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APPLY RELIGIOUS
RESEARCH TO YOUR CHURCHES
The Faith Communities Today (FACT) project and the Hartford
Institute for Religion Research at Hartford Seminary have
created a new electronic newsletter called Leadership &
Transformation. This quarterly newsletter will provide
informative summaries of FACT and other religion research in a
way that we believe will make it more applicable to pastors and
congregational lay leaders.
We will focus the results of academic research on topics of
concern to religious leaders working at the local level, and do
so in ways that answer questions clergy and lay leaders ask
about how to make a difference in their settings. Therefore, the
newsletter’s first goal is to provide you with perspectives,
tools and resources to help enhance your ministry. The second
goal is to promote dialogue between congregational leaders
(ordained and lay) about increasing the vitality and ministry
effectiveness of faith communities.
A key feature of L&T is reader participation. On page 8 of the
Newsletter you will find information about contributing. Please
feel welcome to contact us for additional information, at
L&T@hartsem.edu.
You can view the full newsletter in html at
http://FACT.hartsem.edu/newsletter/L&T1-1.htm or the
pdf version at
http://FACT.hartsem.edu/newsletter/L&T1-1.pdf
If you wish to receive this newsletter, delivered quarterly to
your inbox, send an email to
L&T@hartsem.edu. If you prefer not to receive it, do nothing
and no further notices of the newsletter will be sent to this
email address. At present the newsletter is offered at no cost.
Within a few issues we will request $24.00/ yr. if you wish to
continue receiving a subscription ($18.00 if your church is a
member of a FACT-sponsoring denomination). Paid subscriptions
will also include access to a members-only website that will
offer additional information and insights.
To find out if your denomination sponsors FACT:
http://fact.hartsem.edu/partners/index.html AND while
you are on the web, check out the NEW Faith Communities Today
WEBSITE at
http://FACT.HARTSEM.EDU
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NAPF AND HOPE
MEETINGS A BIG SUCCESS
The NAPF and HOPE Meetings were held at Baker University in
Kansas this past June/July. The NAPF meeting’s topic was “Holy
Heroes” with speaker Rev. Steve Erkel. The HOPE meeting was
called “Roadway to Hope” and their speaker was Rev. Doug Gray.
Both meetings included spiritual studies, a mission program,
good music and fellowship. The youth joined the adults for an
intergenerational event as part of the NA Meeting in Kansas
City, MO. It was a great opportunity for the youth and the
adults to share a meal, worship and fellowship. Based on the
accomplishments and faith of our youth the future of the NA is
in good hands, especially since some of our youth are eagerly
looking forward to participating in the Adult Meetings.
Following the NAPF and HOPE meetings, forty youth participated
in a Pilgrim Mission Voyage (PMV) in Kansas City under the
supervision of the Youth Commission and other youth leaders.
They worked at Habitat for Humanity sites and at a center for
youth not able to remain in their own homes. The Youth
Commission will be encouraging all our youth leaders in the
local churches to participate in the Youth Leadership Retreat (YLR)
next spring . It is a great opportunity for youth leaders to
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Rev. Bobbie Chapman, Youth
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