Tying Your Ministry to Hospitality

Tying Your Ministry to Hospitality

By: Join us in Louisville at the APCE Annual Event, where we will focus on hospitality and welcome. Mini–plenaries are a new offering this year. These gatherings allow you to learn from noted leaders in a setting that is larger than a workshop, but more intimate than...
APCE 2018 Award Winners

APCE 2018 Award Winners

By: Join us at the Annual Event in Louisville as we honor the winners of three of our annual awards for excellence in Christian Education. ENRICH – Educator of the Year – Dr. Rebecca L. Davis Criteria for the ENRICH Educator of the Year Award: Nominees...
Tying Your Ministry to Hospitality

Annual Event Spotlight: Sandra Van Opstal, worship leader

By: Worship experiences during the 2018 Annual Event promise to be boundless and rich. Renowned for crafting multi-cultural worship that moves beyond singing hymns or offering prayers in different languages, Sandra Van Opstal (CRC) brings her creative and innovative...
Tying Your Ministry to Hospitality

Join Us in Louisville for the 2018 Annual Event!

By: Terry Hargrave and Doodle Harris We are so excited that APCE is in Louisville in 2018! At least for us, it means no plane rides and no heavy suitcases! Plus, we get to share the place we call home with all of you. Across the country, Louisville is known for...
Tying Your Ministry to Hospitality

Deep & Wide – Boundless Hospitality

By: Martha Miller and Jo Morris “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35). Christ calls us all to the risky business of hospitality. To welcome the stranger, and the...
APCE 2018 Award Winners

What’s in a Name?

By: Pressley Cox The practice of genealogy, the practice of researching one’s ancestors and family tree, has exploded lately.  It’s an understandable obsession, of course, wanting to know who we are and where we came from. In researching my family tree, I turned to...
Greetings from your Advocate Team!

Greetings from your Advocate Team!

By: Doodle Harris We are an enthusiastic team of educators, pastors, writers and APCE members from around the US (plus one member abroad!) whose volunteer ministry is to gather and share innovative ideas in educational ministry with members of APCE and the wider...
2017 APCE Award Winners

2017 APCE Award Winners

By: Join us at the 2017 Annual Event in Denver as we honor the winners of our Connect, Enrich, Empower and Sustain Awards. Bette Case: CONNECT Award Bette served as DCE at Derry Presbyterian in Hershey, PA, First Presbyterian in Fairborn, OH, Pleasant Grove...
The Spirituality Center at the 2017 APCE Annual Event

The Spirituality Center at the 2017 APCE Annual Event

By: Cindy Moorman My name is Cindy Moorman. I have lived, along with my husband Kent, my daughter, and my son, in Colorado for sixteen years. In those sixteen years we have come to love this beautiful place. Everywhere you turn in Colorado, there is the majesty of the...
The Spirituality Center at the 2017 APCE Annual Event

A Trilogy about Chaos and Grace

By: Rev. Larron D. Jackson I am delighted to be the Friday keynote speaker and preacher for The Association of Presbyterian Church Educators at the APCE Annual Event for 2017 in Denver, Colorado. I am looking forward to where the Holy Spirit will lead and guide us...