What to Expect When You Visit an Episcopal Church
When you visit an Episcopal Church or any church at all for the first time it may feel a little strange and intimidating. We want you to be able to…
Vacation Bible School 2015
Have you made your summer plans? See who is offering Vacation Bible School this year. We’re still adding to the list. If your congregation has a VBS running this summer,…
Why that Pew Report is great news for the Church
The big headline in USA religion news this week is that a statistically significant number of folks in the United States have moved away from self-identifying as “Christian” and into…
A Book Review by Bishop Greg Rickel: The Soul’s Journey
As we begin our Lenten journey I would commend a new book, just out, “The Soul’s Journey: An Artist’s Approach to the Stations of the Cross” by Kathrin Burleson, with…
Faith Formation for Lent
What are you doing for Lent this year?” Sometimes we experience Lent as merely the weeks spent waiting for and preparing for Easter, but it can be a deeply reflective…
Formation Ministry around the Episcopal Church
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of representing our region at a joint network meeting of the Council for Lifelong Christian Formation and the Youth Ministers Network. These…
Licensed Ministry Training
Years ago a deacon told me that the best way to provide continuing education for adults was to give them what they wanted to know when they wanted to know…
Now here is an idea
So, this man I sponsored for confirmation recently gave me a lecture about the Daily Office and evangelism. And how I ought to spread the word, help to make it…
Serving as a Sponsor
As you know, the Bishop asks people being baptized, confirmed, received or reaffirming their vows to write him a letter about their decision and their journey. I think that sponsors…
Holding a mirror to our beliefs
In the last months, several friends have suffered terrible losses to health and to loved ones. It seems like the perfect time to read the Bishop’s book for Lent this…
