Back to the future, replacing lapsed volunteers, improving engagement

We are emerging—but we are not the same church... Resolved for 2022: New ways of engagement by Carol Cavin-Dillon As we consider reengagement, we recognize that we have lost a lot of our regular volunteers, and we’re not sure which ones will return to the roles they had. During the hardest days of the pandemic, we lost childcare workers, ushers, communion stewards, and other volunteers, many of whom had been serving in the same roles for years....We’re seeing now that some of our faithful volunteers decided to “retire.” READ MORE my pastoral tool belt seemed obsolete Resolved for 2022: Back to the future by Jennie Williams Perhaps the biggest universal loss of the COVID crisis was our sense of communion and community. We couldn’t gather around the Lord’s Table, and for a while we couldn’t gather at all. ...First, we will never go back to the way things were, and instead focus more on going back to the future. READ MORE listen to the new voices Resolved for 2022: Hear the heart of Jesus by Kelly Everling The big question for our churches: What does it mean to worship? Will we rebuild and rise from the ashes or will we turn back to our old ways and maintain a system that wasn’t working? READ MORE Worship Elements Christmas Eve Who Are Those Remarkable Children? December 26, 2021 Answers to any question! Resource Kit for Human Relations Day January 16, 2022 Browse our selection of books in preaching, worship, ministry leadership, and church & culture. Get 2022 Annuals while supplies last Making all things  new in  2022! Try this study for Lent 2022

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