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Nurturing relationships through LIFT at Saints Mary & Joseph Parish
Posted by Liz Perraud at
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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Break in the shoes first -- Pilot: Step 4 in Becoming Intentionally Intergenerational
Posted by Liz Perraud at
Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries On my morning walk, I enjoy listening to podcasts. I have several go-to programs and one of my current favorites is “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” She’s the author of “The Happiness Project.” On her podcast, she discusses happiness and good habits with her sister, Elizabeth Craft. They banter back and forth with helpful insights, advice, and personal stories. A recent topic was a happiness “stumbling block.” They suggested that for a special occasion or big event when you want to “give it your all,” don’t do something for the first time. An example...
Two Questions: Lacy Finn Borgo
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Lacy Finn BorgoTeacher and Author In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night?Well, if I’m honest, menopause keeps me up at night. But after I’m up, I find my soul sorrowful for the suffering of children. As I listen alongside of children, I hear their cries of fear and anxiety in our world. To be sure, I also hear their bone-deep knowing around what is profoundly good, achingly beautiful, and thoroughly connecting. However, it’s the former that rattles around in my soul...
Two Questions: Robert Keeley
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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...
Information and Practice -- Learn: Step 3 in Becoming Intentionally Intergenerational
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Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries I thought it would be fun to play Cat’s Cradle with my six-year-old granddaughter. Maybe you remember the string game from childhood. The game begins when one player creates the starting figure (called Cat’s Cradle) on their hands and fingers. The next player pinches or grabs the string and winds their hands around in a particular way to transfer the loop to their hands, creating a new figure. And then it returns to the first player to create a third figure by manipulating the string loop. Back and forth, repeating a limited number...