ideas! for Church Leaders: Vol.5 issue Four Summer 2006: Teach the righteous and they will gain in learning. (Proverbs 9:9b)
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This We Believe-style art shows us that learning can take people to new worlds. We Believe’s All-Church summer expands our world by taking us to thirteen countries.

 
   
 
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Formed in Faith

A Call to Worship

PC(USA) Seminaries Heeding God’s Call

Becoming a “Student-Friendly” Church

Sabbaticals and Conference Centers Fit Together

2006 Pentecost Offering

Hispanic/Latin Resources and Relationships

We Believe Supports a Vision of Lifelong Growth in Discipleship!

Bearing Truthful Witness about our Muslim Neighbors

What is Copyright and Why Do We Care?

Paul’s Words to the Present

We Believe Cycle Two: The Best is Yet to Come

Don’t Miss the Boat! Last-minute Ideas for VBS 2006!

Worship Confirmed

The New Look of Real Faith Real Life

Service with a Smile

Flying By the Seat of Our Pants

Continuing Study Ideas for Elders and Deacons

 

We Believe Supports a Vision of Lifelong Growth in Discipleship!

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Here is good news for Christian educators—in fact, good news for the church. Lifelong growth in discipleship ranks high among priorities of the General Assembly Council. I want to tell you more about that, but first a little about the General Assembly Council’s Mission Work Plan, a plan that came to life in 2005 when the Council adopted it as the first in biannual plans for focus on some of our church’s primary ministries.

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PC(USA) Seminaries Heeding God’s Call

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In the foreword to Craig Dykstra’s book, Growing in the Life of Faith (Geneva Press, 2005), Dorothy Bass lifts up two of the author’s lifelong questions: “What does it mean to live the Christian life faithfully and well?” And “How can we help one another do so?”

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Becoming a “Student-Friendly” Church

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There is an institution of higher education in your town. From time to time, students from the school attend morning worship at your church. Some of them are members of your congregation.

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—Coming Next Issue—

ideas! for Fall 2006 including:

  • The 2007 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study (Children’s, too!)
  • 2006 Peacemaking Offering
  • Young clergy
  • How to design a youth ministry program
  • Reformation Day
  • Hispanic ministries
 
             
 
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