Six New Things – Week of August 28, 2023

Emotions can be a lot, these days: let your big 'felines' take a rest with practices of belonging, awareness, and empowerment for Littles to Leaders and everyone in between. ONE Most of us are having 'all kinds of emotions'. One little girl's…

Restorative Reparations – Prayer & Practices

Thanks to Richard Rohr and the CAC for inspiring this Great Idea with their week of reflections - from diverse authors - on God's Restoring Justice. This series of studies and practices might be shared intergenerational if you've got youth…

Six New Things – Week of August 21, 2023

Belonging and purpose are powerful antidotes to loneliness and despair. Here are tools to encourage all people - all ages, all identities - to build relationships, discover their passion, and live into their divine calling. ONE If you've got…

DO ONE THING

Thanks to Rev. Cindy Gregerson, Director of Connectional Ministries and Clergy Assistant to the Bishop of the MN Annual Conference UMC, for sharing this Great Idea in the MN Annual Conference UMC's MNConnect newsletter. Aware of the wildfire…

Prayer Partners – Intentional, Intergenerational, Relational

Thanks to Shivaun Wilkinson for sharing this Great Idea as a BuildingFaith post. Wilkinson begins with context - one familiar to many congregations: a formerly bustling Sunday school, youth ministry, and young adult set of ministries had…

Six New Things – Week of August 14, 2023

Confidence in one's self leads to healthier relationships of all kinds: with contemporary grandparents and biblical brothers; saints both old and new; worshiping communities, creation, and God-in-the-world. ONE Ground your Littles in appreciation…

Co-Sponsor Refugees

Thanks to MN UMC's MNConnect for sharing this Great Idea. Does your church have eight people? That’s all it takes to walk alongside a refugee family. With violence, famine, and political strife worldwide, the need for congregational…

NEWSWORTHY EVENTS

Thanks to the MNSource Communications Hub for sharing this Great Idea! One of the best ways to increase awareness of your church and boost its reputation is by garnering some positive media coverage. Whether it’s by a small local newspaper…

Post-Attractional Church

Thanks to Lewis Center for Church Leadership for re-posting Robert Schnase's (updated) 2018 article, '5 Practices for Fruitful Congregations in a Post-Attractional Era'. Schnase asks, 'Why do we assume that people who do not know our congregation…

Barbie’s Creation Story

Thanks to Daneen Akers (author of Dear Mama God and Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints) for sharing her reflections on the Barbie movie and its powerful revisioning of the creation story that, 'most of us were immersed in that undergirds…