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How Faith and Gaming Help Us Survive the Worst of Times

March 16, 2021 by Ministry Incubators

If you have a couple of minutes, check out this article by one of our innovators, Rev. David Petty with Crossfire:faith+gaming! David was one of our Hatchletes in 2020 in the Mountain Sky Conference.

For decades, people have talked about churches “meeting people where they are.” Getting out of the building and into community requires speaking the language of the people, being where the people are, and engaging deeper than a pre-church coffee and cookie. In 2017, David asked the question, “Could church exist as a group of gamers with a shared purpose, faith, and community?” The answer has become a resounding “YES!”

Since 2017, Crossfire:faith+gaming has actively created a faith-based community of gamers who engage in life-changing fellowship and share practical tools for resilience in a challenging world, aiming to break down the barriers many gamers face: social isolation, disconnection, and stigma. Crossfire does outreach and builds community with their Twitch stream, Facebook group and page, and podcast.

In 2020, the long-standing debates about whether online church was “valid” ended. With this shift, Crossfire:faith+gaming was in a unique position to showcase the resilience of gamers and be a model for how to do ministry. Read the article to learn more!

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Rev. Petty also currently serves as the pastor of Meeker UMC.

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Still Waters Landing – Harvesting a God-sized Dream

July 21, 2020 by Ministry Incubators

Check out this article by one of our clients, Rev. Meg Gaston, written about the innovative work of one of our clients, Still Waters Landing in Tennessee, that she wrote while pastoring in a conference that we’re serving!

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God Plays Indoor Soccer

July 3, 2020 by Ministry Incubators

Check out this article by Rev. Meg Gaston about Konnoak Hills UMC (with Pastor Chris Smith) in Winston-Salem integrating into the community, offering their largely unused gym for kids’ indoor soccer! It’s an outcome of our process at Western North Carolina Conference and an example of the kind of work we’re midwifing there.

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Some COVID-19 Resources for Entrepreneurs

April 17, 2020 by Ministry Incubators

As we wait for the dust to settle from COVID-19, here are some resources to help entrepreneurs to know what resources are available to help make it through the quarantine on their feet. We commend both of them to you! Our compliments to the Duke School of Business and to Westaway for the incredible info for this challenging season!

From Westaway:

The Entrepreneur’s COVID-19 Playbook: A Guide to Stimulus Money, Tax Breaks and Legal Tips to Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic

From Duke School of Business:

#COVID-19 Capital Relief
CASE at Duke’s comprehensive, searchable database including grants, loans, and other cash equivalents that can help entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and businesses anywhere in the world.

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COVID-19 Creativity: A Virtual Co-Working Empower Hour

April 17, 2020 by Ministry Incubators

JAMAICA QUEENS, NY—FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The 20-30 Dream Hub’s Virtual Co-Working “Empower Hour”

Okay, so when they designed it, it was supposed to be a co-working space…but, you know, COVID-19.

We love what Zoe Project and Ministry Incubators Start Up Clinic alums from First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens did instead. Undaunted, they took their innovation—a co-working space and young adult resource center called The 20-30 Dream Hub—and transformed it into a virtual co-working meet-up for young adults.  Check it out here —or join in!

Congrats, 20-30 Dream Hub, on your fearless holy imagination!  (Thanks to Rev. Chris de la Cruz for tipping us off!)

If you have a creative COVID-19 adaptation we can share, please let us know—we’d love to share the good news!

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Filed Under: Blog, Events Tagged With: 20-30 Dream Hub, Co-Working, COVID-19, creativity, innovation, missional innovation, Zoe Project

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