The collects of the church reveal an ancient, biblical pattern of prayer that can revitalize our personal and corporate prayer lives. Scot McKnight joins us to talk about his book To You All Hearts Are Open: Revitalizing the Church’s Pattern of Asking God, where he discusses how the church can rediscover this rich pattern of prayer today.

• Register for NextGen Fall Planning Guide: Strategies for Values-Based Ministry, a 4-part Eastertide conversation hosted by C4SO’s NextGen Leadership Team.
• Register for C4SO’s Family and Children’s Ministry Network (the first meeting is Wednesday, April 28, at 11:00 am CDT).
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is Holy Trinity Church in Costa Mesa, CA, led by the Rev. Jordan Senner.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created significant mental and emotional health challenges for young people. To talk about how the church can respond, we talked with the Rev. Canon Dr. Jessica Jones and Rev. Aaron Buttery, who both work with the ACNA’s Next Generation Leadership Initiative.

• Check out Next Generation Leadership Initiative to find resources and contact Jessica or Aaron.
• The Pandemic Population: Eight Strategies to Help Generation Z Rediscover Hope After Coronavirus, by Tim Elmore.
• Barna’s Gen Z, Vols. 1 and 2
• Equipping Church Members and Their Families to Cope: Understanding and Addressing Trauma During Covid-19
• Mental Health resources from The Peace Plan
• The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use
• The Great Opportunity Report
• The Rev. Amanda Goin-Burgess has written a curriculum for addressing depression and anxiety among students. Email her to get a copy.
• If you have any questions about any of these resources, or want to connect further, you can email Jessica or email Aaron.
• Fill out this form to enter to win a fire pit for your church!
• Aaron mentioned a 3-part series called Saints in Lament. Email him to get the teaching notes.

• Register for NextGen Fall Planning Guide: Strategies for Values-Based Ministry, a 4-part Eastertide conversation hosted by C4SO’s NextGen Leadership Team.
• Register for C4SO’s Family and Children’s Ministry Network (the first meeting is Wednesday, April 28, at 11:00 am CDT).
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is Igbo Anglican Church in San Jose, CA, led by the Rev. Inoccent Ummuna.

JR and Amy Rozko are in C4SO, but they pastor a non-Anglican church (First Church of the Resurrection in Canton, OH). They join us to talk about the vision behind this unique arrangement, the practicalities of how it works day-to-day, and some of the mission God has called them to in Canton.

• Register for NextGen Fall Planning Guide: Strategies for Values-Based Ministry, a 4-part Eastertide conversation hosted by C4SO’s NextGen Leadership Team.
• Register for C4SO’s Family and Children’s Ministry Network (the first meeting is Wednesday, April 28, at 11:00 am CDT).
• Check out First Church and Canton Abbey.
• Connect with the Rozkos on Facebook: Amy and JR.
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is Redeemer Anglican Church in Santa Cruz, CA, led by the Rev. Rob Patterson.

A word of Easter encouragement and hope from Bishop Todd for the diocese focused on staying attentive to what God is doing in the midst of chaos, confusion, and exhaustion.

• To find our Lent and Advent series, visit our main podcast page and scroll back through the archives.
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is The Table in Indianapolis, IN, co-led by the Rev. Spencer Ruark, the Rev. Ben Sternke, and the Rev. Matt Tebbe.

A conversation about our virtual Stations of the Cross, featuring artist Laura James (who provided the paintings), and Rev. Dr. W. David O. Taylor, who wrote the liturgy.

The “Stations of the Cross” grew out of an ancient liturgy and describe 14 stops along the way to Golgotha. These stops follow Jesus from the moment he is condemned to death until his entombment. Traditionally, the faithful prayed the liturgy alongside visual depictions of the Stations, where the person praying could literally stop and contemplate each event of Christ’s Passion. This year, as we continue to navigate the pandemic, we invite you into a time of contemplation by experiencing a virtual version of the Stations.

• Our online Stations of the Cross installation
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is Eucharist Church in San Francisco, California, led by the Rev. Ryan Jones.

A conversation with Bishop Todd Hunter on the conclusion of Soong-Chan Rah’s book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, our C4SO Reads book for Lent. Todd talks about the pandemic moving him from a cognitive acknowledgment that “the full range of human emotion is expressed in the Psalms” to an embodied, emotional connection to lament as he prayed the Psalms this past year. We also discuss the connection between lament and joy, and the trouble we get into when we try and bifurcate them into separate, unrelated experiences.

• Watch Bishop Todd’s video reflection from Lamentations 5
• Find out more about our C4SO Reads For Lent Series
• Our online Stations of the Cross installation
• Our first Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is Holy Trinity Silicon Valley in Mountain View, California, led by the Rev. John Gorin.
• Our other Cycle of Prayer Spotlight this week is The Trinity Mission online and Trinity on the Border in La Feria, Texas, led by the Rev. Michael Jarrett

A conversation with the Rev. Jin Cho on the fourth section of Soong-Chan Rah’s book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss the importance of persisting in lament, and why that’s so difficult for most of us.

• Watch Jin’s video reflection from Lamentations 4
• Find out more about our C4SO Reads For Lent Series.
• Online Stations of the Cross

A conversation with the Very Rev. Drew Henley on the third section of Soong-Chan Rah’s book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how our repentance and lament must be both personal and corporate, and some of the resources of our Anglican heritage that can help us do so.

• Watch Drew’s video reflection from Lamentations 3
• Our previous podcast episode with Drew: Leon McKenzie and Drew Henley: Co-leading a Multi-Ethnic Church (and Deanery!)
• Find out more about our C4SO Reads For Lent Series.
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministry this week is Christ Church Mission in Mission, Kansas, led by the Rev. Dean Behrens.

A conversation with the Rev. Sandy Richter on the second section of Soong-Chan Rah’s book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times. We discuss how privilege and exceptionalism show up in the American church, and how they prevent us from doing the essential work of lament that opens space for empathy, mutuality, and solidarity.

• Watch Sandy’s video reflection from Lamentations 2
• Find our more about C4SO is celebrating Black History Month.
• Find out more about our C4SO Reads For Lent Series.
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministries this week are Fellowship of Hope Mentoring in Richardson, Texas, led by the Rev. Nobie Hendricks, and Trinity Lakeside Anglican Contemplative Community in Flower Mound, Texas, led by the Rev. Markene Meyer.