It’s time for the September Ordiversary Party! If you were (or are being) ordained in September, we celebrate you and your ministry! Keep up the good work, friends. This is the chance to share your stories, and your advice for new ordinands, and for us to give thanks for all that God has done through… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: somehow September
I’m not entirely clear how this happened, but….it’s September. For our sisters in North America, that means Labour Day weekend, and fall kick-offs, and a return to the program year. For our friends Down Under, it hopefully means a turn toward summer! And also Father’s Day, which can be a fraught time for some. For… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Forgotten Books of the Bible
The Forgotten Books of the Bible is a new study of the Five Scrolls—each of which has a central place in synagogue life, being assigned to the major festivals of the Jewish year, but which are largely overlooked in many Christian settings. They don’t appear often in lectionaries, and while they are sometimes included in… Read More
11th hour preacher party: Things happened…
This week I have been at Holiday Club (which we call Mayhem) every day. One of the catchphrases of the teens leading the up-front bit is “that reminds me of a story in the Bible!” which of course leads to someone stepping out of a time machine and explaining a story Jesus told. (Naturally.) In… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: beautiful things
It’s that time again….time to write a sermon! Or, for some of us, time to get ready for holiday club, or to figure out how to incorporate the past week of children’s programming/vacation bible school into a Sunday service, not knowing how many might appear. Or perhaps it’s time to confront the powers of the… Read More
Ordiversary party! call of the islands edition
This month we celebrate the gift that is people ordained in August! Kicking off the party is Liz Crumlish. Minister in the Church of Scotland, ordained 23 years ago this month. Liz is a long time RevGal, a member of the board of trustees of RGBP, and super awesome. One of the fab things about… Read More
July ordiversary Party!
Welcome to the ordiversary party!! This month we are celebrating with our friends who were ordained in July, and with those who are being ordained this month. It’s a time to give thanks for good and faithful servants who bring such amazing gifts to the church, and to celebrate that we get to know them!… Read More
June Ordiversary Party!
Welcome to a new feature—the Ordiversary Party! I’m not sure when we started using the word “ordiversary” but it feels like a quintessential RevGals word to me. For more than a decade, we have been celebrating women in ministry of all kinds, offering resources and support and building community. What better way than to celebrate… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: powered by YouTube musicals edition
It’s that time again, friends—time to write a sermon! Which also means time to procrastinate in both more and less productive ways. Some of us, I know, procrastinate by doing things like cleaning the house. The sermon may not be done, but the laundry is! Others of us (read: me) procrastinate by following the auto-play… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: still Easter!
As we approach the sixth Sunday of Easter, it can be tricky to convince people we are indeed still celebrating the resurrection. In northern hemisphere churches we are competing with warmer weather and spring activities that may start to pull people away (graduations, exams, sports, three day weekends…). In the Southern Hemisphere days are shortening… Read More
