Rev. Dr. John Manzo
Senior Pastor, St. Marks United Church of Christ, New Albany, Indiana
I am a LOGOS pastor. These are words that I say with great ease. I am currently the Senior Pastor at St. Marks United Church of Christ in New Albany, Indiana, and we have been doing LOGOS for the last several years. Through a series of staff and volunteer changes, we took a short breather to redo training and get new people on board. LOGOS started anew with fresh ideas and a new structure. It was awesome. But LOGOS is always awesome.
I came to St. Marks as a LOGOS pastor. I served a church in Ohio for many years, and we did LOGOS there as well. I like to think it was one of the gifts I brought and left to that congregation. I’ve done LOGOS training three different times in three very different ways. LOGOS is a part of who I am. To me, it’s the consummate intergenerational, relational ministry tool we have as churches.
Congregations with LOGOS grow. Kids are attracted, and so are their parents. In an era when many mainline churches barely have children present, our church is filled with happy kids. We are a downtown, mainline, city church in a non-residential neighborhood. We are actually growing, and we have a significant number of kids. One of the reasons for this is LOGOS, a program that continues to amaze.
Other posts from GenOn Connect – March/April 2018
Intergenerational Experts Help GenOn Envision the Future
Parents’ Corner: Bringing Generations Together
Intergenerational Ministry Resources for the Summer and All Year
Thank you for the post, Dr. Manzo. I am a seminary student and have been studying the LOGOS ministry over the past year, and it is great to hear that a LOGOS ministry has such a core framework that you were and are currently a LOGOS pastor in two different churches (that were in different states as well). An intergenerational ministry is vital to church health; I am encouraged to hear the successes you have had with the LOGOS ministry.
Best,
Matt