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We had the amazing experiencing screening Filipe Amado’s film, Dust and Color this past summer as part of a series of on campus events supporting artists. We couldn’t get enough, and wanted to explore some deeper questions with him.

Read more on our website. https://brehmcenter.org/library

Reimagining Worship With Kids: A Conversation with Trevecca Okholm

We sat down with Trevecca, the creator of the Brehm Center's new Equip course Imagining Worship with Kids. We talked about her decades in children's ministry, why community worship needs more kids in the room, and what keeps her hopeful for the future. Find it in our Brehm Library. https://brehmcenter.org/library

Last call to receive a 56% discount on our new Imagining Worship Kids course. Integrate worship both at home and in church in this course taught by Trevecca Okholm, rooted in her 40+ years of worshiping with kids.

By the end of this course, you'll walk away with a practical framework for bringing the nine faith practices to life with kids through engaging, arts-based worship.
🔹 WHAT — the nine faith practices that build intergenerational community with Gen Alpha kids
🔹 WHY — the theology behind why these practices form faith in individuals and communities
🔹 WHERE & WHEN — the moments with the highest potential for lasting faith formation
🔹 WHO — how to bring pastors, worship leaders, children's/youth ministry leaders, parents, and caregivers together around one table. Plus, you'll design a final project to put it all into action.

Sign up: https://fullerequip.com/en/course/imagining-worship-with-kids

A courageous conversation, from anywhere. Micah Groups Online is a ten-week virtual cohort bringing 8–12 church leaders together across denominational, cultural, and theological lines to wrestle with the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice.

Guided by two trained co-facilitators, participants move beyond discussion into practice — learning what it costs to live a life of justice, mercy, and humility. Made for pastors, chaplains, worship leaders, and other active ministry leaders with two session options begin September 29, 2026. Scholarships are available, and if you've benefited from the Micah movement and can share financially, please give so others can learn.

Hosted by FULLER Equip. https://fullerequip.com/en/classroom/cohort-micah-groups-online?mc_cid=83233c604b&mc_eid=698a46046d

Artists are more than creatives — they are stewards of truth, goodness, and beauty. In To Set the World Aflame: How Artists Bear Witness to the Fullness of God's Creation, W. David O. Taylor draws on three decades of work as a scholar, pastor, and global arts advocate to offer a sweeping vision for artistic vocation. Weaving together Scripture, history, theology, aesthetics, missiology, and spiritual formation, Taylor considers what it means for artists to be caretakers of the imagination, custodians of the emotions, and stewards of the senses.

From art installations and Gothic cathedrals to graphic novels and gourmet meals, the book argues that human creativity — in all its forms — bears witness to the theater of God's glory and grace.

Published by Brazos Press. Link in bio to order.
https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9781587436802_to-set-the-world-aflame

We're excited to share an opportunity from a friend of the Brehm Center, Marlita Hill, author of our Fuller Equip course Dance as Worship & Ministry, as well as TheKingdom Art Life, and founder of the Kingdom Artist Institute. This fall, Marlita is leading a 12-week guided study for Christian artists building careers and practices in the larger culture.

If you're a Christian artist working through how your faith and your creative work fit together, this cohort is a place to dig into those questions in community with others. Cohort runs September 29 – December 15. Seats are limited. Link in Bio.

https://hub.marlitahill.com/kal-brehm/

By the end of Imagining Worship with Kids, you won't just have new ideas—you'll have a final project ready to bring to life, whether that's in your church's worship gathering or around your own kitchen table.

Taught by Trevecca Okholm, a children and family ministry veteran of over four decades, this Fuller Equip course pairs ~16 hours of bite-sized, arts-based lessons with a practical framework you can actually use — one that works whether your "worship space" is a sanctuary or a kitchen table, mirroring the same at-church and at-home focus behind the wider Imagining Worship with Kids project.

Whether you're a ministry leader shaping worship for a congregation or a parent shaping faith at home, this course meets you where you are.

Our 56% discount ends soon on Sep. 7. Sign up now: https://fullerequip.com/en/course/imagining-worship-with-kids

Meet your instructor: Trevecca Okholm

Trevecca has spent over four decades as a Christian educator and minister, working in children and family ministry with the Presbyterian Church (USA). She brings that lifetime of experience into Imagining Worship with Kids, a new Fuller Equip course built to more intentionally involve children in the worship life of your church and in your family. If you lead children's or family ministry (or wear both hats at once), this course gives you a practical, arts-based framework you can put to work right away.

Learn more and sign up: https://fullerequip.com/en/course/imagining-worship-with-kids

Grow both your faith and art with us through our Brehm degree programs.

We have online programs to match your schedule and time commitment needs. Find out more at the link in our bio.
https://brehmcenter.org/academics

Want to intentionally involve children in worship? We're excited to launch Imagining Worship with Kids, a new Fuller Equip course taught by Trevecca Okholm, a Christian educator and minister with over four decades of experience in children and family ministry with the PCUSA.

In about 16 hours of bite-sized, arts-based online lessons, you'll explore nine faith practices—like prayer, hospitality, belonging, and celebration—and walk away with a practical framework for engaging kids in worship, plus a final project you can bring to life at church or home.

Enroll by September 7 and save 56%
https://fullerequip.com/en/course/imagining-worship-with-kids