Illustrated Ministry

Sunday school looks different since pandemic’s start: From monthly to missing

By Adelle M. Banks — December 21, 2022
(RNS) — ‘If you kept it online, you probably don’t have a religious education program now,’ expert Scott Thumma said of children’s activities.

Church pageants go virtual amid a COVID-19 Christmas

By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — With kids and the internet involved, virtual pageants, it turns out, are just as delightfully unpredictable as more traditional performances at churches.

In a summer of pandemic, Vacation Bible School programs go online and outside

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 26, 2020
(RNS) — Across denominations, VBS is one of the biggest outreach ministries of the year for many churches and draws a huge number of volunteers from congregations.

Parenting after faith shift, progressive Christians look for new resources

By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — Faith shifts can raise even more questions for millennials and other young adults as they begin to have children.
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