All posts about ‘congregations’
Alban Weekly on the importance of place
Friday, December 19th, 2008
From Alban Weekly: Congregations are born from a generative spark of interaction between stories of faith and stories of place. … I have come to believe that ‘Where am I?’ and ‘What is happening here?’ are among the most profound questions congregational leaders can ask. This vocabulary of place or location is often used metaphorically [...]
Tags: congregations, culture
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GR Press on Stockbridge Boiler Room community facing zoning issues
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
We saw this story in our local paper last weekend, featuring Symposium 2009 presenters Jenn and Tony Tendero: A prayer group that meets in a three-stall garage on the city’s West Side has run afoul of officials in the city’s Planning Department. They have asked the Stockbridge Boiler Room to apply for a special land-use [...]
Tags: communities, congregations, News, prayer
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Visit to Diocese of Grand Rapids
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Today our staff visited the beautiful new headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, where Patricia Hughes, director of the Office for Worship, hosted us with gracious hospitality—complete with a welcome cake! Patty spoke about the work of the diocese and her experiences in talking about worship renewal with various parishes. We ended [...]
Tags: congregations
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Alban Weekly on 'Redeeming Church Scutwork'
Monday, December 1st, 2008
from Alban Weekly: “Sorry, I can’t go. I’m snowed under. ‘Scutwork,’ you know,” a fellow pastor told me when I invited him to lunch. … I knew what he meant by “scutwork.” It’s a euphemism from Navy parlance for garbage. It’s the unwanted part of work—for leaders in congregations usually the organization and administration of [...]
Tags: congregations
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Ron Sider's review of 'Passing the Plate': why don't American Christians give more?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Ron Sider’s review, at Books&Culture online, of a troubling new book by Christian Smith et al. on meager giving by American Christians: Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money is a powerful study about the pitifully small charitable donations of the richest Christians in history. In spite of the fact that [...]
Tags: congregations, News, research
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