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3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Love and Loss
March 25, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
With young children, rather than dwelling on physical suffering, death, belief, and miracles in a general way, the story of Mary, Martha, and Jesus, and their shared love for Lazarus, allows us to talk about love and loss, and “unbinding” all the things that keep us from loving as deeply and openly as these four friends.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Breath of God
March 23, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
As Christians, we affirm that death has no sting — for God is a God of life eternal. We can trust that all things, even time itself, are in God’s hands. Such an affirmation should fill us with hope in whatever valley we are facing. When we are asked in this coming Easter season, “Can these bones live?” we can answer with a resounding “Yes!”
Grantee Cohort Spotlight: Women Transitioning from Rikers
March 21, 2023
Since 2020, Trinity Church Wall Street has funded a cohort of organizations working to support women transitioning from Rikers Island. This cohort was developed to prioritize the historically unmet needs of justice-involved women in response to the New York City Council’s vote to close Rikers Island in late 2019.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Superpowers
March 18, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
We can wonder about all the ways that Jesus as a shepherd shows us the true power of God: leading from the front to recognize abundance and danger, walking next to us in compassion, and following from behind to be with the stragglers and keep them from getting lost.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Life in Christ
March 16, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
Being a disciple today requires prophetic action, discipline, and endurance. True life in Christ includes cultivating a deep desire for the capacity to see as God sees.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Lenten Pilgrims
March 11, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
We can seek God on purpose. And sometimes we encounter Jesus when we’re not expecting it, or when we don’t think we deserve to be welcomed by God. Where, or in whom, might we encounter Jesus this week? Can we know ahead of time? Maybe Jesus will surprise you.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Breaking All The Rules
March 9, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
When it comes to Good News, it is not who you are, where you come from, or what you’ve done or not done in your life that matters. We can come as we truly are, bringing to God all the pain, joy, and wonder of our lives and our world. In this season of Lent, we are invited to bring to God all that we do not want to be seen or known and we, too, can receive living water. Water that will become in us a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.
Meet the Ministry: Daniel Frank, Sacristan
March 8, 2023
Grantee Spotlight: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
March 7, 2023
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a cornerstone of the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. For over 130 years the church has worshiped in and served Ballard. St. Luke’s is known for a deep commitment to its vision: “to form Beloved Community, which is welcoming and diverse, with Christian worship and service at the heart.”