Outreach
When I store the decorations for another year, I’m always faced with a dilemma: What should I do with the Christmas cards? It’s the one time of year that folks send a snail mail card, and even if most have a simple signature,…
Maybe the liturgical year should include a Romans 16 Day, on which we celebrate what we appreciate about each other.
I want to talk about what an art installation reveals about listening.
Three months into St. Mary’s commitment to the Safe Parking project, I have a few observations.
This article is the third in a series about improving inclusion for people with disabilities in our faith communities.
When we look at our neighbors, our neighborhoods, and the situations around us, do we see the gifts they offer and the strengths they have? And when we look at ourselves and our parishes, do we see our full complement of gift…
On any given Sunday, someone with a disability may come to your church. If you’ve made sure they can easily enter, how might you really get to know them and learn about their gifts for ministry?
How often do we extend an invitation to family, friends, colleagues or even strangers to join us at our worship service and our outreach ministries?
As our awareness of physical barriers increases, let us also consider whether our language and behavior send messages of, “You are truly welcome.”
Our small offering has born surprisingly big fruit in a short time. We have been given a chance to bear witness, to speak publicly of God’s love and the wideness of God’s mercy. Pretty good for a little church and ten parking…
The heads and heartstrings of many Episcopalians are being tugged toward action for racial reconciliation, social justice, addressing poverty, or determining how our congregations can be more obvious participants in the Jesus…
St. Mary’s Church in Los Angeles’ Koreatown recently became a site for “safe parking”.
Sure, Jesus fed people who were hungry and healed people that were sick, but in these chapters of Luke we get the sense that Jesus just wanted to sit down for a meal and get to know people.
What if we expanded our view of “Christian education” away from merely learning facts and figures about our faith, and instead started to think more holistically about a theology of education?
How can your church use social media to help build community and share the love of God?
And so our job as Christians, as those made in the image of a creating and redeeming God, is to take what is and help make it into what it can be.
This month we’re sharing five of the most popular posts in 2017 on ECF Vital Practices.
How is your congregation shining Christ’s love towards its neighbors – even those who ignore or threaten your presence?
Let’s take a cue from the napkins (not a sentence frequently written) and think creatively.
As a tribute to Gladstone’s long tenure there are many wonderful behaviors he practiced that congregations can embrace to ensure a successful music ministry.