This month the theme the congregation is exploring is “what does it mean to be a community of story?”  Often in congregational life there are stories that are told which come to define the community.  “We never have enough and we’re always scraping by.”  “Nobody cares about <insert the name...

The church’s fiscal year begins in July, but the energy of new beginnings is felt most fully in the fall.  So welcome to a new year! People often wonder where they can go with a question, comment, concern, or bit of praise.  Where can you go, who can you talk...

(by RevWik on behalf of the Committee) A common mode of communication in congregations is called “triangulation.”  Triangulated communication consists, first of all, of me … talking to somebody else … about you.  There’s nothing particularly wrong with that, of course.  When it becomes problematic is when I ask that...

A small congregation – defined as one with 100 members or less – is sometimes called a “family-sized church.” One characteristic of a family-sized church is that you never need to know who the “right” person is to talk with about something because pretty much if you talk to anyone...