The longest night is marked by a Blue Christmas
12.05.22 | Wellness and Missions
In the northern hemisphere, many churches will offer a Blue Christmas Service on December 21 or 22, 2022. This marks the longest night of the year and the shortest day.
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Training Tuesdays - Multiply Your Impact: Measure What Matters
11.29.22 | Leader Development, New Faith Expressions, Congregational Development, Training Tuesdays
Drawing on design principles, session participants will learn how to define meaningful ministry outcomes, use simple tools to measure progress, and reflect on opportunities for improvement. Participants will leave with a framework for applying...
Training Tuesdays - Live and Love like Jesus
11.15.22 | Advocacy and Action, Wellness and Missions, Training Tuesdays
Living and loving like Jesus moves us from the seats to the streets as we take the gospel beyond the walls of our buildings. Once we are outside the four walls of our buildings, we are called to proclaim good news to the poor, heal the...
Training Tuesdays: Examples of Effective Intentional Discipleship Pathways/Process
11.08.22 | Discipleship Formation, Center for vital leadership, Training Tuesdays
This session will show you how churches are successfully implementing an Intentional Discipleship Pathway/Process. With Rev. Jack Shitama of the Center for Vital Leadership
Training Tuesdays - Deepening Discipleship: The Elements of an Intentional Discipleship Pathway/Process
10.25.22 | Discipleship Formation, Center for vital leadership, Training Tuesdays
This session will teach you the elements of an Intentional Discipleship Pathway/Process, which are rooted in the United Methodist Rule of Discipleship
Training Tuesdays - See All the People: Community Prayer Walks
10.11.22 | Congregational Development, Discipleship Formation, Training Tuesdays
Explore and embrace the first Pillar of Vitality, See All the People, by learning how to conduct community prayer walks and relational 1:1s. With the Rev. Joseph Daniels of Emory UMC in Washington, D.C., and the Rev. Luke Edwards, Associate...
Lessons in Leadership
10.09.22 | Leader Development, Center for vital leadership
Leading pastors in the BWC and Pen-Del share some of their thoughts on what creates a vital leader.
Training Tuesday - MissionInsite Overview
09.27.22 | New Faith Expressions, Congregational Development, Training Tuesdays
With a focus on the first Vitality Pillar, “See All the People,” this webinar will explore MissionInsite, a free, in-depth demographics program to help congregations discover who is in their community. With Lauren Harris, Congregational...
Training Tuesday - Readiness 360
09.20.22 | New Faith Expressions, Congregational Development, Discipleship Formation, Training Tuesdays
This session will focus on Getting Started on a Congregational Pathway with Readiness 360. Learn more about this tool for assessing vitality and the ministry and mission of your church with Rev. Bill Brown, the BWC’s Director of Creative...
2023 IDEA Corps Internship Application is Now Open!
08.23.22
This internship, offered by the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences of The United Methodist Church, runs from Monday, June 5 - Friday, July 28, 2023. The Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis from February 20-March...