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MACUCC: Eastern Regional Youth Event 2018 Practiced God's Love and Justice
Three hundred twenty-eight participants gathered at California University of Pennsylvania for the Eastern Regional Youth Event on July 19-22. Youth from our Hampshire Association, Edwards Church in Framingham, and Memorial Congregational Church in Sudbury joined their UCC peers from 10 other eastern UCC conferences.
How the Challenges You Face Actually Teach You About God
Who wants difficulty in their life?<br>I'm guessing I won't get many takers. I haven't met many who will volunteer for the things that might make them unhappy.<br>I knew this guy who prayed for conflict once. When I learned that guy was praying that God would allow some conflict between him and me, I gr
Amazing Race Ideas for Youth Group Events
I'm a huge fan of The Amazing Race. My wife and I have talked about applying to the TV show for years but have never tried signing up (yet). It’s such a great idea, filled
They Tried to Start a Church Without God. For a While, It Worked.
Secular organizers started their own congregations. But to succeed, they need to do a better job of imitating religion.
How to Make Your Youth Ministry More Relational
You can’t make changes to make your youth ministry more relational if you don’t know what needs to change.
Why Youth Pastors Need to Multiply Leadership
Exhausted, alone and too many people are coming at you for too much stuff? Youth pastor, you need to multiply leadership.
If God is Sovereign, Why Pray?
Prayer and evangelism are both part of God's plan.
All Shapes and Sizes: What Does Youth Ministry Look Like?
We can sometimes get stuck by limiting our ideas of what youth ministry does and doesn’t look like. Instead of limiting our understanding, I invite us to expand our understanding of youth ministry.
How Christian Camps can Help Troubled Youths
We live in a world full of turmoil and immorality; it seems that everywhere you look, sin abounds. This is especially tragic for teenagers, who are bombarded and pressured by the culture on every side as they try to determine what they will do for the rest of their lives. It’s no wonder that so [...]
What Happens After an Intercept Expedition for At Risk Youth?
For families considering wilderness programs for at risk youth, we provide many resources to support a successful transition back home.
What do Lutherans say about…gender justice?
What does it look like for a church to confront sexism? Can women be pastors? Is God a dude? Explore issues of faith, sexism and justice with the Evangelical...
Why We Should Expect God to be a Trinity
Many times when I discuss Christianity, those of other faiths get tripped up in the idea of a triune God. However, if you think hard about God and what He entails, you may soon see that the trinity actually solves more problems than it creates.
Being Church: Reflections on How to Live as the People of God
What modern church doesn’t call itself a “community”? Yet for how many is it real? How many churches form disciples intimately connected enough to call themselves Christ’s “body”? How many churches form disciples who know the relational arts that create a robust unity? How many form disciples practiced in the ways of sacrificial love?
Why Social Justice Is Killing Synagogues and Churches
“If it turns out that there is a God … the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.”—Woody Allen If you go into a Reform or Conservative temple, it’s likely that you will notice two things: The congregation is becoming smaller and older. Across the United States and Europe, …
How to Plan A Christian Youth Camp: Budgeting for Camp
While the first two posts of this series focused more on the spiritual aspects of your youth camp, we do live in a temporal world and considering money and budgeting appropriately is important. It is also important to accept that we currently live in tougher economic times and the parents of your attendees are not [...]
What Is the Achilles Heel of Youth Ministry?
How could we see our ministries embrace hope instead of fear?
The Bee Explains: What Is Social Justice?
If you want to cause a ruckus at your local church, just walk right into the middle of a service and whisper, “Social justice.” Almost immediately, everyone will begin arguing with one another about what exactly social justice is, and whether or not it’s something for which Christians should advocate. Pointy objects might be thrown …
12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice
Whatever else we might say about the contemporary church, we must say this: We are well resourced. When a new challenge presents itself, when a new teaching arises, when a new heresy appears, it does not take long before we have access to books that address, confront, and correct it.…
Why You Should Care About Creativity in Youth Ministry
Creativity matters because it’s deeply personal and inherently authentic.
How Catholics can work for racial justice
A healing beatitude Blessed are you who are willing to engage in a sincere conversation about race. Blessed are you who embrace your Black sisters and brothers in the fight for social justice.
