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Brilliant idea from Trinity Church Tariffville

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Brilliant idea from Trinity Church Tariffville

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Origami Dove Project at Ascension Dallas. 

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Origami Dove Project at Ascension Dallas. 

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Does your local Opera have an OperaTruck during the summer months? We're excited about this fun Evangelism event for families. It's outdoors and we'll have water, popsicles and fun. 

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Does your local Opera have an OperaTruck during the summer months? We're excited about this fun Evangelism event for families. It's outdoors and we'll have water, popsicles and fun. 

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Sharing Faith dinners invite people to gather around a meal and participate in life together. At each dinner, a moderator will prompt participants to share stories of their faith journey with printed questions. Sharing Faith provides a welcoming and safe way to engage one another, articulate our faith and build relationships.  

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Sharing Faith dinners invite people to gather around a meal and participate in life together. At each dinner, a moderator will prompt participants to share stories of their faith journey with printed questions. Sharing Faith provides a welcoming and safe way to engage one another, articulate our faith and build relationships.  

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Share recent church pics on your social media pages to get people excited about returning to worship.  Ascension posted a few pics of parishioners mask-free this past Sunday. 

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Share recent church pics on your social media pages to get people excited about returning to worship.  Ascension posted a few pics of parishioners mask-free this past Sunday. 

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Save live-streamed offerings to both your website and FB page.  Keep worship and formation offering times consistent. 

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Save live-streamed offerings to both your website and FB page.  Keep worship and formation offering times consistent. 

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Be aware of Zoom fatigue and the length of digital gatherings. Keep offerings under 45 minutes, if possible. 

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Be aware of Zoom fatigue and the length of digital gatherings. Keep offerings under 45 minutes, if possible. 

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Invite idea from Ascension Episcopal Dallas. Mother's Day promotion.  The month before Mother's Day we started asking people to share pictures of their mother's/mother figures for a special collage we created on a separate page on our website.  This was the first year we did this and everyone loved seeing pics of Ascension family moms. Guests commented on how cool it was and a few of them participated too!  

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Invite idea from Ascension Episcopal Dallas. Mother's Day promotion.  The month before Mother's Day we started asking people to share pictures of their mother's/mother figures for a special collage we created on a separate page on our website.  This was the first year we did this and everyone loved seeing pics of Ascension family moms. Guests commented on how cool it was and a few of them participated too!  

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Blessing of the Animals idea from Good Shepherd Dallas

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Blessing of the Animals idea from Good Shepherd Dallas

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Good Shepherd Dallas posted pics of animals during the week leading up to Blessing of the Pets. They invited people to respond in comments with pics of their pets and what they love about them. Great INVITE idea.

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Fr's Day Promotion from Good Shepherd Dallas. They posted each of these images on Monday, Wednesday and Friday leading up to Fr.'s Day and invited people to respond in comments.  First Day was "Dear Dad, I love you because...", 2nd day, "Dear Dad, thank you for...", 3rd day, "Dear Dad, you taught me"...  This was a huge success and a lot of people wrote about their dads, posted pictures and came to church wanting to talk about them.  

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Fr's Day Promotion from Good Shepherd Dallas. They posted each of these images on Monday, Wednesday and Friday leading up to Fr.'s Day and invited people to respond in comments.  First Day was "Dear Dad, I love you because...", 2nd day, "Dear Dad, thank you for...", 3rd day, "Dear Dad, you taught me"...  This was a huge success and a lot of people wrote about their dads, posted pictures and came to church wanting to talk about them.  

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The Holy Spokes... a mainstay at Trinity in Wheaton. They like riding bikes, so they started doing it together! No one gets left behind. They are starting shorter family rides this year...

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Long and rich history

Part of the Chicago Diocese

Whether you're new, passing through, or looking for a sense of direction, Trinity has a place for you.

We endeavor to be caring stewards of our many blessings

We are more than just a place to visit on weekends. Learn ways that you can connect at Trinity and its community.

To help those with needs greater than our own

We are an inviting and nurturing parish family that seeks energetic and spiritual ways to put faith to work in the world.

To live our lives inspired by God's Word.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others

A Holy and Welcoming Place

Our Mission

We are a community firmly placed in the Christian tradition as expressed in the Episcopal Church. At the same time, we are a community of seekers, coming together from a variety of traditions and denominations. We gather at Trinity because it is a place where we can ask questions and explore the meaning of faith in our lives.

Our Values

At Trinity, we believe that flexibility in who we are and how we think is an asset. So, as we tell you who we are, we acknowledge that we are a collection of worshippers who differ in many ways. We come together to grow, to worship in the Anglican tradition, to learn more about the God revealed in scripture, and to follow Jesus who calls us to serve those in need.

Join Us

Trinity Episcopal Church is a Christ-centered community on a special journey. We are a inviting and nurturing parish family that seeks energetic and spiritual ways to put faith to work in the world.

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Part of the Chicago Diocese Whether you're new, passing through, or looking for a sense of direction, Trinity has a place for you. We endeavor to be caring stewards of our many blessings We are more than just a place to visit on weekends. Learn ways that you can connect at Trinity and its community.

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The largest mission field in the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire are what the Pew Research Center calls "nones"....we in NH have found them to be Spiritually Curious friends.

Under the stewardship of Bishop Rob Hirschfeld, the Digital Mission of NH as an emerging church community in the twenty-first century,  seeks to intentionally lower the barriers to meeting people on their journey of faith as we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ in the world.

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St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Waterville, Maine

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St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Waterville, Maine

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We are working to become more intergenerational and love service projects that connect us with other community organizations doing great work. We also open our doors many times each week for community groups like AA and NA to use our setting. Our parish is in transition as our priest retired last year, and that can sometimes challenges in defining what we are and what we want to be as we look to the future.

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St. Mark's is a warm and welcoming community to those looking for a church home, those visiting our area, and others seeking a supportive place as they travel on their spiritual journey.

We are a parish of over two hundred: children, families and singles, elderly and youth. We live in many of the Maine towns in the Waterville area, and enjoy a rich life together of worship, fellowship, and service.

We welcome you. Please feel free to contact us with questions!

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine actively affirms the full inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in all sacraments and levels of leadership. We strive to create a safe, open, and affirming environment for everyone. In doing so, we honor the teachings of Jesus. To learn more about the Episcopal Church and the LGBTQ+ community, visit https://www.episcopalchurch.org/who-we-are/lgbtq/.

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St. Mark's is a warm and welcoming community to those looking for a church home, those visiting our area, and others seeking a supportive place as they travel on their spiritual journey. We are a parish of over two hundred: children, families and singles, elderly and youth.

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St. John's Episcopal Church-Roseville CA

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St. John's Episcopal Church-Roseville CA

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Sundays at 1:15 pm, February 6-April 3 we are offering a study of the book Where Do we Go from Here: Chaos or Community by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In this, the final book Dr. King authored prior to his death, he provides a universal message of hope that continues to resonate today. In this prophetic work Dr. King lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future. Addressing the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education, Dr. King provides a vision that reveals the resources and technology necessary to eradicate poverty. It remains a work that continues to inspire and guide us as we work to become the beloved community we have been created to be.

The study is being held via Zoom. Visit S t. John's Episcopal Church - Roseville California (stjohnsroseville.org) for the Zoom link.

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Our leader for Evangelism uses TikTok and creates one minutes of prayer.

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138 Likes, 18 Comments. TikTok video from Jim D (@praywithjim): "Pray with me! - February 4, 2022 #prayer #pray #christiantiktok". Friday Prayer. Gospel.

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Blessing of the Animals-we have vendors, local rescues and a photographer taking professional pics for free.  Raffles raised over $400 we donated to a rescue. 

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Blessing of the Animals-we have vendors, local rescues and a photographer taking professional pics for free.  Raffles raised over $400 we donated to a rescue. 

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Beginning to partner with the Neighborhood Wellness Foundation in Del Paso Heights to assist them in revitalizing their community.

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2021 Vacation Bible School - The Way of Love!

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It was my pleasure to write the curriculum then direct this wonderful outdoor VBS based on Presiding Bishop Curry's The Way of Love!

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Host Junior Master Gardener program for community - where children go their families will follow.
Edie Kirk

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6 blocks south"  go out to your nearby community with an invitation to your parish and events, offers to be available to them.

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Take out Tuesdays for our food kitchen meals.

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Take out Tuesdays for our food kitchen meals.

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Moo Cards, front side says "let's keep talking" reverse has a  QR code that take you right to the visitor form on the website. So much better than a paper form!

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Moo Cards, front side says "let's keep talking" reverse has a  QR code that take you right to the visitor form on the website. So much better than a paper form!

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Offered our sanctuary on a nightly basis to house Roseville's homeless from The Gathering Inn during the Covid lockdown

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Exciting beginnings. We are planning a community “Holy Smokes” event. Free food, bouncy houses…

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Pay for folks to do their laundry at a local laundromat for a specific period of time.  We also bring laundry soap, fabric softener and dryer sheets.  It provides a great opportunity to minister to people while they wait to do their laundry.  NOTE:  We do this at a particular laundromat in a neighborhood where an elementary school is located that we have served for 6 years.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron, OH

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Ashes to Go at All Saints’ Corpus Christi Tx

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Ashes to Go at All Saints’ Corpus Christi Tx

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Brief Ash Wednesday liturgy in the park smack dab in the middle of downtown at lunchtime. :)

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Blessings outdoors to increase our visibility.  Blessing of animals, of backpacks and our new Little Library. Trinity Episcopal, Melrose MA

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Blessings outdoors to increase our visibility.  Blessing of animals, of backpacks and our new Little Library. Trinity Episcopal, Melrose MA

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Got local restaurants to sponsor event by packaging up 30-40 meals; church volunteers provide fruit, single pack deserts, and beverages.

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Re-thinking approach to large-scale events - instead of cancelling a non Covid-friendly MLK day packed-house musical program we shifted to a shorter event that was originally intended to be outside on the street and live-streamed.  The cold weather brought us inside but it was a great way to invite newcomers to join our community.

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A Reading of the Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK Day, Jan. 17th, 2022

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Launching a series of lay-led small groups that are not Bible Studies, but reading and fellowship groups. This is a good forum for inviting friends to test-out a faith-based community and deepening connections : ) ~ St. Francis in the Fields Louisville KY

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Launching a series of lay-led small groups that are not Bible Studies, but reading and fellowship groups. This is a good forum for inviting friends to test-out a faith-based community and deepening connections : ) ~ St. Francis in the Fields Louisville KY

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Creative Passion of Christ
A local community artist and a lay ministry offering
Pull apart the scripture that speaks to and create something to display for others to see and feel

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We are offering coffee and a friendly wave or conversation in the parking lot on Fridays for the families coming into the daycare and school near us.

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Summer camp invites children from over a dozen elementary schools to explore arts.

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Establish something like "Wild Church" an Episcopal/ELCA concept of "worshiping out in the wilderness of God's Creation" that is being done in Upper Michigan. They hike, gather in natural settings, and then have a simple worship service in a beautiful setting.

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Reaching out to folks who might be interested in the social justice books our book group is reading whether or not they are members of our congregation.

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Reaching out to folks who might be interested in the social justice books our book group is reading whether or not they are members of our congregation.

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Open our doors to a local theater group to use our parish hall for try outs.

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We put in a Blessing Box - like a littl;e free library but with food and hygeine stuff - and it is being well- patronized. Other thing: last Sunday we dedicated a small space in the rear of our sanctuary as a Prayground for babies and toddlers - soft mats, rockers, puzzles, board books and toys.

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We attended a community event and handed out reusable grocery bags stuffed with upcoming event information and a pamphlet about our church. It was a great reusable tool for families waiting for the parade to collect their candy and get info about St. Matt's!

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We used to have “Pub Talks” at a local pub before the pandemic.  We have continued them on Zoom & have been able to invite many speakers who normally would not be able to come in person.

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We used to have “Pub Talks” at a local pub before the pandemic.  We have continued them on Zoom & have been able to invite many speakers who normally would not be able to come in person.

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Church of the Holy Cross, Dunn Loring, VA hands out water and coffee to bicyclists as they bike to work. Donuts, literature and church swag are also available to pick up at our "tent"

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Burning of the Palm service. This is a low threshold event, Feb 20.

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Burning of the Palm service. This is a low threshold event, Feb 20.

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We are located downtown and near a large city park so on a weekday around St. Francis Day we do Pet Blessings in the park/downtown at a dog park

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How about a storytime for children once a month for children in the community?

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Our church sponsored an event called CAST (Co-Op at St. Thomas) where we invited local vendors to come and sell their goods. We also had food trucks, music and kids activities.

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Outreach to help all.

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Lemonade and Cookies on close people feel welcome to come and ask questions and talk to memberss

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Back to Church Bash where we invite all our neighbors to come enjoy food trucks, inflatable bounce houses, and learn about one another!

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We will have our Third Annual Music Fest to say goodbye to summer and hello to Fall and we welcome the whole community to join us

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We've had two new AA groups begin meeting at our church in the last year. As the Priest-in-Charge, I've gone to their first meetings and introduced myself - "Hi, my name is Kelly, and I have loved many alcoholics." And then I tell them that their presence and the stories they share will be a blessing to our space, we're grateful for their presence, and if there's ever anything our parish can do to support them, please don't hesitate to ask

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We had an outdoor drive-through Living Nativity--lots of fun for our congregation, and we had a steady stream of traffic--we offered cider and hot chocolate and invitations to our Christmas services.

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Caroling in the neighborhood, giving away Christmas cookies with an invitation to join us for Christmas Eve/Day worship.

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Caroling in the neighborhood, giving away Christmas cookies with an invitation to join us for Christmas Eve/Day worship.

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Best idea at St. Thomas, Monroe, LA. Walk our path! We have paved a walkway around our 5 or so acres which runs partially along our bayou. We have invited our neighborhood which includes our university. People LOVE it!

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Free cold water bottles during historical community day.Had bottle hang tags with picture of historic church , service times and a QE code to website.

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Walking the blocks prayerfully and making a shared map of what we see and who may be missing at our table.

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Walking the blocks prayerfully and making a shared map of what we see and who may be missing at our table.

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With a jazz band down Main Street handing out beads with the church information on a tag

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Classical music concerts within our church promoted to the community

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Opened up our parish hall for AARP Tax Aide to provide free tax aide to our neighbors!

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Holy Trails hiking Eucharist every 1st Saturday of the month

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Invite the community at large to walk our labyrinth

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Invite: outdoor, under tent, service with dogs in summer

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inviting families to interactive acts of worship. Asking the children to serve, asking them for help. 

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inviting families to interactive acts of worship. Asking the children to serve, asking them for help. 

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St. Nickolas Day at Church of the Mediator, Harbert, MI

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St. Nickolas Day at Church of the Mediator, Harbert, MI

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We began outdoor hikes during Covid & they brought in some folks who generally don't come to worship much

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We began outdoor hikes during Covid & they brought in some folks who generally don't come to worship much

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WE had a tent available serving coffee to parents dropping off their children at pre-school

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Drive Up Ashes on Wednesday open to all who drive up. Very successful in past 2 years.

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St. Timothy’s
Creve Coeur, had grocery bags printed with Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, and members distributed them in their own neighborhoods with a letter attached asking for food donations for 2 food pantries. We collected over 4,000 items AND people thanked us for giving them a way to give.

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We have a podcast we've been using to invite folks into church and into our digital spaces

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Faith from the Margins — St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

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Friday night fire pit
Trinity Fredericksburg. VA

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We started a monthly Farmers Market on Saturday mornings last September. We don’t charge a fee and have 25-30 vendors every Saturday and an extra 100 people on our campus

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An addition to ministries like AA: DivorceCare. As the levels of divorce rise throughout the country, helping people process their divorce in a bible-based curriculum has been a particularly impactful ministry at our church. It is open to non-parishioners, and many outsiders then feel welcomed to worship on Sundays because they have established authentic connections with others in this small group ~Lieve (lieve.hendren@gmail.com) at St. Francis in the Fields, KY

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An addition to ministries like AA: DivorceCare. As the levels of divorce rise throughout the country, helping people process their divorce in a bible-based curriculum has been a particularly impactful ministry at our church. It is open to non-parishioners, and many outsiders then feel welcomed to worship on Sundays because they have established authentic connections with others in this small group ~Lieve (lieve.hendren@gmail.com) at St. Francis in the Fields, KY

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New and improved signage

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We offer a free community meal to anyone who arrives at our door on Mondays & Wednesdays. Anyone/everyone in the community is welcome, and we get acquainted with a population that doesn't have any presence at our church.

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Invite.Welcome.Connect & the Catechumenate

In the "Connect: Assessment" (p. 158) Mary Parmer mentions offering classes for rites of initiation. Journey to Baptismal LivingThe catechumenate is about meetings (not classes) that prepare people for the rites of initiation. The I.W.C evangelism ministry and that of the catechumenate, when integrated, are a dynamic evangelism "tool." Check out journeytobaptism.org

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Inviting folks from the neighborhood to a monthly neighborhood potluck. We said it was hosted by our church, but it was for neighbors to get to know other neighbors.

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Labyrinth in the neighborhood rather than inside the building 

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Labyrinth in the neighborhood rather than inside the building 

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Trinity, Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Laundry Love - got to know some really neat people while helping them

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Community Christmas caroling

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Connecting with some soccer field directors, to offer an opening prayer before the Sunday morning soccer games?

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Invite a friend or neighbor face to face

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St. Francis Pet blessings - Great opportunity to invite non-members to. Parishioners find it a less vulnerable "ask" to offer the invitation. Holding it outdoors particularly in a public park/space makes it even more accessible 

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St. Francis Pet blessings - Great opportunity to invite non-members to. Parishioners find it a less vulnerable "ask" to offer the invitation. Holding it outdoors particularly in a public park/space makes it even more accessible 

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Funny video during the holidays inviting to Christmas worship

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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Sterling, Virginia

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December was Invite Month at St. Mary's Napa

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December was Invite Month at St. Mary's Napa

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Will be distributing ashes with prayer card/bookmark and parish info on CMU campus on Ash Wednesday...

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Will be distributing ashes with prayer card/bookmark and parish info on CMU campus on Ash Wednesday...

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"Trunk or treat" trunks were sponsored by various ministry groups 

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Our outdoor Blessing of the Costumes and Trunk or Treat was an intergenerational hit this year, and a welcome way to gather safely. Cookout and costume blessing in our small courtyard, then out to the bigger parking lot for games and trunk or treating. Some vestry trunk hosts who may or may not be pictured here will be joining the St. Mark's contingent for this digital gathering.

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Partner with local hospital to provide mammograms and flu shots.  Ascension Dallas partnered with Parkland Hospital and provided 26 FREE mammograms and 27 flu shots to our community during our inaugural clinic.