A continuation of the discussion from 2024. Last year participants discussed the struggles parents, congregations, and pastors face when worshiping with infants and were presented with a Biblical, theological, and developmental foundation for including infants in the...
The Lilly Endowment has funded 2 large initiatives in the last few years that have the potential to significantly contribute to what we know about faith formation and how we engage and develop programs. The Christian Parenting and the Nurturing Children through...
People are constantly texting, taking pictures, and checking social media with their smart phones. What if we took people’s preoccupation with this technology and used it for games and team building activities? This session will explore the recreation that can be led...
In today’s society, where the demands of organized sports often collide with ministry programming, finding harmony between the two can be challenging. This workshop delves into the intersection of ministry with college students and young adults with athletics....
*We apologize for the change, but this workshop has been canceled at the request of the workshop leader. The reality is that we know very little about death. It’s the greatest mystery know to humankind! The certainty that we will die, coupled with the complete...
My story: In 2021, I lost both of my parents suddenly to Covid within 10 days. As a worship leader, I was immediately struck with how little room our faith communities provided for grief, let alone a framework or language for offering Christian lament. Interestingly,...
Pop culture influences the clothes we wear, the music we listen to, the attitudes we hold, and even the language we use. In fact, the average American spends two hours per day consuming digital media! Yet church educators are often unsure how to leverage television...
This workshop will help participants dig deeper into trans and queer approaches to the Bible in ways that can help them transform their teaching, preaching, and personal interpretation/devotional practices. The workshop goes “beyond the basics” by skipping...
When a new family comes into our faith community, we typically invite the adults(parents) to a New Members class. There they learn all about our faith community and being Presbyterian. Yet, when youth and children come into faith communities, we send them off to...
Over three workshop blocks, this in-depth Bible study will dig below the surface of the seven I AM declarations in the Gospel of John. The sayings, such as “I AM the Bread of Life,” “I AM the Light of the World,” are remarkable, yet appear in no other gospel. Why? Who...
