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Hands
Nov 06, 2017

If Wednesday is the new Sunday then what does that mean for Christian education?
May 15, 2017

A World Filled with Thriving Christian Communities
Dec 17, 2016

Building Relationships with our Police
Feb 25, 2016

The Year without VBS
May 07, 2015

Blog — church transformation

Hands

Posted by Liz Perraud at Nov 06, 2017

My favorite hand of all though came from a 4 (and a half!) year old...

If Wednesday is the new Sunday then what does that mean for Christian education?

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 15, 2017

There was a day when schools and communities guarded Wednesday night as “church night.” Rarely were school sports practices or evening events scheduled. And then there wasn’t that day. Maybe the practice was more of a Bible Belt thing—most common in the south and midwest states. Growing up in the DC area I have no memory of Wednesday night reserved for religious reasons and it certainly wasn’t the case for my children. We all know about the gradual erosion of Sunday morning as “sacred” time. About 20 years ago, our soccer club ruled that no game would start prior to...

A World Filled with Thriving Christian Communities

Posted by Liz Perraud at Dec 17, 2016

“We started LOGOS with a ‘soft launch’—only doing two of the elements (Family Time and Bible Study) until we have more buy-in. We have very few children in our small church, but we want to build relationships between the children and the adults. We had 50 people come to the first night…seven of which were children. There was a child at each table with adults surrounding that child and sharing and caring for them. My congregation has never been so excited about an event! I've been getting phone calls all day about how much the members enjoyed everything! It's a new...

Building Relationships with our Police

Posted by Liz Perraud at Feb 25, 2016

Last night was one of my favorite nights of LOGOS at my church, despite the howling winds and torrential rains outside (tornado watch!). We invited some local police to come to dinner with 75 raucous (but lovable) children and their dedicated Table Parents to help us recognize our Family Time (dinner) theme "We love Police Night." They arrived early, were wonderful guests, seemed to enjoy their chicken patties, and engaged with all at their tables. Our creative Dinner Dean had each table play a car chase game with matchbox cars and elbows only. There are our guests in the picture with...

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Tags: church transformation, intergenerational ministry, LOGOS, relationships

The Year without VBS

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 07, 2015

There was a small construction project at the church scheduled for the summer months and our long-time Vacation Bible School Director was stepping down more than a little burned out. I was serving on the Christian Education Committee and we wrestled with what to do about VBS for children’s ministry. I think it was less about the construction project (we could have worked around it) and more about the burned-out director and a little late in the year to find a new one. Should we cancel VBS this year? It certainly was an option but the LOGOS Leadership Team decided to take...