Few cultural cornerstones of Terre Haute’s earliest era remain active and growing. The city’s Jewish community has done so for 177 years. Terre Haute was a mere 33 years old when a group of Jewish ...
A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...
The Azusa “chapter” of Congregation Ale House -- the monastic-themed beer bars with outposts in Long Beach and Pasadena -- has converted to a brewpub, and the newly debuted brewed-in-house beers are ...
The Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church is nestled in the corner of a neighborhood at the end of a gravel road on Cherry ...
Every human community has norms (unwritten, unspoken, and often unconscious rules about the "way things should be done") that govern the behavior of its members. In congregations, norms may develop as ...
The following year, the Congregation Shir Shalom was built by more than 130 founding members. They decided to name it Shir ...
On any given Sunday, you’ll likely hear immigration, poverty, race, or injustice mentioned in the sermon at our church—not because of the latest headlines but because of our commitment to connect ...
Congregation Or Shalom is hosting an evening of entertainment, games, great food, and community, called “L’Chaim & Lagers,” ...
Whereas adults may express concern that teenagers don’t have money to give, they celebrate the many ways young people contribute through service. Whereas members often think financial giving should be ...