Grow in Faith

Safe Church, Safe Communities The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Rhode Island recognize the potential for harm when a priest, ...

EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY (EfM)…are you being called? My name is Jacki Zahn, and I am a parishioner at St. Thomas ...

Every baptized person is called to ministry. The Education for Ministry (EfM) program provides people with the education to carry out that ...

The Congregational Development Commission (CDC) provides funds for programs that strengthen congregations, especially those that are field testing new programs/initiatives ...

The Diocese of Rhode Island, as part of Province I, has partnered with Bexley-Seabury Seminary to offer Pathways for Baptismal ...

Come and See our Keynote speaker Emily Keniston, Director of Faith Formation for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, talk to ...

Congregational Renewal Resources Tuesdays at 2 (EST) conversations are offered to support lay and ordained leaders as they reengage their ...

Some thoughts on taking care during these uncertain times, from the Rev. Canon Meaghan Brower ...

New Advent resources include digital invitation kits Your church can "Prepare the Way of Love this Advent" with a new ...

The Congregational Development Commission (CDC) would love to help fund events and programs sponsored and run by YOUR congregation which ...

An instructed Eucharist in digital format, available 24/7. All of the How2charist videos for viewing on our diocesan video portal ...

Have you ever wished to deepen your relationship with God? To experience a warm friendship with God? Maybe even fall ...

A Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth in holiness ...

As a means to introduce The Way of Love to children and families (including grandparents), this resource describes a 90-minute session ...

Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We ...

What are Spiritual (or Christian) Practices? "Christian practices are not activities we do to make something spiritual happen in our ...

Pause, listen, and choose to follow Jesus. Like the disciples, we are called by Jesus to follow the Way of Love. With ...

Seven Spiritual Practices TURN: Pause, listen and choose to follow Jesus As Jesus was walking along, he saw Levi son ...

Church Publishing is the foundational imprint owned by the Church Pension Group (which provides pensions for clergy and lay employees of ...

Best known for Forward Day by Day, a daily devotion providing meditations on scripture readings, Forward Movement continues to build on ...

Building Faith website is published by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary. Their mission is to equip and inspire churches and ...

The Diocese has a variety of books, curricula and other resources that are available to congregations. These resources are stored ...

LeaderResources is an Episcopal publishing and consulting organization that offers downloadable resources -- most of them developed by Episcopalians for ...

Presiding Bishop Curry has invited the whole church to take up The Way of Love, a “rule of life” focused ...

The Way of Love Presiding Bishop Curry has invited the whole church to take up The Way of Love, a ...

For the season of Advent, Journeying the Way of Love offers four sessions to be explored as we await the coming of ...

Hospitality is a key ministry within a congregation. All too often newcomers are greeted at the "Passing of the Peace" ...

Guidance for how to choose a curricula for your church can be found on Building Faith. Some of the more commonly used curricula are listed ...

Faith & Leadership is a website that provides a host of resources designed to "create lasting change by strengthening the ...

Churches can help its members and members of their community improve their eating habits by offering programs, education and support ...

The Center for Reconciliation has created a study guide for "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" by James H. Cone ...

Don’t sit in your church building waiting for people to come. Be prepared to meet people where they are. A ...

Happening is a spiritual retreat for high school students.  Young people from all over the state help to plan and implement ...

RenewalWorks is a catalyst for refocusing parishes (and the individuals in them) on spiritual vitality. It has been tailored to ...

The Episcopal Church has established evangelism initiatives for the whole church. Your congregation can participate in this by downloading and ...

The Presiding Bishop has called our church to follow the Way of Love -- practicing seven spiritual practices (turn, learn, ...

Many congregations offer special educational programs that match the liturgical season. Advent, Lent and Holy Week/Easter are the most common ...

The Episcopal Church offers a wide variety of resources for youth ministry leaders. Whether you have enough youth to do ...

Summer can be a valuable time to engage children in Christian Education -- and can be an important offering to ...

Seminaries offer education opportunities for laity as well as clergy. For example, the Yale Divinity School Summer Study Program (New Haven, CT) ...

Thanksgiving is a time when many people pause, often just before digging into Thanksgiving dinner, to count their blessings. This ...