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A bilingual Stations of the Cross service created by the Misa Alegría congregation, part of St. Stephen’s and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, DC.
Trying to remember where you saw that Lenten resource? ECF Vital Practices maintains a curated list of resources created by various faith organizations.
Every parish has the potential of a devastating disaster. Are you prepared? These resources may help.
Resources on ECF Fellow Rosa Lindahl Mallow's innovative work in Florida to merge three very different congregations into one: large suburban, Latino storefront, and small financially struggling.
Is the possibility of a church merger being considered as part of your growth strategy? This resource may help...
Si ama la liturgia y el culto, pero el "evangelismo” lo(a) pone nervioso(a), ¿por qué no evangelismo litúrgico?
La planificación estratégica tiene dos propósitos: la acción de buscar la Voluntad de Dios para el ministerio de la feligresía y la decisión de ejecutar lo que se ha discernido con fe.
It’s no secret. Parish budgets usually aren’t dynamic or compelling. They’re a series of numbers trapped in straight lines. Context is everything. In the right context, those numbers are the legend to a map: Where did we come from? Where are we going? How far have we come?
The most effective leaders have always created teams to work with and lead with them. Take Moses in the story of Exodus, or Jesus and the apostles in the New Testament, or Martin Luther King Jr. in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Our own ministries could be more rewarding if we intentionally structured better teams in all areas of church life.