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Save the date for 2017 with Nadia Bolz-Weber
posted on Feb 12, 2016 We can't promise sun, but we can pretty reliably predict an absence of snow! Save the dates today for the 2017 Annual Conference-Forma's 20th anniversary-at the Orange County Hyatt Regency in Garden Grove, CA. The event will be January 25-27, ...
Read More2016 Forma Board and Officer Elections
posted on Dec 7, 2015The Forma Board offers this slate of candidates for the 2016 Forma Board elections. Each Forma member is allowed one vote to approve or reject the slate of board members. A nominating committee made up of board and non-board members selected the t...
Read MorePicturing Faith—Making the Bible Challenge Work for Children and Youth
posted on Oct 22, 2015 The parish I serve is currently in the midst of the year-long Bible Challenge , that many Episcopal Churches have taken up and that the Rev. Marek Zabriske has codified. How to support adults in this challenge is an easy enterprise, but how...
Read MorePracticing Formation through Forming Practices
posted on Aug 31, 2015The start of a new year school is upon us and I know that they are many anxious children and teachers out there worried, but excited about the new year, just as are there are many jubilant parents who thrilled to return to the routine of the schoo...
Read MoreWho are the Neighbors in your Neighborhood?
posted on Aug 6, 2015The word ecumenical comes from the same root as economy and ecology, and refers to how the multiple expressions of Christianity are interrelated. Yet so often retreat into our own 'sides of the street' when we have so much to bless each other wit...
Read MoreCommunity Collaboration
posted on Jul 9, 2015 "Youth ministry is fun and exciting, but it can also be challenging, isolating, and bang-your-head-on-your-desk overwhelming. Too often in our parishes we are lone rangers. Forma breaks the isolation. I have found Forma very useful as a networ...
Read More#gc78 Formation Budget Update & Glossary
posted on Jun 28, 2015 Forma believes there is still significant confusion about the state of funding for the DFMS Formation and Vocation Office. In the following budget annotations, we attempt, from our perspective, to clear up some of that confusion and set realis...
Read MoreForma's position on A073 & A074: Updating Sexual Misconduct Prevention Policies and Resources
posted on Jun 19, 2015 A073 Topic/Title: Affirm and Amend Update of Model Policies & Resources for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct Proposer: Standing Commission on Lifelong Formation and Education Resolved , the House of _____ concurring, Tha...
Read MoreForma's position on A080: Affirming Confirmation
posted on Jun 17, 2015 Topic/Title: Affirm Confirmation as Formation Proposer: Standing Commission on Ministry Development Resolved , the House of _____ concurring, recognizing that confirmation offers a distinct and valuable opportunity for Christian formation, ...
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