Another Way to Worship: C.A.R.E. Informed Congregational Engagement as Sustained Community

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Darlene Hutto

In my role with the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE), I create spiritually formative experiences for young leaders aged eighteen to thirty. Our gatherings create the conditions for participants Continue Reading

Vital and Virtual: Reimaging Spirituality in a Pandemic Shaped Culture

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Esther Powers

PANDEMIC AND PANDEMONIUM! It was not just our imagination in March of 2020, when the world shifted as we entered a period of change that was unprecedented in our lifetimes! Continue Reading

From Butts in the Pews to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Diana Hodges-Batzka

From “Butts in the Pews” to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance COVID-19 Worship Changes In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a drastic change in worship practices for Florence Continue Reading

Faith and Food Justice

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Michelle Estelle Lewis

Why the Peace Garden Project? I was raised in the south in a pretty fundamentalist Baptist Church, and I have a Muslim sister. Though my beliefs are no longer Continue Reading

Photo of John and Katie Mattox preaching

PATCHWORK

Posted on March 23, 2017 by John Mattox

PATCHWORK: Building Christian Community Through The Introduction Of A New Worship Service As A Means Of Renewal In A Historic United Methodist Congregation WHY DO WE NEED A NEW SERVICE? Continue Reading

Picture of Christ Church 8:00 a.m. Easter service. Photo by Jim Hughes

Reimagining Worship: Finding God In What We Love

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Dena Marcel Cleaver-Bartholomew

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. Psalm 67:5 NRSV Christians come together as the Body of Christ to praise and worship God; to learn from Continue Reading