Creative community-based ministries

Happy Tuesday – and welcome to a new design for the Alban Weekly! In this week’s edition, we’ll find inspiration in the stories of three congregations that have developed enterprising ministries to meet the evolving needs of their communities. We’ll…

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Remembering Loren B. Mead

Loren Benjamin Mead, son of Dr. Walter Russell Mead and Dorothy Nauss Mead, died peacefully under hospice care at his home, Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads in Falls Church, Virginia on May 5, 2018. Loren was born in Florence, South Carolina,…

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A Call for Support

As the Chair of Alban’s Board of Trustees, I write this letter during an important time of transition at the Alban Institute. At the end of this year, James Wind, Alban’s President for more than eighteen years, will complete his…

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Back to the Future

At a workshop I was leading, a woman stood up and said, “If 1950 were to return, my congregation would be ready.” Succinctly, she summarized a nagging problem for many churches. The context in which congregations now find themselves is…

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