by Vibrant Faith | Aug 16, 2019 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
Imagination of Grace: A Reflection of Calling at Round Hill Community Church by Katya Kozachuk Just imagine. You are invited to a dinner in a quaint town that fills that coastal landscapes of Connecticut. A dinner hosted for nine people. And at this dinner, you might...
by Vibrant Faith | Jun 19, 2019 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
Calling From the Center Seat by Rev. Shonda Nicole Gladden Vibrant Faith C3 Coach I travel a lot; and by a lot, I mean A LOT! Coaching congregational teams, preaching, teaching, being present to family and friends across the globe, all involve me accumulating more...
by nancygoing | Sep 24, 2018 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
Some ministry tensions that exist in congregations cannot always be resolved, nor should they be. Instead, these tensions- often referred to as polarities- must be communicated clearly and managed. Polarities exists when leaders must choose among more than one...
by nancygoing | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
Our C3 churches are enjoying a busy Summer as they begin to implement their plans to build creative cultures of calling in their local congregations. It’s been exciting to learn about the different strategies, programs, and emphases that each church has...
by nancygoing | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. In other words, faith involves more than meets the eye. Yet we are not disembodied souls. The Lord has given us bodies and declared that we need eyes to see and ears to hear. In fact,...
by nancygoing | Jun 6, 2018 | Featured, Vibrant Faith
One of the things we’ve learned already in Vibrant Faith’s new exploration of “calling” funded through The Lilly Endowment’s Lives of Meaning and Purpose Granting Initiative is that calling is never once and for all; calling has seasons. So now, as the mercury...
