By Ken Howard I’m sure most everybody has heard the Victorian Era wedding poem: Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue,...
MissionMaps for Faith Communities
Something Old and Something New
In 2025, We Resolve….
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director and Consultant It’s almost that time of year again. No, I don’t want to fast forward over Christmas just to...
Separation of Church and State?
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Missional Consultant I have to admit that I was pleased and surprised to walk into a church in the upper Midwest last...
Food Insecurity in America
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant While on a recent vacation, my husband and I happened to be driving through some rural parts of the...
So you want to attract young families
(A few things to consider) By the Rev. Ken Howard These days it seems like the leadership of every congregation thinks the answer to their dwindling...
Bundle and Save!
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Yep, we hear this slogan all the time. More than one insurance company uses some version or it or...
MapDash Express for Faith Communities
Dynamic Missional Planning on a Budget Does your judicatory want its congregations to have access to the power of MapDash for Faith Communities for...
FaithX and VIP in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
By The Rev. Cn. Julie Wakelee Canon to the Ordinary Episcopal Diocese of Northern California A new energy is bubbling up in nine churches around our...