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What Are You Actually Preparing for This Advent? advent christmas church dinner intergenerational faith formation Sep 23, 2026

Advent is a season about waiting.

We do not stumble into Christmas. We walk toward it on purpose, lighting one candle at a time, saying out loud each week that something is coming and we are getting ...

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LIFT: The Gift of Continuing Connections church dinner faith formation intergenerational faith formation lift Apr 30, 2025

Cathy Vitek
Children's & Family Ministry Pastor
Bethany UMC, Ellicott City, MD

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Bethany UMCā€™s Living in Faith Together Dinner Church (LIFT) pilot came to an end before H...

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Three Weeks of LIFT at Bethany UMC: Friendships, Togetherness & The Holy Spirit christian education church dinner faith formation Mar 31, 2025

Cathy Vitek
Children's & Family Ministry Pastor
Bethany UMC, Ellicott City, MD

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We are three weeks into our five-week Living in Faith Together Dinner Church (LIFT) at Bethany UMC,...

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Starting LIFT at Bethany United Methodist Church christian education church dinner lift Mar 13, 2025


Cathy Vitek
Children's & Family Ministry Pastor
Bethany UMC, Ellicott City, MD

Two years ago I was deeply impacted when I read Kendall Vandersliceā€™s We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship,...

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