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Best Practices Ministry Conference, Phoenix
As announced earlier, Rhoda Schuler will be presenting a breakout session at the Best Practices Ministry Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.Conference dates are February 16-18, 2023.Her breakout session is Friday, February 17 from 8:30 to 10:00 am.Registration for the conference is still open! For more information and to register for Best Practices, click here.Dr. Schuler’s session is […]

Introducing Ritual to the Hesitant and Suspicious
Pastor Dan Eggold (to the left of the Pascal Candle in the photo) from Grace Lutheran Church, Lafayette, Indiana discusses some “stealth practices” he has used to introduce ritual at Grace. This video is under five minutes long and worth your time. He begins introducing ritual with the youth confirmation and has now included ritual […]

Front and Center: Congregations that SEE their Catechumens
In this series of posts, we have been highlighting practices that allow us to slow walk toward a robust faith formation process. One of those practices would be to make the inquirers and catechumens more transparent to the congregation. In other words, placing the inquirers, catechumens, and newly baptized more in the forefront and at […]

Best Practices Ministry Conference
Rhoda Schuler will be presenting a breakout session at the Best Practices Ministry Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Conference dates are February 16-18, 2023; registration is free and includes meals and lots of delicious snacks. The BPM website offers this description:Best Practices Ministry “is a conference hosted by Christ Church Lutheran. For over 10 years we […]
Events
Upcoming Events: Help Us Plan What You Need
Although we are beyond the grant-funded phase of Forming Lutherans, we are still eager to share the results of our research and our knowledge of adult faith formation with LCMS pastors. These are ways in which we can do so at no cost to participants. All options require equipment for a Zoom gathering (strong internet connection, projector and screen, good microphone, and tech person on your end to manage the technology in the room with multiple people).

Congregational Meeting
If you, the pastor of a congregation, would like to introduce congregational leaders to a process of adult faith formation, we could meet virtually with you and your lay leadership, offer resources to introduce the idea of the adult catechumenate to the leadership, and/or lead a session on the type of Scripture study appropriate for […]

Pastors’ Retreat
If one or more circuits has a one- or two-day retreat, we could offer an extended program with a mix of presentations, discussions about current practices for receiving new members, and visioning about how individual congregations might benefit by introducing aspects of adult faith formation incrementally in a congregation. For a successful event, the retreat […]

Winkel Gatherings
Looking for a topic for an upcoming Winkel gathering? If your gathering place has the equipment for a Zoom meeting with a small group, one or both of us could lead a short presentation and discussion on the benefits of an adult catechumenate model. We can tailor the presentation to various times, from a minimum […]