Faith Formation for May In this Easter season, we will build upon the Easter assurance that hope is alive by accepting God’s invitation to be part of “nurturing hope.” We will plant seeds of hope in many forms! When the weather is good, we will plant our herb boxes! Sunday, May 4 – Intergenerational […]
Ministry of Spiritual Life
Christian Explorers – April
Faith Formation for April As we prepare for Easter, we continue our Lenten focus on “Deep and Wide: Becoming Beloved Community.” We’ll join our friends for a Palm Sunday parade, search for Easter egg blessings, and reflect on doubt and faith. Sunday, April 6 – Intergenerational Worship with Communion Our young people will participate […]
This Month: Incredible Days Family Service Project Trip!
Faith Formation for March On the first Sunday in March, we complete our winter worship theme, “Faithful Followers,” with an intergenerational communion service. Then we move into Lent, with a focus on “Deep and Wide: Becoming Beloved Community.” Each Sunday we will learn from the early church about the joys and challenges of becoming beloved […]
Faithful Followers
Faith Formation for February Our young people will join the entire congregation in our Sunday morning theme, “Faithful Followers.” Each Sunday we will learn about the life of a faithful follower of Jesus: what can we learn from them about how to face difficult challenges and live with joy and meaning? Sunday, February 2 […]
A Holistic Vision for Faith Formation for Children and Youth
In the three months that Fran Graveson has been our consulting associate pastor for faith formation, we have done a lot of consulting! We have held gatherings for parents; we have welcomed Rev. Debbie Gline-Allen, Conference Minister for Faith Formation, to lead us in worship and talk with us about our emerging vision; we have […]
THANK YOU, Edwards Church!
I am so grateful for the time I have spent at Edwards Church these last few months as the Consulting Associate Pastor. I don’t think I have run around a sanctuary this much in many years. And I know it was the first time I have ever made bread in the sanctuary! It has been […]
Christian Explorers – Tending the Light
“Tending the Light” This month, Christian Explorers will join with the entire congregation as we light candles of hope, peace, joy and love, and reflect on how we are called to “tend the light.” On December 1, we will gather for intergenerational worship in the sanctuary, with a special guest, Rev. Debbie Gline-Allen, […]
Faith Formation Updates
Greetings from Faith Formation! As we move through this transition time in our youth programming, we are grateful to everyone who attended our information/brainstorming sessions in the first week of November. Family members, caretakers, and Faith Formation team members had two engaging conversations with absolutely amazing attendance. We shared some of the joys of […]
Reflecting on What Matters
In November, we will join with the entire congregation in our All Saints’ Communion worship service, as we reflect on the gifts we have received from the cloud of witnesses that has gone before us. We will enact our stewardship theme, “What we do matters” by baking cookies for the veterans’ dinner and by putting […]
October Happenings
In October, we will learn about Jesus’ greatest sermon, the Sermon on the Mount. In this sermon, Jesus taught about God’s kin-dom, how God wants us to live into it, and what it means to be blessed. We will create of Tree of Blessings to share with the whole congregation. On Sunday mornings, Christian Explorers […]