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Blog — Intergenerational faith formation
Planned and Purposeful for Intergenerational Bible Study
Posted by Liz Perraud at
Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries Part 2 of a 4 Part Series: 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? We have identified four ministry areas for the church: worship, study, service, and fellowship. Using our free Snapshot tool with a...
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- Tags: Bible, Bible Study, Intergenerational faith formation, intergenerational ministry, intergenerational relationships
Seminary Corner: Studying with All Generations
Posted by Liz Perraud at
Andre Jordan "AJ" WallaceSecond Year StudentPrinceton Seminary Some of the most generative experiences of God revealing Godself to me has occurred in the context of studying and meditating on the text in community. But if I am honest, these occasions of engaging the word have never been with members from every age demographic present in my church communities. I think much of church liturgy has some element of exclusion baked into it, and we have grown accustomed to the cycles of siloed Bible studies. When it comes to studying the word, we have normalized not having regular rhythms of intergenerational engagement. As someone who believes that the unique context of every person shapes how God reveals Godself in the text, I think we are often missing out on being formed by the diverse members...
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Seminary Corner: The Joy of Shared Life
Posted by Liz Perraud at
Andre Jordan “AJ” Wallace Second-Year Student Princeton Seminary AJ, right, in an intergenerational Sunday morning ministry during his internship. I had the joy of working at a church for the first time this summer. I held very little to no expectations about how the summer would unfold. While I can say numerous things about the wonderful experience I had as a seminary intern, I want to share what I believe was one of the greatest lessons I learned this summer – the power of presence. More specifically, the power of people showing up in...
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- Tags: COVID ministry, intergenerational, Intergenerational faith formation, intergenerational ministry, intergenerational relationships, intergenerational Sunday school curriculum, Princeton Seminary
Two Questions: Karen Ware Jackson
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Karen Ware JacksonCo-pastor, First Presbyterian ChurchGreenville, NC In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? The concern of my heart right now is how to reach kids who we haven't been able to reach with online church. With our youngest children still not eligible for the vaccine, it might be quite some time before children and families are comfortable in large indoor groups, and some may never come back to worship or educational programs in the same ways. And this isn't just...
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- Tags: children, children's ministry, children's Sunday school curriculum, Christian Education, Intergenerational faith formation
A Place, a Purpose, and an Invitation to Belong
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Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries Robin Humphreys serves as the National Director of the Presbyterian Children and Family Ministry for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Robin and I first met at the 2019 InterGenerate Conference in Nashville, Tennessee when she was back in the States visiting family. She grew up in North Carolina and in 2017 she and her “kiwi” husband, Paul, moved to his hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand. Recently, Robin shared with me about her experiences with a LOGOS ministry during her college years. Liz: Can you describe your introduction to a LOGOS ministry? Robin: I was...
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