Hospitality
This month we offer five resources to help your congregation prepare for Christmas.
How do you, and your congregation, practice loving those different than you?
I had just attended my first service with a six-week old baby, and I would see things with new eyes from now on in every church I visited thereafter.
In my travels this Summer I had the opportunity to interact, albeit briefly, with Anglican churches in the Bahamas, Panama and London. What these experiences illustrated is that while sharing similar religious tradition and w…
Maybe the liturgical year should include a Romans 16 Day, on which we celebrate what we appreciate about each other.
This month we offer five resources to help your congregation with hospitality.
Here’s the bottom line: Attending a church for the first time is difficult. Having clear information on our websites can help make that first experience a little easier.
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.
As our awareness of physical barriers increases, let us also consider whether our language and behavior send messages of, “You are truly welcome.”
“Your church passed,” the visitor told me.
I’m pretty sure that this was a least part of what Jesus was talking about with turning the other cheek, going the extra mile, laying down our lives for our friends. It’s how we become community.
Church is year-round and should be given the priority and attention it deserves in all seasons.
Five years ago in a small city on the Ohio River, an Episcopal faith community began to explore the gifts of its people, and what God was calling them to do with those gifts.
As we commemorate Easter in April and Mother’s Day in May we are expecting many more visitors to our churches, some returning and some new. So it is worthwhile reflecting on what our current practices are towards visitors.
When should we be hosting our Christmas parties?
This month we offer five resources to help your congregation get ready for Christmas.
Tell me your story.
How might we welcome visitors this fall?