Portfolio of Ministry
Portfolio of Ministry
Watch the video which includes time for all ages, reading, and sermon; or select above to read the text of sermon. This service honored the two years of shutdown and remote worship due to Covid and invited a recommitment to the feeling of belonging.
Rev. Shelly reads Click, Clack, Moo which was sent out as part of the 2021 Labor Day "On Your Own" Sunday Playlist.
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A reframe of Beloved Community following my participation in the Transforming Hearts Collective Program on Trans-Inclusive ministries.
Audio Only, January 6, 2019, "Anything is Possible." This sermon used the phrase coined by former Celtics player, Kevin Garnett, as inspiration for understanding shared ministry.
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This sermon reflects on an innovative approach to family ministry grounded in the Think Orange approach and the invitation to understand the deep spiritual nourishment that is possible when areas of shared ministry collaborate together. This strategy comes from the Family Ministry staff at the North Point Community Church, a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch located in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.
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Multigenerational worship service based on the book by Fern Cowan Stanley. "We all enjoy the beautiful flowers that blossom each year, and this is a pleasure that lasts through the spring, into the summer, and right into the fall as different varieties grow and bloom. But did you ever stop to think what it might be like to be a seed that was planted some time ago and is now being called on to sprout, grow, and bloom? Well, I’ve imagined what it might be like for a rather brash, but truly fearful seed, and it might go something like this…"