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October 2019
Lydia Fellows Program Paid Fellowships For Pastors
The Massachusetts Council of Churches recognizes the continued struggles of pastors serving in part-time ministry positions across Massachusetts. We’re hearing this both from leaders of our member denominations and through our regular visits to local congregations. As part-time positions are rapidly increasing in New England, we see three major barriers to thriving in part-time ministry: financial pressure, time management, and pastoral identity. The Lydia Fellows program will address these barriers by increasing connectivity, esteem, authenticity, and engagement through financially compensated…
Find out more »Perspectives on the World Christian Movement – Fall Classes
Perspectives is a profound 15-week journey that is taught across the nation and around the world. Perspectives will thread you so deeply into God’s story that it might just change your life. The class can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit. It can also be taken for certificate or key reading. The class is being offered in the locations below: -New Haven, CT at Trinity Baptist on Sundays at 6:00 -Cranston, RI at Cranston Christian on Mondays at 6:30…
Find out more »Biblical Finances Seminar
Free Financial Literacy Seminar and Workshop titled Biblical Finances. The event will be focus on what the Bible has to teach us about money debt financing giving savings charity taxes and other related topics. Feel free to share this invitation with members of your organization and network, we just ask that if anyone plans to attend that they R.S.V.P. so that way we have an idea of how many people to expect. This will be an informational inter-active faith based…
Find out more »Making Marriage Beautiful conference
This one-day marriage conference is designed to help couples move toward a more fulfilling and intimate marriage regardless of how long they have been married. Christopher and Dorothy Greco will offer a biblical, transparent, deep, and sometimes humorous perspective about cross-cultural communication, conflict, expectations, disappointment, and sex. Time for couples to process is built into the schedule. Registration includes lunch and a copy of Making Marriage Beautiful. For more information or to RSVP, click here.
Find out more »Heart of Worship Concert
Wow!! Christmas season is fast approaching - what an amazing year its been. Join us for a Heart Of Worship Concert (John 4:24) organized by Sound From Heaven - Qodesh Family Church Boston. It's going to be an amazing moment in the presence and move of the Holy Ghost in Sounds from Heaven (Acts 2:2) and with a pure heart of worship. Tell someone, come as a family, or come as a couple - Discover the young ministers the Holy…
Find out more »November 2019
Pastor’s Forum: Sharing the Uniqueness of Jesus in our Pluralistic Culture
The Shoemaker Center for Church Renewal and the Dean's office at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are please to welcome Carrie Boren Headington, Canon Evangelist, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas for a combined Pastor's Forum/Dean's Forum on November 5, 2019. Carrie will speak on 'Sharing the Uniqueness of Jesus in our Pluralistic Culture.' Lunch is free for Gordon-Conwell students with registration.
Find out more »January 2020
Symposium: Traditional Biblical Sexuality in a Changing Youth Culture
As debates about human sexuality dominate classrooms, coffee shops, and social media, youth ministers committed to a traditional Biblical ethic may struggle to find their voice. Some may wonder if there is a safe space in which to form a theologically informed and nuanced approach to these charged and complex issues. Join Dr. Walt Mueller of the Center for Parent Youth Understanding and Dr. Duffy Robbins of Grove City College for an intensive multi-day symposium to deepen your own Biblical…
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