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I was walking along thinking about how to tie Traci Smith’s beautiful Gratitude calendar to Forgiveness. It made me think about all the jokes about the tension around an increasing number of Thanksgiving tables. That, in turn, made me think about the reason people gather at Thanksgiving. Those thoughts brought me back to – it’s […]

It’s All About Relationship

Young Families

November 7, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Grateful Calendar by Traci Smith from her Treasure Box Tuesday.     Simple things done with great love,  Carolyn Hayes Director of Children and Young Families

Grateful Calendar

Young Families

November 1, 2022

Jenna Bruni


In many ways this series that we have been studying, Practicing Generosity, is a complete repudiation of nearly everything modern society holds dear.    “He who dies with the most toys wins.” Nope, we are supposed to not just share from our excess but redistribute so everyone has enough.    “Love the Lord your God […]

Practicing Generosity: Sharing Power

Young Families

October 24, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Elizabeth Caldwell is a professor emerita at McCormick Theological Seminary and visiting professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School as well as the author of many wonderful books including Growing in God’s Love and Wondering about the Bible with Children. Parents, Caldwell points out, are the biggest influence in their children’s religious life, “…parents have the most […]

Practicing Generosity: Sharing Wisdom

Young Families

October 17, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Sharing justice is an odd phrase isn’t it? Though as I have thought about it over the last couple of weeks the more sense it has made. Sharing justice is a practical exercising of the idea of stewardship or generosity. At it’s most basic… going back to Genesis 2… God created the world and lovingly […]

Practicing Generosity: Sharing Justice

Young Families

October 10, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church Children and Young Families Ministry presents: October Events GPC Friday Night at the Movies:   Friday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. Showing: E.T.   Friday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. Showing: Coco     GPC Fall Festival:     Wednesday, October 26 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Games, Pumpkin decorating and Fun, Fun, Fun […]

Children and Young Family: October Events

Young Families

October 3, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Have you ever really thought about precisely how much waste is involved in your typical Halloween? From the costumes to the decorations to the candy each in it’s own little container it is a holiday that practically seems dedicated to waste…but it doesn’t have to be at all.   Let’s start with costumes – do […]

A Green Halloween?

Young Families

September 27, 2022

Jenna Bruni


I remember an older woman in my congregation many years ago telling me that if she had a few tea bags, a loaf of bread, and some jelly, she would always be ready for company. “Tea and toast,” she said. “Tea and toast.” The art of inviting people into our homes is changing, I think. […]

Showing Hospitality: A Spiritual Practice 

Young Families

September 18, 2022

Jenna Bruni


Are you looking for ways to engage your kids in conversation when they get home from school or over dinner? We all know that there are some kids that come through the door and will tell you chapter and verse about what happened … in extraordinary detail, some of which you may not care to […]

Engaging After School Questions for Your Kids

Young Families

September 13, 2022

Jenna Bruni


For the last couple of weeks prayer has been the topic of sermons, email devotional posts AND Children’s recorded Sunday School lessons. Children’s Ministry has been trying, as nearly as we can, to mirror the Scriptural texts and general ideas covered during the week in devotionals and the sermon.    On 8/28, our lesson was […]

Prayer & Fall Plans

Young Families

September 6, 2022

Jenna Bruni