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Congratulations!
May 26, 2015

Our Gifts: Understood, needed and used?
May 19, 2015

The Year without VBS
May 07, 2015

LOGOS Training: They had me at "relationships"
Apr 21, 2015

LOGOS Musicals and Nittany Lions
Apr 13, 2015

Blog — LOGOS

Congratulations!

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 26, 2015

I ate dinner with a family from my church a couple of weeks ago. They invited me for a meal in their home to thank me for something that I should have been thanking them for. You can read about that something here. It was a wonderful evening of food and fellowship. The meal was a fabulous array of dishes from their culture (Pakistan) prepared with me in mind (not too spicy). There's something so very personal about not just a meal together but a meal in someone’s home. I loved it. And I was reminded of something by the...

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Tags: Christian Education, intergenerational ministry, LOGOS, relationships

Our Gifts: Understood, needed and used?

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 19, 2015

Send soap (but be sure to include a plastic soap dish too because when you bathe standing on a big rock in the dirt you really need the soap holder)...

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...

LOGOS Training: They had me at "relationships"

Posted by Liz Perraud at Apr 21, 2015

My first LOGOS training was about 20 (really?) years ago. I was stepping into the role of LOGOS Director at my church and arrived at the training nervous, unsure and alone. For an introvert, those aren’t the best conditions for a great experience. But it was an amazing experience. People from other churches embraced me and I met wonderful training leaders who are good friends to this day. They were full of energy, experience, wisdom, understanding and were so relational. I remember one training leader sharing that she arrived late because her daughter, who thought she didn’t want to be...

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Tags: church growth, church transformation, intergenerational ministry, LOGOS, relationships

LOGOS Musicals and Nittany Lions

Posted by Liz Perraud at Apr 13, 2015

It was my pleasure to visit State College Presbyterian Church (State College, Pennsylvania) on the occasion of their celebration of 25 years of LOGOS ministry. What I saw, learned or experienced included: Elementary students enthusiastically leading in worship and an enthusiastic congregation supporting such leadership. I loved the adult helper in the choir loft with the little sailor hat perched on his head to match the children in the musical. A pastor and music director with LOGOS experience in previous churches who were drawn to this church at least partially because of LOGOS. Lots of adults eager to share with...