Moderate Christian BlogrollScot McKnight has an article that is actually the ninth in a series, and I think it provides some things to think about. (Use the education category to find earlier posts.) These ideas would also provide some help in evaluating Sunday School and adult education teachers.
I am often impressed with the incredible amount [...]
So far I have been discussing involvement in Pacesetters that is local to the Pensacola area. But it is easy to get involved on the internet as well.
One obvious way to get involved is through contributions. Non-profit organizations are always seeking contributions! In this case, however, you also can become a voting [...]
Pacesetters Bible School will sponsor a weekend for discussion of restoring Biblical literacy in the church October 26-28, 2007. The event will be held at Gonzalez United Methodist Church in sunny Gonzalez, FL, just north of Pensacola. Our featured speaker will be Dr. Alden Thompson, author of the book Who’s Afraid of the [...]
I’ve heard remarks on both of these things recently. One person said we needed less teaching and more love, to help people get through the week. Another said that what we needed was more good teaching so that people would understand.
Both of these folks were right in many ways. I’ve struggled with [...]
. . . will be held at Rockledge United Methodist Church, June 3, 2007. One of the speakers will be Jody Neufeld of Pacesetters Bible School.
You can see the flyer for this retreat here.
I just wrote a response to The God Delusion over on my Threads blog, and that, combined with some thinking about Consider Christianity Week has led me to thinking further about just how prepared we are, as Christians, to express our faith.
Now I don’t want to get into a super-doctrinal mode that requires everyone to [...]
Pacesetters Bible School will participate in Consider Christianity Week this year in a number of ways, including having Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., who got the whole idea started, here in Pensacola.
Here are the events:
Saturday, March 24, 2007, 6-8 PM there will be a reception dinner for Elgin Husbheck, Jr. If you are interested in attending, [...]
This is the third in the series of presentations on spiritual gifts that I presented using my book Identifying Your Gifts and Service. This teaching was presented at Springfield United Methodist Church in Panama City, FL.
See my entry on this book on the Jevlir Caravansary. This could be of interest to youth leaders and Sunday School teachers especially.
Ben Witherington has an outstanding post on youth ministry titled The 4% Doctrine– Where Are our Evangelical Youth Going?.
Amongst many other excellent things, he says:
And here’s another other factor. You need to draw your water from a deep well. By this I mean that a Christian musician, minister etc. needs to have a deep [...]
