All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 1 - 20 of 23 Sort by: Title | Date Sermon Series and Study Guide on Belonging for All Abilities Your church can use new resources, such as a sermon series and study guide, to help your congregation move from including people with disabilities to becoming a place of belonging for all abilities. Then you can pass on what you've learned to other congregations. Article | June 21, 2021 Karen Roberts on Moving from Inclusion to Belonging First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Illinois, is on a journey from being a congregation that includes people with disabilities to becoming a place where people of all abilities belong. A sermon series on the ten dimensions of belonging helped them take another step. Conversation | June 21, 2021 Deep Calls to Deep: Nurturing Preachers for the Work of Proclamation Deep Calls to Deep is a program to strengthen preaching by using communities of peer groups to nurture pastors’ own spiritual, emotional, physical, and imaginative lives. In this paper, Ruthanna Hooke discusses the structure and themes of Deep Calls to Deep, a peer group learning program rooted in the conviction that preaching is soul-work. Academic Article | June 17, 2020 Preachers Need Friends, Too The peer cohort is a place for preachers to strengthen their skills in real time while building intentional friendships. Reflection | February 04, 2020 Final Exams Every Week: Life with a Peer Learning Group Peer learning groups promote faithful endurance and mutual encouragement in the face of what makes the preaching life challenging. Reflection | January 06, 2020 From Colleagues to Companions: Unexpected Fruits of a Peer Learning Group What do you get when you put a diverse group of clergy around a table once a month? More beauty than you might expect. Reflection | August 28, 2019 Five Things I Love about My Preaching Peer Group A young pastor calls his preaching peer group “a funeral and a pep rally in the same ninety minutes.” Find out why. Reflection | February 06, 2019 The Role of a Peer Learning Group in My Preaching Journey God’s message of inclusiveness reaches past the walls that divide us, says Deborah Jungmi Kang, a Korean pastor serving a largely Anglo-American church in Illinois. As Kang develops her preaching voice, a peer learning group provides support. Reflection | October 02, 2018 What I Learned through Preaching Partnerships Fred Provencher has participated in two preaching peer groups in his twenty-plus years of ministry. Read his reflections along with his advice for younger preachers. Reflection | October 02, 2018 Yes, And . . . Experiencing pastoral burnout, Denise Luper began a yearlong leave of absence soon after joining a peer preaching and learning group. The peer group became an important part of her healing process. Reflection | September 17, 2018 A Community That Affirms A peer preaching group changed the course of a student’s seminary journey—and her ministry path. Reflection | September 14, 2018 Three Reasons to Join a Preaching Peer Group Sermon preparation is a recurring task that can be lonely and draining. A Texas pastor describes how a peer learning group revitalized her preaching. Reflection | September 12, 2018 Improving Preaching through Mutual Reflection Newly trained as a homiletic peer coach, a veteran pastor builds on the experiences that had the greatest impact on his formation as a preacher: mutual reflection with colleagues. Reflection | September 05, 2018 Considering a Preaching Peer Group? Five Things to Think About A seasoned pastor found a preaching peer group to be a source of refreshment, challenge, and growth. Here are his top five reasons. Reflection | September 05, 2018 My Preaching Journey and the Power of Peer Learning A certified lay minister, hesitant to preach, finds her voice with the support of a preaching peer group. Reflection | August 20, 2018 Authenticity and Preaching: Reflections of a Reluctant Peer Group Participant A preaching peer group held surprises for pastor Estee Valendy, who discovered—in herself and in her peers—that “excellent preaching is fundamentally authentic preaching.” Reflection | August 15, 2018 The Peer Group as Incubator At a time of transition in his personal and church life, a young pastor jumped at the chance to join a pastor peer group. Learn how this group has helped shape his preaching process. Reflection | August 13, 2018 Becoming Equipped to Follow God’s Call Called at age 39 to be a messenger of God, a minister-in-training finds acceptance, insight, and guidance through a preaching peer group. Reflection | August 08, 2018 Engaging Sermons: Bringing the Bible to Life How a preaching peer group helped an imaginative preacher reach new heights in her quest to create engaging sermons. Reflection | August 06, 2018 Seeing from Other Viewpoints Engaging deeply with peers and perspectives from outside your tradition is the best way to grow in your understanding of others and enrich your own view. Reflection | July 30, 2018 1 2 Next »
Article |
June 21, 2021
Conversation |
June 21, 2021
Academic Article |
June 17, 2020
Reflection |
February 04, 2020
