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Two Questions: Sara Jane Nixon

Time to Rekindle Relationships

Recharge, Renew, Refocus

Look! I’m Doing a New Thing.

O Christ, Surround Us

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Two Questions: Sara Jane Nixon

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Sara Jane NixonPastor, New Dublin Presbyterian ChurchDublin, Va.(And LOGOS Participant as a Child!)       Photo: Sara Jane (middle) with Training Director Betsy Dishman (left) and Communications Coordinator Tracey Schoch, at a LIFT Experience held at Sara Jane's church a month before the pandemic began! In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? How can I help people learn from each other? People in the church -- and society! -- are so age-segregated that  being around people you are not related to with whom...

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Time to Rekindle Relationships

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Relationships and community require care and feeding. Congregations all over the world are facing this same challenge—of starting to gather again in person (or soon!). And we are out of practice. We’ve been Zooming, doing the masked-and-distanced thing, and lots of other creative solutions, but we must admit, it’s been a strange and awkward year, and it’s time to rekindle relationships.

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Recharge, Renew, Refocus

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Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries       Published in 2021 during the pandemicFor post-pandemic Lent, Easter and spring resources, click hereFor VBS, summer, and outdoor, click hereOur resources are designed for two or more generations together.Did you receive a star word at Epiphany? It’s a new-ish tradition that helps provide focus for Christians for the upcoming year. The star is a reminder of what guided the Magi to Jesus (hence the Epiphany timing). And it is a reminder that we are also seeking Jesus, trusting that God uses many signs (or stars) to draw us closer. Words on stars are...

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Look! I’m Doing a New Thing.

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Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries       Most days when I talk with my mom, she wraps up the call with, “Well, we’re coming along.” Even if she’s just shared something not-so-great about how she or my dad are feeling or how one is recovering from a fall, it’s still an encouraging tone and “we’re coming along” as she signs off. “Coming along” is an informal way of saying making progress and moving forward, which is exactly what she means. We’re doing better today than yesterday. Or better this afternoon than this morning. And the expectation is that tomorrow will...

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O Christ, Surround Us

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It’s been an interesting year, hasn’t it? And pssst… it’s not over yet. Good thing Christ surrounds us. And good thing we can each be the hands and feet, and the eyes and ears of Christ to surround others. Others of all generations.

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