Looking Beyond Place: The Missional Church of Flows
By Sandy Troyan, MA Senior in Children, Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary Edited & posted by Keith Long, MDiv Senior concentrating in Children, Y... Read more.
Remembering Trayvon Martin
How do we, in the missional church movement, deal with the pain we feel as we listen to the discussion following the shooting of Trayvon Martin? I fe... Read more.
Doubt as the Curriculum for Confirmation by Andy Root
Read this article by Dr. Andy Root in the Immerse Journal on doubt as the curriculum for confirmation. The Confirmation Teacher/Mentor Related Links: www.andrew... Read more.
What is the Church?
See this short video with a simple description of the Church. Use as a discussion starter in your confirmation class, youth minsitry or adult small group. How d... Read more.
100 People: A Global Village
The ELCA World Hunger program has launched a line of Web-based resources, Hunger Education Toolkits. The Hunger Education Toolkits will help you design, host, a... Read more.
Art of Possibility
by Pastor Nancy Lee Gauche Check out Tom Langemo’s blog on the Art of Possibility! Here’s some background in the form of a blog informing us what dr... Read more.
Affen Spiel? How We Got Here
by Dr. Hans Wiersma “Monkey Business”! That’s what Martin Luther called the rite of confirmation as he knew it in his day. Luther’s teac... Read more.
The Hunger Games: A Guide for Discussion by David Lose
See an overview and suggested study guide for The Hunger Games by David Lose. This is a great resource to talk about the book with teens and youth groups. relat... Read more.
Countdown to Monkey Business!
Just 3 more days until…. Monkey Business: A First Third Dialogue on the Confirmation Process We are so excited to host 125 pastors, confirmation directors... Read more.
Playing Out the Dialogue
As we explore confirmation, we need to move the dialogue into action. Your ministry is a game worth playing in this life, and we want to help you set yourself u... Read more.
Formation Centered Confirmation
By Rev. Tim Coltvet,Coordinator of Contextual Learning and Coaching for the Children, Youth, and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary As I step back for a moment,... Read more.
So Whats Wrong with Confirmation?
By Dr. Nancy Going, Director of Distributed Learning Children, Youth and Family Luther Seminary My second real youth ministry job was in Germany. My husba... Read more.
Andy Root’s podcast discussing Confirmation
Listen to Dr. Andrew Root and Bethany Stolle as they discuss chapter 14 of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry, by Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean. They di... Read more.
Promo Video for FirstThird Dialogue
Monkey Business: A First Third Dialogue on the Confirmation Process February 27-29, 2012 Register at: www.firstthird.org/events Early Bird registration extended... Read more.
Review of Missional Church Consultation posts
A Faithful Future: A Conversation about the missional church and the first third of life The Seventh Annual Consultation on the Missional Church, held Nov. 4-5,... Read more.
A Faithful Future: A Conversation about the Missional Church and the First Third of Life
by Dr. Terri Elton, Associate Professor Children, Youth and Family Ministry and Director of the Center for First Third Ministry at Luther Seminary Ministry with... Read more.
Terence Fretheim at Missional Church Consultation
“Thinking Deeply about Relationship: The Practical Adequacy of Our Understanding of the God-Human Relationship” The word “relationship” ... Read more.
Congregational Resource for Todd Hobart’s Presentation
In Todd Hobart’s video, he recommended churches do 2 things:1) Discern where you are as a church. Identify your particular context and the issues i... Read more.
Introducing AMP (All Metro Praise)…
“Collaborative Worship – an act of Stewardship” Dave Scherer and Tony Fair give us a peek into the emerging All Metro Praise (AMP) worsh... Read more.
Todd Hobart at Missional Church Consultation
“Anticipating the Kingdom: Engaging students in missional faith formation“ What do “mission” and “faith formation” have to d... Read more.
Secularism and pluralism
Once again MIchael Jinkins, the president of Louisville Seminary, offers a pointed reflection on the challenges of living in the global and diverse world we inh... Read more.
