Good morning, .

So many of you have been impacted by the path of hurricane Helene in the past week. I’ve been thinking about you and praying each day — for your well-being and for the care that you must give now to those in your community. Grief and recovery will take your focus for the coming weeks.

If you were not among those directly impacted, I invite you to pray with me for all the ministers and church leaders and chaplains and community leaders who are part of our 3MMM community and will have this task. May God’s Spirit sustain and guide you in this most challenging season.

Sustaining creativity?

As I pray, I am also eager to share this episode. This week, we want you to see thi episode from professor, minister, liturgist, artist, and author Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. 

In our first conversation last week we talked with Cláudio about how he created the play “When Wajcha Meets Pachamama.” Watch or listen to Episode 245 to learn about Cláudio’s creative process.

With the outpouring of his work in so many forms, I wanted to know - What sustains his creativity?

This conversation invites us to consider five ways to sustain creativity.

Sustaining creativitiy in community

Could your creative process use some community and support? Join me at the Writing Table in October. We have an in person retreat coming up soon AND monthly memberships to the writing table are available for this new month. 

It's almost time! October Retreat registration is open! 

Enjoy the beauty of Kirkridge in the autumn and ample structured and unstructured time to inspire a rhythm of writing and rest. We invite you to bring a writing project with you or dream up a new one at this retreat. Registration is open now! 
 

Catch up on the latest 3MMM series on teaching and learning

 It's time! Join us for October!

Finding Our Way Study

Fall study, anyone? Retreat focus? Deacon study? Small group curriculum?

People who have bought the Finding Our Way Study are diving in to conversations about how we are finding our way and dealing with multiple changes - to the world, to our lives, and to the church. Erin Robinson Hall wrote this study guide to help you lead important conversations as you navigate a new era of ministry. Could your group use a new study for Fall?

We need to acknowledge the changes, ask good questions, listen, make space for grief, and start to tell new future stories. The “Finding Our Way” Study Guide can help you do all this and more.

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📌 Would you do us a favor? Take a moment and follow us on Pinterest! Head over and look for Three Minute Ministry Mentor, and share or pin some of our favorite quotes and blessings. Find inspiration for your practice of ministry!

We believe that your work matters, . May you find peace, inspiration, and renewed pastoral imagination this week!