Shine Everywhere is a community of congregations and families who discover and practice the everywhere habits that grow faith.
If you are a pastor, Sunday School teacher, or faith formation leader who would like to understand better how to help parents nurture faith at home, Shine Everywhere is for you!
And, if you are a parent or caregiver who cares about growing in faith with your children, Shine Everywhere is for you!
NOW AVAILABLE!
Click to access the recording and PowerPoint of the Shine Everywhere Intro Webinar.
Click to download a PDF template of a bookmark with the six at-home faith practices.
Ways you can be involved in Shine Everywhere
- Please fill out the Shine Everywhere interest form to receive updates and information by email.
- Join the Shine Everywhere Facebook group and engage in the conversation there.
- Apply to be in a cohort in the “Leaders Listening” Project or the “Follow the Peace Path” Roundtables.
- Church leaders: Share our test products with your families.
- Families: Use our test products then fill out our surveys.
Questions? Email Project Facilitator Shana Peachey Boshart (ShanaPB@MennoMedia.org).
Consider the following opportunities now!
“Leaders Listening” Project
Apply anytime.
Who: Pastors who want to design a listening project in their congregation to learn what parents want from the congregation with regard to their children’s faith formation
Participating congregations will receive five free card decks and a 25% rebate on one order of additional card decks.
Meet with Shana to tailor a listening project to your church. Shana will help you decide what questions to ask parents, in what way (e.g., a meeting, individual interviews, a survey, etc.), how you will communicate about it, and how to follow up.
Questions? Email Project Facilitator Shana Peachey Boshart (ShanaPB@MennoMedia.org).
Complete the application below.
Shine Everywhere Application for "Leaders Listening" Project
“Follow the Peace Path” Roundtables
Apply by Monday, April 29.
Who: Pastors, Church Faith Formation Leaders, Parents, and Caregivers
Four Peace Path Roundtables will meet three times:
- Late May “How to use the Follow the Peace Path activity cards”
- Mid-summer “Tell us how you are using the activity cards”
- End of summer “What kind of at-home resource should we create next?”
Four congregations per roundtable
One person from the congregation commits to:
- Attend the roundtable via Zoom
- Bring one or two parents along who are using the card deck at home
Participating congregations will receive five free card decks and a 25% rebate on one order of additional card decks.
Congregations that send at least one participant to all three meetings also receive a $100 coupon in the Shine store.
Roundtable agenda will likely include a focusing scripture, sharing what you are doing with the cards, what is working and not working with the card deck, your questions and ideas, and a closing blessing.
Questions? Email Project Facilitator Shana Peachey Boshart (ShanaPB@MennoMedia.org).
Complete the application below.
Shine Everywhere Application for "Follow the Peace Path" Roundtables
“Follow the Peace Path” Surveys
Who: Families who use the “Follow the Peace Path” Cards
In late summer, survey links will be shared via:
- Shine Everywhere newsletter
- Shine Everywhere Facebook group
- Shine: Living in God’s Light Facebook page
- ShineEverywhere.com (website coming soon)
Questions? Email Project Facilitator Shana Peachey Boshart (ShanaPB@MennoMedia.org).
