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A Christmas Pageant for All Generations

Two Questions: Karen Ware Jackson

Two Questions: Henry Zonio

Guests at Our Tables: Celebrating Advent During a Pandemic

Maintaining Relationships in Times of Social Distancing

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A Christmas Pageant for All Generations

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As the pageant opens, a young child asks two adults, “Why is this such a season of wonder and excitement?” One of the adults responds, “Because of the coming of God’s love at Christmas; because of the birth of God’s son; because of how people received Jesus Christ into their lives.” And then instead of being told the story of Christ’s birth, the adults say they’ll show the story.

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Two Questions: Karen Ware Jackson

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Karen Ware JacksonCo-pastor, First Presbyterian ChurchGreenville, NC       In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? The concern of my heart right now is how to reach kids who we haven't been able to reach with online church. With our youngest children still not eligible for the vaccine, it might be quite some time before children and families are comfortable in large indoor groups, and some may never come back to worship or educational programs in the same ways. And this isn't just...

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Two Questions: Henry Zonio

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Henry ZonioSociologist (social inequalities, child development, and religious education) Instructor at University of KY and Asbury University        In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps me up at night? There is so much more to children and family ministry than “just teaching the Bible.” Don’t get me wrong; teaching the Bible is what we do in ministry, and the Bible is what we are supposed to be teaching. What we neglect to realize and account for is that most of us uncritically teach the Bible through...

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Guests at Our Tables: Celebrating Advent During a Pandemic

Posted by Liz Perraud at

With minor adaptations, the celebrations work well for households to do at home—either gathering their own supplies or having a church leader create pick-up kits for them.

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Maintaining Relationships in Times of Social Distancing

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Resources for ministry with children and youth that support relationships should top everyone’s list.

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