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Blog — children's ministry
Two Questions: Henry Zonio
Posted by Liz Perraud at
Henry ZonioSociologist (social inequalities, child development, and religious education) Instructor at University of KY and Asbury University In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps me up at night? There is so much more to children and family ministry than “just teaching the Bible.” Don’t get me wrong; teaching the Bible is what we do in ministry, and the Bible is what we are supposed to be teaching. What we neglect to realize and account for is that most of us uncritically teach the Bible through...
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Guests at Our Tables: Celebrating Advent During a Pandemic
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- Tags: Advent, All God's Children, Bible Study, children's ministry, Christian Education, COVID ministry, COVID-19, intergenerational ministry
Maintaining Relationships in Times of Social Distancing
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Two Questions: Dora Sawh
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Dora SawhFirst Presbyterian ChurchJamaica Queens, NY What keeps me up at night? As coordinator of Kid’s Church, I’ve been there long enough to be teaching second generation families. I have watched our children grow up, go to college and settle elsewhere. Very few return to church. What can the church do for the next generation? Why do our kids not return? Where do they go? How will the church be able to thrive if all our young people disappear? We looked at what was important to this generation, and their sense of community is strong and deep...
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- Tags: children's ministry, Christian Education, Intergenerational faith formation, intergenerational ministry, intergenerational relationships, LOGOS
A Simpler VBS During COVID Season
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Betsy Dishman serves her local church as Director of Children and Family Ministries in Harrisonburg, VA in addition to serving as GenOn’s Training Coordinator. Here’s how her church is navigating this summer to offer a simpler Vacation Bible School during the COVID-19 season. How has the coronavirus affected your church’s plans for VBS this summer? In the past, VBS has been a growing ministry for us with more than 50 percent participation from outside our church, which involved more than 100 children and 50+ youth and adult leaders. We recently decided to shelve our large publishing house curriculum that we...