Summertime continues this month, of course, but it sure does seem to be true that if you blink twice, it will be over!
Besides, enjoying some vacation weeks and family days, I’ve been able to attend a couple of professional development opportunities this summer.
This past Wednesday Lesli Van Milligen of our denomination’s Faith Formation Ministries presented The 6 Essential Strategies that help congregation’s engage themselves in ministry and community life as a church, focussing especially on engaging youth and children. The strategies are reinforced by considerable research. ...
This past Wednesday Lesli Van Milligen of our denomination’s Faith Formation Ministries presented The 6 Essential Strategies that help congregation’s engage themselves in ministry and community life as a church, focussing especially on engaging youth and children. The strategies are reinforced by considerable research. ...
In last week’s installment of our NEW LIFE IN EACH GENERATION series we looked at the second church generation, the EMERGING ADULTHOOD generation (ages 14-30). It is made up of what sociologists refer to as Millennials and Generation Z.
Previously, I had mentioned attending the 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. in January and my hopes of sharing some perspectives and wisdom gleaned from the symposium. One of the goals of the symposium is to help worship leaders to be informed more fully about the cultural context in which they lead worship.
