Sacred Ground: A Film-Based Dialogue on Race and Faith
Sacred Ground is a film- and reading-based dialogue series on race and faith. Participants will walk together through America’s history of race and racism, while weaving in the threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity. It’s an invitation for small groups to gather to learn, share, and prepare to become Beloved…
Faith Lens: A Weekly Online Bible Study
Every week during the academic year, our colleagues at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America publish a lesson plan based on the weekly lectionary readings and connecting the themes of those lessons with the events and issues our young people are dealing with each and every day. Some weeks the connection is to a specific…
Making A Welcoming Space For LGBTQ+ Young People
The Episcopal Church has made commitments to inclusivity and affirmation of its LGBTQ+ members, but there is much still to be done to actively live out that promise. This information sheet is designed to be a resource for youth workers seeking to build a radically welcoming community and to work in alliance with LGBTQ+ young…
These Are Our Bodies
These Are Our Bodies is a new resource available through Church Publishing that helps us all have conversations about our sexuality within a faith community.The book is a theological and practical guide to conversation about the complexities of sexuality in today’s world, grounded in the Episcopal tradition. This book includes the role of sexuality in our…
Supporting Resiliency in an Anxious World
A growing body of research supports what any of us working with young people already know–that our young people are experiencing increasing amounts of stress. More importantly, a growing body of evidence supports that increased time on smartphones is part of the problem. Well, smartphones are not going away, but as you consider how to shape your…
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10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools [and Churches!]
Originally written for classroom teachers, this important article addresses an issue that is just as important for youth workers, youth ministers, Christian educators, and others working with young people in church. The author, Jamie Utt, says in his introduction, “most White teachers mean well and have no intention of being racist. Yet as people who…
Youth on Vestry
Being a vestry member means leading in a community of faith. It means committing yourself to stewardship. It means speaking and acting from your own experience for the benefit of others. The Office of Youth Ministry recently surveyed diocesan youthworkers about the experience of young people serving on local parish vestry boards. We heard stories…