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Dear Tiffany,
Are you looking for ways to empower
families in your congregation to do ministry? Do you
want families to feel good about engaging in faith
formation at home? Do you want some resources and ideas
to make all this happen? Then you will not want to miss
the November 1 Resource Center Open House and Author
Event with Rev. Deborah Payden.
Q: Who should come to this event?
A: Any Educators or Pastors looking for ways to engage
families in faith formation and nurture faith formation
in the home.
Q: What will I gain from this
experience? A: You will walk away from this event with:
· Practical new ideas to share with families including
"10 Ways to Nurture Faith in the Home." · Ways to use
the seasons of the year as a framework for doing family
ministry. · Traditions and rituals families can share at
home starting immediately · Ample opportunity for
question and answer to have your specific needs
addressed. · A chance to browse through many resources
and fresh ideas. · Opportunities to network with other
Educators and Pastors.
Read
on for all the details:
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Teens need prayer education, too.
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Media can take over quiet
time
Lord, Help us not to talk
too much -Because talking too much is like driving
too fast. Sometimes the brakes are not good, and
we pass by the place where we intended to stop.
When we talk too much, we know we go beyond the
truth and we lie. We also know that speaking too
much derails us from life's track. -A Haitian
Mountain Prayer
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October Book Reviews |
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Deborah Payden has a passion
for family ministry
In anticipation of the
upcoming resource center open house featuring the
author Rev. Deborah Payden I pulled down from the
book shelf this wonderful resource and began
reading it again. It begins with an invitation to
"come in, stay a while, sit a spell, set the
table, decorate the room, light a candle, read the
scripture, say a prayer, sing a song, laugh out
loud, shed your tears, dance a jig, be still and
listen, join hands and celebrate being God's
people!" and then offers many and varied ways to
live out and into that engaging invitation.
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Baptism Resource Available |
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Contact Cindy Bolton for your
copy. $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping for 1-2 copies.
Click on the cover for more information.
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Faith Circles |
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Contact Martha Cook, creator
of "Faith Circles" to order your set. Only $15.00
each!!! Find out more by clicking on the
image.
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Your Christian Education and
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