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Faith formation for two or more generations together

Posted by Liz Perraud at Apr 15, 2024

Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries GenOn defines intergenerational ministry as nurturing Christ-centered community by bringing together two or more generations in planned and purposeful settings, where all are mutually invested. We identify four ministry areas impacted by intergenerational community: worship, study, service, and fellowship. Using our free Snapshot tool with a team, you can evaluate and discuss the four ministry areas, choosing one to start being more intentionally intergenerational. Details are in Snapshot and we’d love to guide you along the process with our Intergenerational Ministry Development for your leaders and volunteers. Let’s talk about Study as a Ministry Area for...

Nurturing relationships through LIFT at Saints Mary & Joseph Parish

Posted by Liz Perraud at Aug 16, 2023

Saints Mary & Joseph Parish in Salem, New Hampshire is launching their second year of intergenerational faith formation opportunities— called LIFT Mini Sessions, using GenOn’s LIFT (Living in Faith Together). They offer them Saturdays and Sundays after a Mass, and Wednesdays in conjunction with their monthly parish potluck. There are a variety of schedules and topics from which to choose. Most participants are families with children, though LIFT invites the whole parish to come together. Director of Faith Formation Susan Levesque says they hope it connects people together in fostering a oneness in their parish by nurturing relationships. LIFT begins...

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Two Questions: Robert Keeley

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jun 15, 2023

Robert KeeleyAuthorand Professor of Education, Emeritus Calvin University In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night?I worry about what Christian Smith and his colleagues call Moralistic Therapeutic Deism and how prevalent it is in both young people and adults. I’m concerned that this has happened in part because our teaching about faith is too often more centered on how we should behave than on the grace of God. Sanctification is important, of course, but the good news has been watered down and is...

Brittany Sky Joins GenOn Team

Posted by Liz Perraud at Dec 01, 2022

GenOn Ministries is doing a new thing! With great joy, we announce the hiring of Brittany Sky as the Project Director for our upcoming Christian Parenting and Caregiving Project. She is a writer, creator, and researcher who loves kids and the adults who care for them. Brittany is the author of Raising Good People, the Celebrate Wonder Bible Storybook, and the Bible Basics Storybook, and co-author of the Deep Blue Bible Storybook, and countless curricula. GenOn’s project, which Brittany will direct, seeks to build a continuous faith forming environment from infancy through young adolescence that is centered in the family...

Come to the Table with LIFT

Posted by Liz Perraud at Nov 16, 2020

From grandma with preschoolers to an older couple, all came to see, talk, and learn together--away from computers and our beautiful but restricted sanctuary services.