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Thinking the Faith, Praying the Faith, Living the Faith is written by the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship.
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Church leaders and Christian educators engage in new curriculum from PC(USA)
Engage, a new curriculum based on the well-loved Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) program of the same name, is being celebrated by church leaders and Christian educators looking to build disciples in their congregations.
First unveiled at the Disciple-Making Church Conference in January in St. Pete Beach, Florida, sales of Engage: Gospel—the first of three resources in the Engage curriculum line—exceeded expectations. Scores of conference-goers purchased the new curriculum resource to use in their churches. Feedback from those in attendance was encouraging, as well.
“Through this Engage curriculum, pastors will be able to make the Engage materials [available from the Office of Evangelism, PC(USA)] more understandable and accessible to the wider church. Thank you,” said George Goodrich, presbytery executive, Yellowstone Presbytery.
“It’s good stuff. We’ve needed something like this kind of material,” said another conference attendee.
Engage was also a big hit at the APCE Annual Event last week in Orlando, Florida, where Christian educators flocked to the Presbyterian Bookstore to pick it up.
“People are pleased to have a denominational curriculum that is based around telling our faith stories,” said Ray Jones, coordinator for evangelism. “They spoke of having these ‘aha’ moments of realizing that they can share their faith stories and help others share them, too.”
Developed in partnership with the Office of Evangelism, PC(USA), and Congregational Ministries Publishing, each seven-session curriculum resource—Engage: Gospel, Engage: Discipleship, and Engage: Mission—inspires a journey of prayer and faith-sharing, equips members to live out and share their growing faith, and connects the church with its community.
Engage: Gospel is available for purchase at store.pcusa.org or by calling the Presbyterian Distribution Service at (800) 524-2612. Engage: Discipleship will be available in June 2013, followed by Engage: Mission at a later date.
Learn more about Engage at pcusa.org/engage.
Engage: Gospel
Participant’s Book: 912004, $4.95
Leader’s Guide: 912003, $8.95
March 26, 2013
Heidelberg Catechism ReMix
In this 23 minute video, Dr. Hansen explores the hows and whys of the new translation, how it compares to the earlier translation and the original German and Latin, and the catechism can build the faith of individuals and congregations.- Posted at 3:02 p.m.
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March 22, 2013
Why Are We Losing Our Kids?
“Our kids are smart. They picked up on the message we unwittingly taught. If church is simply a place to learn life-application principals to achieve a better life in community… you don’t need a crucified Jesus for that.” --from website Marc5Solas- Posted at 11:17 a.m.
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March 21, 2013
Passing on the Faith
As many of us were taught, the root meaning of the word tradition is handing over for safekeeping. We pass on to others the best of what we have; we pass on the tradition. In a really nice column on Huffington Post, Derek Penwell, in effect, asks the question, "what is the tradition which we hand over?" What if the next generation doesn't want what we think is treasure. My kids don't really want this sofa. What will they want from my church?- Posted at 9:53 a.m.
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March 13, 2013
Musings on the election of Francis
Like many of my fellow Presbyterians, I have been following the story of the resignation of Benedict the XVI and the election of Francis.- Posted at 10:53 p.m.
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