Youth Ministries
How Do We Address Peacemaking in Youth Programming?
Last week, I had the privilege of participating in Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace: An Episcopal Gathering to Challenge the Epidemic of Violence. The event was organized to help Episcopalians renew their commitment to the Gospel call to make peace in a world of violence. The gathering of 220 people, including 34 bishops, Presiding Bishop Katharine […]
The 5 Core Values of an Episcopal Mission Experience or Pilgrimage
Today’s guest blogger is Wendy Johnson. Wendy serves as the social media consultant for the Office of Formation and Vocations, is working closely with the Episcopal Youth Event Mission Planning Team, and helping to organize 3 Days of Urban Mission. Along with Cookie Cantwell, Beth Crow and myself, she is one of the primary developers […]
3 Days of Urban Mission: Engaging mission in the heart of the city
The Episcopal Youth Event 2014 (EYE14) is one month away and our Mission Planning Team is working diligently to be sure we are creating a dynamic, meaningful event for participants. Following EYE14, more than 300 are staying over in Philadelphia to engage mission in the field through 3 Days of Urban Mission. The majority of 3 Days […]
Bring Back Our Girls
I give thanks for my friend and colleague, Roger Hutchison, from the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. As I was feeling hopeless and anxious about the situation with the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria, Roger’s reflection came across social media. He gave eloquent, passionate words to the roiling in my gut and the ache in my […]
Where are you in Mission this summer?
As summer approaches, Episcopal youth groups and faith communities will surely be spreading out across the church on mission experiences and pilgrimages. Is your group engaging a mission experience or pilgrimage this summer?If so, we would love to know where you are going and what you might be doing so that we can lift up […]
Join Me in Praying and Working for Justice for Children
So many of us continue to be haunted by the violence involving children that has been dominating the news in the past few months. From the sinking of the South Korean ferry, to the lost wreckage of Malaysian flight 370, to the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls, we are reminded now more than ever that our […]
Your Input Needed on Forma Survey
The Offices for Lifelong Formation, Youth Ministry, and Young Adult & Campus Ministry are proud partners with the Forma network. Sharing skills, knowledge, collegial support, and resources across the church cannot be accomplished effectively or efficiently from any single office. Networks of local communities of faith sharing their learnings are key to engaging the Five […]
Here's one Youth Ministry book you need to add to your Summer Reading List
As we move into June, my hope is that you have added the new book from Sharon Ely Pearson, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Theologies of Confirmation for the 21st Century, to your summer reading list. This book helps meet the need that I sense among Youth Ministers to deeply consider the rite of Confirmation and bring meaning […]
Available Grant Funding To Support New and Creative Ministry
Funding is currently available through three grant programs offered through The Episcopal Church. Each is listed below with links for more information. Be sure to check the deadlines for application submission – they range from the end of this month to November 1. 2015 Roanridge Trust Award Grants Applications are now accepted for the 2015 Roanridge Trust […]
The Confirmation Project
In the course of their Christian development, those baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been duly prepared, to make a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and to receive the laying on of hands by the bishop. (BCP, 412) Every […]
