Adult Ministry

All of us are currently navigating our new world in the midst of our global pandemic Covid-19. The Discipleship Ministry Team applauds all of our churches for their continued ministry and want to help. We know there are many different things out there and we’ve tried to curate a helpful list compiled in one spot […]

I have the blessing of teaching Christianity as part of a World Religions class to students at a local community college. I love doing this because it keeps me in contact with young people now that I am not in the pulpit full-time. It is also discouraging. More and more our younger generation is losing […]

A Resource Review: “Perfect and Forgiven” by Zach Maldonado I had the opportunity to read “Perfect and Forgiven” by Zach Maldonada. From his bio @ https://zachmaldonado.com/ Zach Maldonado serves as a pastor at Church Without Religion and with Andrew Farley Ministries. Zach is also an author and speaker with a passion to proclaim the gospel […]

A Resource Review: “Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer” by Fran Pratt From the Publisher: A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations […]

Welcome to the first post of a series where I will be sharing different resources that have helped me to grow broader in my understanding of faith and deeper in my spirituality. My hope is that they will encourage you as well. A simple caveat must be said. These debates and lectures are not necessarily endorsements of any particular theology, doctrine, social, or cultural position.

  I recently read “A Riff of Love. Notes on Community and Belonging.” This book is written by Greg Jarrell. He has a very interesting ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina. His ministry is the epitome of an incarnational ministry. Greg and his wife, Helms moved to the Enderly Park neighborhood to build community in the […]

Welcome to the first post of a series where I will be sharing different resources that have helped me to grow broader in my understanding of faith and deeper in my spirituality. My hope is that they will encourage you as well. A simple caveat must be said. These debates and lectures are not necessarily endorsements of any particular theology, doctrine, social, or cultural position.

How do you decide what to do with your money? This is the question that the youtube video introducing the ministry called COMPASS: Navigating Faith and Finances, developed by the Ecumenical Stewardship Center of which we as Cumberland Presbyterians are a denominational partner, asks its viewers. The goal of COMPASS is to engage young adults […]

“I was driving on a very, very, snowy, icy, visibility-zero highway.” This is how Carol Wehrheim started an article about what her church is doing in worship. No, she was not driving, nor was she the person telling the story. It was the story of someone who had told their faith story and it was […]

Welcome to the first post of a series where I will be sharing different resources that have helped me to grow broader in my understanding of faith and deeper in my spirituality. My hope is that they will encourage you as well. A simple caveat must be said. These debates and lectures are not necessarily endorsements of any particular theology, doctrine, social, or cultural position.