Reimagining Church

Thriving Congregations Initiative: New Models for the 21st Century

Reimagining Today

The Voices of the Collective

As a culture, we can often feel stuck in a routine, and finding joy in the same old practices can be challenging.

By Tamara Fore-Ravelo
December 20, 2022
Dixwell Avenue UCC
Co-conspirators and Breaking Glass

In October, I began my blog post with an anecdote about falling and breaking my phone.

By Lee Febos
December 19, 2022
Grace & St. Peter’s & St. John the Evangelist
God Is Not Asking Us to Be Sure

Reimagining church is a weird task.

By Emily Carter
December 5, 2022
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seymour
The Importance of Reimagining Church

We live in a world that is constantly changing and evolving, and the church is no exception.

By Tamara Fore-Ravelo
October 6, 2022
Dixwell Avenue UCC
Listening for God's Gameplan

It’s a Thursday night and there are things happening at Bethel AME Church.

By Ryan Lindsay Arrendell
October 6, 2022
Bethel AME
In the Beginning

In the beginning, there was the Word and the Word was made flesh. In the beginning.

By Chris Veillon
October 6, 2022
Operating Through the Holy Spirit

On my way to the first meeting with our Reimagining cohort for the newly named Grace and St. John’s (as of September 18), I was buzzing with excitement.

By Lee Febos
October 6, 2022
Grace & St. Peter’s & St. John the Evangelist
Weeping and Rejoicing

Hamden Plains United Methodist Church is a church with roots.

By Luke Melonakos-Harrison
October 6, 2022
Hamden Plains United Methodist
Working Alongside God

I have begun the exciting process of reimagining church with Trinity Episcopal Church in Seymour, Connecticut.

By Emily Carter
October 6, 2022
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seymour
May the Lord Deal Kindly with You: Our First Meeting

On Sunday we held our first re-imagining church meeting at Trinity on the Green, New Haven.  As we sat down in the upper room behin

Max Sklar
October 6, 2022
Trinity on the Green