
Six New Things – Easter Special
Six New ThingsSix New Things will take a week off during Holy Week, but just to be sure you've got everything you need, here are our top picks for these High Holy Days:
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Our own Rev. Emily Meyer's Go Out with Joy Holy Week liturgies are free, downloadable,…

Six New Things – Week of March 22, 2021
Six New ThingsFirst: This week's Church Anew blog is full of important writing in response to the March 16 shootings in Atlanta. Find lists of ways to engage in the work of anti-racism and ending violence in the Community Engagement section of our home page.
The…

Six New Things – Holy Week Supplemental
Six New ThingsJust so they didn't get buried in a regular Six New Things, here are some last-minute quick ideas for an engaging, eventful Holy Week and Easter!
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Tips & How-Tos for including children - and all generations - in Holy Week abound. Three…

Prayer Pilgrimage
Great IdeasThanks to Wayzata Community Church (UCC) and Rev. Lindy Purdy for creating this beautiful outdoor community invitation to prayer; and to Rev. Janet Holler for bringing it to our attention!
Wayzata Community Church created an outdoor pilgrimage…

Six New Things – Week of March 15, 2021
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Women's History Month reminds us of women's roles as backbones of community:
A Black Women's History of the United States (Beacon) emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are - and have always…

Community Healers
Great IdeasThanks to Christa Meland for writing up this Great Idea from Daphne Soleil of Christ UMC in Rochester.
As a nurse, Daphne Soleil appreciate that health care workers are the "heroes of the pandemic" and decided to find a way to care for therm.…

What Can We Learn from an Egg?
Great IdeasThis Great Egg Idea is shared nearly verbatim from Janet Holler, Christian Ed Coordinator of Congregational Church of Excelsior, MN.
This is a Four-Station, Intergenerational Faith Formation event, chock-full of egg-related activities and…

Six New Things – Week of March 8, 2021
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Holy Week is nearly here!
Glennys Nellist builds on her 'Twas the Evening of Christmas work with 'Twas the Morning of Easter (Zonderkidz), celebrating Christ's resurrection through the eyes of Mary Magdalene using the familiar language…

Triduum Plethora
UncategorizedThis Great Idea is just a plethora of Holy Week/Triduum suggestions from Rev. Elsa Cook: it is jam packed and requires no editing!
While Cook doesn't offer many options for the Easter Vigil, you can find a Pandemic Vigil here.
Thanks,…

Quiet the Soul; Open the Senses
Great IdeasMarch 3, 2021 The Ministry Lab's Midweek Retreat shared a practice for Allowing the Senses to Be Alert. Later that day, Cooking with Elsa's blog post with additional Opening the Senses meditations appeared in our inbox. So, thanks to Rev. Elsa…