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John Wesley’s Prayer for Wednesday Morning
Wesley’s written prayer for families for Wednesday Morning. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class Dear God, who is blessed forever, we thank and praise You for the good things … Continue reading
Flying at 3500 feet
I am sitting in four days of board meetings for the International Board of Education and the Global Committee for Global Education and Clergy Development. At the same time Kansas City is quickly being buried under around a foot of … Continue reading
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Twittiquette? or an Educational Strategy for Tweets?
It was bound to happen, the increase in Twitter feeds has sparked a number of blog sites on twitter etiquette… er, is that Twittiquette? Brittany Fitzgerald’s recent article on the Huffington Post is just the most recent example, titled “What Not … Continue reading
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Scottie May Presentations in Children’s Ministry
Just received word that Scottie May’s two presentations this spring includes a morning lecture titled “Why Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus,”and the afternoon seminar is titled “How Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus.” May is the guest lecturer for the NTS Miriam Hall Lecture in … Continue reading
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Scottie May to speak April 9th Miriam Hall Lecture on Children’s Ministry
Mary Scottie May, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND MINISTRY Looking forward to this spring when NTS will host the Miriam Hall lecture April 9th with nationally known Children’s ministry educator Scottie May. Morning presentation begins at 10:30 am … Continue reading
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faithfulhomes
As a part of the Family Ministry class at NTS, I will be utilizing one of the key projects we have developed directly with Nazarene Sunday School Discipleship Ministry International, known as faithfulhomes. This website, http://faithfulhomes.org, began development as part … Continue reading
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Happy New Year “nones”
I will be teaching a course of young and emerging adults this semester. One of the interesting and disturbing phenomenons of this socio/economic/cultural/developmental cohort revolves around a rising disinterest in traditional Christian faith. Many of this group list themselves with … Continue reading
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