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More generations leading in worship

Two Questions: Sarah Bentley Allred

Seminary Corner: Ritual Revolution

Growing Mutual Investment in Worship

Parents Corner: Partnering with Young People

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More generations leading in worship

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    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.  Let’s start with Worship. The goal is to seek to engage more generations to lead worship using a variety of worship arts. The vitality of congregational worship is enhanced and influenced by the gifts of a diversity of people across generations. This is more than about who is sitting in the sanctuary. Where and how...

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Two Questions: Sarah Bentley Allred

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Sarah Bentley AllredEditor, Building Faith for Lifelong LearningVirginia Theological Seminary     In each edition of IG Mix, we ask someone in ministry the same two questions about intergenerational ministry: What keep you up at night?A frequent topic of my night-time rumination, for which I have no answers, is children’s programming during worship, sometimes called Children’s Chapel. As someone passionate about intergenerational worship, I believe that it is best practice for all ages to be together for the entire worship service. And yet, parents tell me how difficult it is to worship with young children. And church leaders tell me parents want...

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Seminary Corner: Ritual Revolution

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Andre Jordan “AJ” WallaceSecond-Year StudentPrinceton Seminary       I sometimes wonder if the church has forgotten that bearing the image of God is a communal task (Genesis 1:26).  I say this out of recognition of the cultural practice of not often including young people in our regular rhythms of worship. Yes, we have our Youth Sundays and children’s sermons that take up a few moments of a service, but many of our congregations probably don’t have consistent liturgies that are truly intergenerational.   Why don’t we have children regularly lead us in our worship services? Why do we seem to embrace the idea that young children cannot testify and bear witness to the...

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Growing Mutual Investment in Worship

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Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries       GenOn Ministries 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. Intergenerational ministry is more than faith formation curriculum. It is about infusing the whole church with an ethos—the characteristic spirit of the community guided by its beliefs or ideas. Eventually, this intergenerational spirit impacts everyone and everything. Where to begin? GenOn has identified four ministry areas for the church: worship, study, service, and fellowship. We suggest using our free Snapshot tool with a team to evaluate and...

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Parents Corner: Partnering with Young People

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By Shirley Carlson What does it mean to "partner" with children and youth?  Do we treat them as equal partners in our churches and at home?  Do we want to?  How does God answer that question?  Jesus said, "Let the children come unto me."  There are other references to partnering with youth in the Bible as well. "Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3-4).  God intends for us to learn from each other....

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