One of the best things your church can do to minister to children is to have conversations with them..
All by Amy Bost Henegar
Simple Children’s Ministry: Thinking Intergenerationally
When children and adults spend time together in worship and fellowship, we get to know each other, learn from each other, and grow together.
Simple Children’s Ministry: Two Precious Gifts
Both of these gifts, hope and belonging, can be offered by the smallest churches with minimal resources, and they can be packaged in a million different ways.
Women in Ministry: Together on the Journey
We all long to have our callings witnessed, affirmed, and celebrated by others.
Church Resolutions for a New Year
Before you join with your leadership team to set congregational goals for the new year, find some quality time for prayerful reflection and discernment.
Keeping Santa Claus in Christmas
Before we completely throw him under the bus, let’s consider what Santa Claus brings to the Christmas table.
Helping Our Children Choose Baptism
It is a tragedy if certain children are more invited into this beautiful ritual than others are.
Rituals and Memory
We are forgetful creatures who need rituals and celebrations to mark the time and place where something happened.
Are the Doors of Your Church Open?
We need to be very honest with ourselves. There are so many people who consider coming through the doors of our churches but choose to keep on walking.
Surprised by Women in Worship
Very often people talk about being surprised. There is something about hearing a woman speak a prayer from a place of reverence and faith that feels much more right than wrong.
7 Reasons Women Oppose Change
The Churches of Christ are in the midst of change. Many of our congregations are moving away from our legalistic, sectarian roots in the direction of grace and ecumenical partnership. But change is hard.
The Privilege of Participation
Worship is a divine mystery. When we participate in leading the community in worship, we are drawn into a holy encounter.
The Women’s Issue
Churches have followed the few commands that silence women, but ignored the material that shows God intends for women to have complete involvement in every aspect of church life.