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January 24, 2019 by Jane Gerdsen

The Church – A Video Series

Dan Carlson and Kim Taylor, the visionaries who helped create the Noon Service at Christ Church Cathedral have created a series of videos to reflect on the story of the church and our theology. Here is one of the first. They have interviewed our cathedral Dean Gail Greenwell about what church is. So much wisdom […]

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April 24, 2018 by Jane Gerdsen

Nuestra Familia – Growing a New Community of Faith by Maggie Foote

Maggie Foote, shares her experience of growing a new community of faith in Forest Park and the wonder of inviting people to co-create a community walking in the way of Jesus and the questions that emerge through the process. Recently, I went to the Christian bookstore around the corner from the Latino Ministry Center to […]

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Posted in Communities, Featured, Reflections · Tagged Church, church plant, Community, growing, latino ministry · Leave a Reply ·

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April 3, 2016 by Jane Gerdsen

What We Learned on our UK Pilgrimage

Several of us traveled to England in February, 2016.  While we are each reflecting in our own words what this experience meant to us and how it might be integrated back into our lives and ministry, we wanted to share some of the themes and most important learnings in one place.  So here are the […]

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Posted in 2016 Pilgrimage to England, Featured, Reflections, Uncategorized · Tagged Church, Community, Fresh Expressions, mission, pioneers, ukpilgrimage · Leave a Reply ·

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September 4, 2015 by Jane Gerdsen

Joseph Kovitch: 21st Century Street Preacher

The Rev. Joseph Kovitch, serves as priest in charge to St. Matthew’s Westerville and has had a vision of helping an inherited church slowly transform itself into a Praxis Community – realizing that being the church means you can follow Jesus, love your neighbors, share in spiritual practices, and pay attention to what God is […]

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Posted in Featured, Reflections, St. Matthew's Westerville · Tagged Church, Community, eat, love, pray, st. matthews, theology · Leave a Reply ·

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May 29, 2015 by Aaron Wright

Triangle: Faith, Family and Friends

I nearly froze when she said we were going to watch “The Antwone Fischer Story.” I thought to myself, “The f@!* I am! I already watched that, lived that, and it’s not worth repeating.” As Mary Laymon, our facilitator, would go on to explain, my anxiety was high and I felt out of control because […]

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May 22, 2015 by Jane Gerdsen

Night Prayer in Northside: A Reflection from Brianna Kelly

On Tuesday evenings during Eastertide, a handful of folks have been meeting at a park on the busiest intersection in Northside for a brief gathering called Night Prayer in Northside. Earlier this year, I fell in love with the “Litany of Intercession in the Night” from Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book while on a retreat. What […]

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November 21, 2014 by Karl Stevens

What is Church?

Jane and I were asked to present a talk at Deacon’s School, on the subject “What is Church?”  Below you will find the Prezi we created to help us lead the discussion.

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April 25, 2014 by Jane Gerdsen

Taking the Church into the Streets

Our friend, Jason Evans, Missioner in the Diocese of Washington DC wrote a great post this week about how to take the church out into the streets.  He shared our Flash Compline movement as one example!  You can read the whole article here! Ashes-to-Go is a movement that has spread across North America in which […]

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April 22, 2014 by Aaron Klinefelter

Singleness and the Church

{Listen here} Brianna, Andrea, Paul, and Aaron talk about singleness and the church. We used this article as a launching point: Are Single People the Lepers of Today’s Church? In an age of rising singlehood, many churches are still focused on being family ministry centers. by Gina Dalfonzo Floral House Intentional Community A Social Experiment: Communes […]

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February 21, 2014 by Karl Stevens

Episode #49: Do American Parents Spend too Much Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves?

In this week’s show we join with Ross Douhat of the New York Times in wondering if American parents are engaged in a colossal pity party.  Is parenting really that hard?  Or is it the last bulwark of the obligation society?  Karl, Laurie, and Jared want to know, and they also want to talk about […]

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