Best Practices Downloads

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The BEST PRACTICES PROJECT PROPOSAL
is to the right.

THE LOGIC OF REVIVAL AND FAITH FORMATION
In the shadow of the 2008 Presidential campaign and election of Barack Obama, and reports that 60% of Catholics voted for this most pro-death candidate ever, thus cooperating with the intrinsic evil of abortion -- this essay argues for three things: (1) Prayer and fasting for a holiness revival in the Catholic Church; (2) Commitment of the faithful to conforming their lives to holiness; and (3) the incessant, unending implementation of a project we might call BEST PRACTICES OF FAITH FORMATION, which is described in a proposal linked elsewhere on this page.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

THE BIBLE CATHOLIC: Imbuing the Word of God into Catholic Practice
This document hopes to encourage the Synod of Bishops meeting in October 2008 on The Word of God to adopt a range of methodologies to draw Catholics closer to God through his written Word.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

A FIRST STEP SUGGESTION AT GETTING CATHOLICS TO READ THE BIBLE
A blog entry on a first step, of a larger comprehensive plan, to make the Bible a personal and necessary part of the lay Catholic's life. I've received a lot fo criticism on this, but I know I'm right. It is silly that the proclamation of the word, during Mass, MUST BE ONLY heard and not read. And it is satanic for Catholics to suggest that the noise of people turning pages in their Bible during Mass would be a distraction. Evangelicals do a much better job of forming their adherants in their faith than Catholics do. And such fundamental techniques as this blog entry suggests is one of the reasons. Who will take the lead on this?
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

CONFIRMATION REQUIREMENTS: THE LOGICAL NECESSITY OF LEVEL 2 TESTING FOR CONFIRMATION
A blog entry on the ridiculous laziness of faith formation leaders who do not take their job seriously enough. We think nothing of requiring Level 2 testing for every academic skill (temporal effect) and we demand that our sports teams meet minimum performance requirements (also temporal in effect) but when it comes to ETERNAL issues, why do we think they are so unimportant as to not require any testing at all?
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

BILL WEGNER DESCRIBES HIS TENT REVIVALS
MP4 - 4 minues - 13 MG
Bill Wegner is a popular Catholic lay evangelist from New Jersey. His organization is Good News International. In this clip he briefly describes the tent revival meeting that he has organized once a year for the past 12 years. This is part of a longer interview about what Bill believes are some of the Best Practices in which he's been involved. This June 22-24, 2008 we plan to take a camera crew to NJ and SHOW you want it's all about. More information in the side bar at his Good News site, linked above.
From the future series on Best Practices produced by SWC Films.

"THERE WILL BE A TEST:
Evaluating Your RCIA Program (Level 1)"
Short essay on the reason for administering a Level 1 Evaluation at the conclusion of all Class Sessions.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

"CLASS SESSION EVALUATION
A Level 1 Form"
A Short Form with 8 quantitative and 4 qualitative questions to help instructors and designers evaluate the acceptance by students of individual class sessions.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

"ON FIRE PROTESTANT OR LUKE WARM CATHOLIC?"
A blog post about the need for a Evangelical styled Sunday School in every parish.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

"BASICS OF TEEN AND ADULT FORMATION"
The title says it all. This is focused on what the teen or adult can do themselves, vs the faith community.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

"SPECIFIC IDEAS FOR FAITH FORMATION CLASSES"
A blog post about the key to Evangelical Small Groups, and a link to a website about how to start a Sunday School program.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

"CHRIST CAME TO SET US ON BLAZE"
A blog post on the relationships between passion and the sacraments.
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D.

WORLD BIBLE QUIZ ASSOCIATION The hands down BEST PRACTICE for youth to know the Bible IS BIBLE QUIZZING. It's fun, it's international, it's almost addictive, and it builds strong Christian youth relationships...with other Christian youth, and with God. I do not know of a Catholic Bible Quiz league, which is probably the reason Catholics don't know their Bible's very well --- as compared to Evangelicals. This link is probably the main clearing house for Bible Quizzing. Plenty of Links.
BIBLE QUIZZING NET Check out this page, and the many, many resources. SOMEONE PLEASE START A CATHOLIC BIBLE QUIZ LEAGUE.
BIBLE QUIZ RULE BOOK for the Christian Missionary Alliance "Church." Someone should adapt this for Catholics.
PBS ARTICLE ON BIBLE QUIZZING as it celebrates 50 years in the Free Methodist Church of North America, the fellowship in which Pam and Stan Williams participated as teens.
HOW TO START A BIBLE QUIZ TEAM ...from the WBQA website.


LIFE LONG FAITH FORMATION. Site for John Roberto's Lifelong Faith Associates, an organization dedicated to nurturing spiritual growth for all ages and generations in the parish and at home, through a six-year cycle of intergenerational, systematic, parish-home studies and events.

RESOURCES THAT TOUCH ON IDEAS FOR FACILITATING GROUPS AND VARIOUS CREATIVE METHODS WITHIN THE ADULT FAITH FORMATION SETTING . A long list of books, which I have not read, but the titles look great. From the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership