Small Churches
In our latest blog, Greg Syler sets the stage for talking about stewardship with an examination of post-Covid Episcopal parishes. “First step before launching this year’s stewardship campaign should be a serious examination o…
In “Small Church, Big Promises”, Linda Buskirk extols the virtues of small congregations despite their lack of numbers. Do you belong to a small church?
Greg Syler discusses the merging of his two Maryland parishes into one parish and asks, “How can we create a more sustainable business model that helps drive the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church in our communities…
Would your small church be better off in collaboration with another small church? In his latest blog, Greg Syler proposes that the Episcopal Church use some multisite thinking. He presents statistics to show that the movement…
Many have used metaphor to teach about the Church, the church as a mother, etc. In her blog, Lisa Fischbeck compares small and mid-sized churches to corgis, agile little dogs that have the fortitude of big dogs but with small…
The question is not so much, “What is my vocation?” The question is rather, “How is God calling me to live out my vocation?”
“How do you do Sunday mornings?” That’s perhaps the most common question I get when someone realizes that I serve as one rector of two congregations.
“How do you do Sunday mornings?” That’s perhaps the most common question I get when someone realizes that I serve as one rector of two congregations.
If we push ourselves in new directions, I believe we might in turn realize new things – not the least about God, who is (still) the Lord of the church.
In 2015, Vital Posts recorded the planting of a new Episcopal congregation in Brownsburg, Indiana, just outside Indianapolis. The small seed of a congregation that Fr. Gray planted has grown to nearly 130 people of Good Samar…
What makes your church a family?
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Attendance, and budgets, and programs are important, sure. But are those the right questions? What new questions can we start asking?
An example of a stewardship letter and presentation to show what a smaller church can accomplish.
Are there other areas besides music where the bartering concept might strengthen your ministry or bring in needed skills that you would otherwise have to pay for in cash?
Insights from a full day workshop on how to do Morning Prayer well so that a layperson led Morning Prayer can be a legitimate form of Sunday morning worship.
Take a good look at the neighborhood around your church. Pay attention to what the neighborhood looks like. Learn what needs exist. Then just jump in and try something!