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Growing in Faith
posted on Jan 22, 2015 "I tell all new Christian education directors about Forma and how the membership cost fully pays for itself. I have learned so much about children's ministry from Forma members but also have personally grown in faith knowing such creative, spirit...
Read MoreForma's Response to the Preliminary Budget
posted on Jan 7, 2015 This is Forma's response to the preliminary budget drafted by the Executive Council's Finances for Mission Committee . You can see this budget here. Forma is thankful to be listed into the preliminary budget for $50,000 in the next triennium,...
Read MoreSource of Inspiration
posted on Jan 2, 2015 "If I did not have this link and all that it brings with it, I would be missing the opportunity to be challenged, stimulated, encouraged and refreshed in my calling on a daily basis. The Forma listserv is like a flowing river -- a source of inspi...
Read MoreA Resource for Ministry
posted on Jan 1, 2015 "[Forma] has been a resource for my ministry: keeping me abreast of the real issues in education, formation and instruction; bringing in some of the most effective educators from Joe Russell to many others, for professional growth; giving me peop...
Read MoreReimagining the Structure of Forma
posted on Dec 9, 2014As shared at the 2014 Forma membership annual meeting in Alexandria, VA, a working group of the Forma Board of Directors was established to consider how Forma might position itself to better seize the opportunities for church-wide leadership that ...
Read MoreChrist Walk: A 40-Day Spiritual Fitness Program
posted on Nov 12, 2014 The Bible is filled with stories about journeys and food and eating and celebration. God did not intend for us to be at war with food, nor did he intend for us not to use our feet and our bodies in our daily lives. I am filled with awe that C...
Read MoreRyan the Rhino – A New Resource for Christian Formation
posted on Oct 22, 2014 An exciting new resource has been developed by the Environmental Network of ACSA (Green Anglicans). This is a Sunday school manual on caring for Creation. Rhino the hero of the story teaches the children God's story of creation and challenges t...
Read MoreThe Diocese by The Rev. Canon Frank Logue
posted on Oct 22, 2014 The Diocese: The role a diocese should play with clergy in difficult calls by The Rev. Canon Frank Logue The impact of a person being terminated from a job leaves a crater in the life of that person and of his or her family. But when the involun...
Read MoreThe Rabbi: The End of a Beginning by The Rev Scott Petersen
posted on Oct 21, 2014 This essay's purpose is to summarize The Caring for Clergy in Difficult Calls Writing Project. As a seed carries the mighty oak, beginnings often carry within them the end. As a way to end this beginning effort, I'll start with a true account. Th...
Read MoreI have called you friends. --Janie Stevens (1947-2014)
posted on Oct 2, 2014 I have called you friends. Janie Stevens (1947-2014) So begins John 15:14-17, the foundational scripture that forms that basis for the Charter for Lifelong Christian Formation Charter that was adopted at the 2009 General Convention. An...
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