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Two Questions: Douglas Powe, Jr.

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jul 10, 2021

Douglas Powe, Jr.Director, Lewis Center for Church Leadership James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism, Wesley Theological Seminary In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? Trying to help congregations bridge the gap between the hunger younger generations have for deepening their spirituality and the role churches can play in doing so keeps me up at night. The lack of intergenerational presence in many congregations is troubling given the fact that even some nones see themselves as spiritual. The challenge is they do...

Regathering and Reconnecting Your Church Community

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jul 10, 2021

Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries It’s the summer of 2021, and we’re gazing ahead to fall. How are you doing? Can we help? Recently, GenOn hosted an online Round Table to discuss Sunday morning intergenerational faith formation. We Zoomed and all shared ideas, benefits, and how to make potential hybrid settings work. One participant observed that people have become comfortable worshipping from home (good!), Sunday mornings are more relaxed (awesome!), but that maybe people need motivation to return to in-person church community (aha!). A bit of inertia has settled in after more than a year of being home....

Two Questions: Sara Jane Nixon

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 10, 2021

Sara Jane NixonPastor, New Dublin Presbyterian ChurchDublin, Va.(And LOGOS Participant as a Child!) Photo: Sara Jane (middle) with Training Director Betsy Dishman (left) and Communications Coordinator Tracey Schoch, at a LIFT Experience held at Sara Jane's church a month before the pandemic began! In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? How can I help people learn from each other? People in the church -- and society! -- are so age-segregated that being around people you are not related to with whom...

Time to Rekindle Relationships

Posted by Liz Perraud at May 10, 2021

Relationships and community require care and feeding. Congregations all over the world are facing this same challenge—of starting to gather again in person (or soon!). And we are out of practice. We’ve been Zooming, doing the masked-and-distanced thing, and lots of other creative solutions, but we must admit, it’s been a strange and awkward year, and it’s time to rekindle relationships.

Look! I’m Doing a New Thing.

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jan 25, 2021

Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries Most days when I talk with my mom, she wraps up the call with, “Well, we’re coming along.” Even if she’s just shared something not-so-great about how she or my dad are feeling or how one is recovering from a fall, it’s still an encouraging tone and “we’re coming along” as she signs off. “Coming along” is an informal way of saying making progress and moving forward, which is exactly what she means. We’re doing better today than yesterday. Or better this afternoon than this morning. And the expectation is that tomorrow will...