If you're looking for stories about how communities and congregations form practices and provide spaces that notice, name, and nurture young leaders and renew the church, then you're in the right place. You will find resources helpful for building your capacity to care for vocation and to awaken young lives to hear, respond and serve God's call.
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The Barefoot Way by Dori Baker
- We each have our own faith journey replete with stories. Some stories may be funny, tragic, uplifting or heart wrenching. They help us to connect with God -- and each other -- as we journey together and share our experiences.
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Greenhouses of Hope by Dori Baker
- Congregations play a major role in creating communities that support emerging Christian leaders who want to change the world. Authored by Dori Baker, and six contributors, Greenhouses of Hope explores the cultures and practices of congregations that inspire young people to explore their vocation and the call to ministry..
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Preparing the Pastors We Need: Reclaiming the Congregations Role in Training Clergy by George Mason
- The book highlights an exciting development in the training of pastors: pastoral residency programs and mentoring. Mason demonstrates that these programs work best when the congregations themselves not just leadership or staff are an active participant in the training.
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Working With Millennials
- In this essay, we want to address the type of young people you will likely be working with in an internship program. When you hire an intern, you are not simply welcoming a young person into the life and ministry of your congregation. You are also hiring a young employee who is new to the workplace and professional responsibilities.
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FTE Guide to Pastoral Internships
- The FTE Guide to Creating Pastoral Internships presents a roadmap for congregations and church-related organizations on how to put together pastoral internships.
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Guide to VocationCARE
- In this essay, we want to address the type of young people you will likely be working with in an internship program. When you hire an intern, you are not simply welcoming a young person into the life and ministry of your congregation. You are also hiring a young employee who is new to the workplace and professional responsibilities.
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Cultures of Call: Exploring Vocational Habits and Practices in Congregations |
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Faithful to the Call: Reflections on Excellence in Ministry
- The FTE report "Faithful to the Call" is a summary of four regional consultations that took place from 2002-2005. Ministers and lay leaders were invited to discuss excellence in ministry -- specifically, what it looks like and what gets in its way. A wide range of stories, theories and anecdotes from those working in ministry on a daily basis are included.
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Vocational Toolkit: Resources for Crafting a Culture of Call
- Study Guide for "Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation"
Foster a deeper understanding of vocation in your congregation with this in-depth study of William Placher's rich collection of readings from Christian history and tradition.
Note: Placher's book is available from www.eerdmans.com and other booksellers.
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New Additions
- KLESIS is an adult curriculum of Christian formation that helps participants go from outsiders wondering how they connect with the church to people covenanting together to discern and act on their calling, both individually and in community. The curriculum was conceived by John de Beer and Sarah Dylan Breuer. For more information about this curriculum go to ► www.connect-course.org.
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Articles, Letters and other resources
- VoCARE Glossary of Terms - Definitions for Vocation and Discernment
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- No Program? No Problem - Nurturing Vocation through Mentoring and Friendship
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- A Letter from a Pastor to a Young Person
A letter from a pastor to a young woman whom he believes has a call to pastoral ministry.
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- Book Recommendations–Vocation and Ministry
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- Called and Sent Out - Lillian Daniel
A pastor's reflections on congregations that nurture future ministers - reprinted from Christian Century (February 21, 2006).
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- Markers of Resistance–Melissa Wiginton
An essay on qualities found in young people with potential for being excellent ministers.
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- Six Things a Congregation Can Do to Establish a Culture of Call
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- Ten Practices for Nurturing the Next Generation of Pastoral Leaders
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- They Knew My Name: How Early Congregational Life Shaped a Leader
This article is about a pastoral leader's reflections on how early congregational life shaped her as a leader.
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- Wisdom for Cultivating Call
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