August 2013
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The Rev. Dr. Jo Hudson: “Wait there is more” – closing worship of the UCC General Synod 2013. NB: Jo Hudson is gathering pastor for Extravagance UCC. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Tomorrow I will meet with Rev. Kate Epperly, the UCC’s Minister for Family and Children’s Ministries. She is interested in German/European church websites for children. In order to get additional input and to make sure I do not overlook any important websites, I posed a question in the Facebook group “Church and Social Media” –…
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“Perhaps if Protestant churches began acting more like dutiful mothers instead of fun babysitters, there would be fewer youth leaving their ecclesiastical homes as soon as they are out of the house.” What are thoughts on this post from The Christian Pundit about young Christians turning from their religious background and attending more traditional churches…
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Pastoral Prayer – Erfahrungen aus den USA Penn Central Conference UEK Partnership Committee Für sechs Wochen bin ich im National Office der… View Post
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A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
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A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church by David Dunn and Lowell H. Zuck — discovering the German roots of the UCC
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Christian Weyer: Zukunft des Pfarrdienstes in der Evangelischen Kirche christianweyer: Heute Nachmittag werde ich eine Pfarrerin mit besonderem Auftrag im Kirchenkreis Saar-West in ihr Amt einführen. Sie wird zwei Mitglieder des Kreissynodalvorstands entlasten, indem sie Dienste in der Klinikseelsorge übernimmt. Und sie wird Vertretungen im Pfarrdienst in Kirchengemeinden und…
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The famous Philly Cheese Steak at Geno’s today – more pics from Phiadelphia
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Feast of the Assumption in Little Italy: http://www.littleitalycleveland.com/
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Online Sacraments? Or do we need Real Bread?
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I was invited by UCC Local Church Ministries to give a presentation on our experiences with online congregations as the UCC is preparing to establish Extravagance UCC as an online congregations. I raised the question of online sacraments. I was quite surprised that this question was not a really big issue – quite contrary to…
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The Ten Commandments of iPad Preaching
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The Ten Commandments of iPad Preaching 1. The only thing worse than a cell phone ringing in the middle of a prayer is the preacher’s iPad ringing in the middle of a prayer…..