Curated resources to help you navigate challenging times and circumstances 

NEW! Families Forming Disciples - (Archdiocese of Atlanta)
This diocese is providing parish leaders and families resources to form faith at home.
  • Check out their lesson plans, including videos and powerpoint. (English)
  • These lesson plans are available in Spanish too. (Español) 

NEW! The Family Zone: a playlist newsletter (Diocese of Richmond)
The Diocese of Richmond is providing parish leaders and families a weekly newsletter that acts as a playlist focused on the Sunday readings. 

NEW! Including People with Disabilities in the New Year Planning (Building Faith)
As our churches reach more and more people in this new year, we want every person to feel fully welcomed and included. This means including people with disabilities both in our buildings and in our online ministries.  This article gives great advice for conducting an audit and creating a "to do" list to better support people with disabilities.

NEW! Guide to Online/Digital Group Gatherings ----->
"Digital group gatherings can be as effective as in-person gatherings if the technology is handled well. Select a platform that your group is comfortable using, be it Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Go-to-Meeting, or other."
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Download this resource (coming soon) with great tips for online faith formation. (Twenty Third Publications) 
Mapping the Decisions for Faith Formation 2020-21 (Catalyst; John Roberto)
One of the biggest decisions facing every church is what approach to take to faith formation in 2020-21? ​Join Catalyst (free -here) to gather resources created just for this purpose, guiding the decision making process. 

Explore Catalyst further to discover groups of leaders who are creating and sharing ideas and resources. Just a note: this is an ecumenical effort, where you will find Catholic and Protestant leaders alike, sharing their challenges and celebrating their wins together. the processes we use are often the same; the resources may be slightly different.  

For example, check out Launchfaith, a practice site, where leaders are playing with ideas about creating digital playlists and more.
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Also from Launch  - Planning your Ministry Year: Creating Your Teeter Totter Plan (Launch)
Use the Journal page as a guide as you consider your ministry and create a teeter-totter plan.
A PODCAST? BUT WHERE WOULD I START?
Start with Anchor: For creating high quality podcasts with a free and easy to use creation tools and hosting service that includes  a variety of sound effects and audio clips.

​More on our decision making processes

Exploring this process further: Teeter Totters, SWOT, and Empathy Maps
​(Reverends. Christine V. Hides, Christy Miller White,  and Kathy Pittenger)
​Click HERE for more Covid 19 planning tools from Rev. Christine V. Hides
Click HERE for her "Must Have Online Ministry Tools".

Creating Playlists/Home Materials for the Season: Shared Resources  

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE
A Playlist (shared on Catalyst)
ADVENT RESOURCES AND EXAMPLES
SYSTEMIC RACISM -A LEARNER'S PLAYLIST
Fighting Racism - a playlist (shared on Catalyst)
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COMING SOON - LENT PLAYLIST AND HOME MATERIAL RESOURCES
​COMING SOON - HUMAN DIGNITY PLAYLIST AND HOME MATERIAL RESOURCES