Community Prayer Steps

Thanks to Pilgrim Lutheran, St Paul and Denika Anderson for sharing this Great Idea in their Community Prayer Steps post: Pilgrim joined with other community congregations to create a prayer walk, inviting neighbors to write their prayers:…

Six New Things – Week of November 30, 2020

One Hope tops our list in this First Week of Advent: Join Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality in a two-part retreat, The Hope Journey: A Way Forward in Fraught Times and/or The Plural Guild and The Many in their new weekly podcast, Brokenhearted…

Butterflies for All Saints

Thanks to the Synod of Lakes and Prairies Presbyterian Church (USA) for sharing this in their Nov, 23, 2020 newsletter. Heartland Presbyterian Church of Clive, IA created a Butterfly Memorial to memorialize all Iowans lost to Covid-19. When…

Six New Things – Week of November 23

One Rev. Elsa Anders Cook has been creating some lovely recipes, including a revamp of her Twinkly Lights in Blue Days: An Advent Small Group Discussion Guide for the Grieving and Broken Hearted, Pandemic Loss Edition, An Advent Invocation…

Together at the Table

Thanks to Living Lutheran Magazine's November Issue for this Great Idea! Many of us have powerful and compelling memories associated with food and/or special meals.  Favorite memories are connected with favorite times of year or particular…

Six New Things – Week of November 16

One Develop gratitude with Illustrated Ministry's Thankful Hearts Coloring Pages or resources from our Thanksgiving Children & Families and Worship lib guides. Two Start Creating Special Memories at Home this Christmas after a day retreat…

Create a Snow Labyrinth!

Create a snow labyrinth in your church parking lot or yard, a family's yard or a farmer's field. You can choose from a few different designs. Ariadne's Thread is likely the easiest for snow construction. Or, try any of The Labyrinth Society's,…

Six New Things – Week of November 9

It's post-election in the USA and that means virtually nothing as far as leaders' personal and spiritual well-being: the tension, division and pandemic remain. One To bolster your own mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, participate…

Prepare Ye the Way…

We need a break! We most assuredly do. It is tempting to think that an Advent and Christmas as close to "traditional" as possible is what we need, but it will be especially important this year that Advent and Christmas be times for healing…

Six New Things – Week of November 2

On the eve of Election Day, A Sacred Art offers Resources for Election Season: A Liturgy for Hope and Release, among others. Our Election Day: Preparations / Vigil / Aftermath Great Idea highlights preaching, worship and vigil resources;…