve made it through the season when many feel burned out, exhausted, and seeking ways to breathe new life into your ministry. I ask you, “Where is home?” Where can you exhale, share stories, and be rejuvenated for the weeks and months ahead?
Eight days a week!
By: Barbara J. Essex Some of you may remember “Beatlemania”—the British invasion phenomenon that struck the US during the 1960s. The frenzy was over a boy band from Liverpool, England, the Beatles. The Beatles are among the most celebrated and decorated groups in...
Turning Wheels for Kids
By: Patricia and Donald Griggs The APCE Conference Mission Project for 2014 is Turning Wheels for Kids (TWFK). Ten years ago, Sue Runsveld, a nurse, and a few nurse friends collected enough money to purchase and build 12 bikes to give to children with health issues...
Educator of the Year: Debra Hough
By: Joyce MacKichan Walker Debra (Debbie) Hough has been selected by the APCE Governing Cabinet as the 2014 Educator of the Year. This honor follows a 35-year career as a director of Christian education, work that was God’s clear calling, and her deep privilege to...
ConnectED
By: Mary E, Speedy Hearing a Film, Seeing a Sermon: Preaching and Popular Movies, Timothy B. Cargal.WJKP, 2007. Pastors are constantly in search of ways to connect to their parishioners through their sermons, and one of the most effective ways is through contemporary...
Connect activity and outcome
By: Brian D. McLaren Before I became a pastor, I was an educator. I taught college English—writing, technical writing, and some literature too. If there’s one habit that educators develop, it’s the habit of making connections between classroom activities and desired...
2014 Annual Event
By: Pam Ramseth and Anne Yee-Hibbs As we work together to introduce and invite you to APCE’s Annual Event 2014, we must tell you that one of us lives in Canada and the other is residing temporarily in Minnesota. The winters in both places can be brutal. If you have...
APCE is on the way to San José
By: Miriam Kishi Join us for the 2014 Annual Event Do you know the way to San José? It’s in the heart of Silicon Valley. For some of you those words bring a catchy melody to mind, but for everyone “Silicon Valley” says leading-edge technology. From its founding in...
Technology in ministry
By: Bill Lane I live just north of Silicon Valley, the heart of technological development. Technology changes almost daily but in the church, we change our technology at a very slow pace and often fall way behind. The use of newer technology changes how people connect...
Whether it be at church or in the home
By: Beth Hayes Congregations need to move past the old paradigm that the church is solely responsible for developing faith formation. Instead the church should be a mentor and someone to walk alongside parents as they develop faith formation in their own children....