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Experience LIFT in Intergenerational Ministry Workshop

Two Questions: Kathy Wolf Reed

Anne Pankratz Retires as GenOn Board President

Update: Experts Help GenOn Envision Future of Intergenerational Church

Two Questions: Sharon Pearson

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Experience LIFT in Intergenerational Ministry Workshop

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Kim LooneyPlymouth Congregational Church Syracuse, NY When I saw that GenOn was leading a workshop at the recent InterGenerate conference in Nashville, I was thrilled because I was about to begin a four-week Summer LIFT experiment with my congregation and welcomed the opportunity to experience LIFT for myself first. I felt both surprised and relieved at how simple LIFT can be! And yet its simplicity does not take away from the depth of the experience. It adds to it because there is more room for flexibility and relationship building while exploring the shared stories of our faith. As Director of...

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Two Questions: Kathy Wolf Reed

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Rev. Kathy Wolf Reed Co-Pastor, First Presbyterian ChurchAuburn, AL         In each edition of GenOn Connect, we will ask someone the same two questions about intergenerational ministry: “What keeps you up at night?” and “What gets you up in the morning?” What keeps you up at night? The diverse needs of an intergenerational congregation. In a church where many phases of life are represented, nurture (necessarily) takes different forms. In the nursery and pre-K rooms, we do our best to help our youngest members come to know church as a place where they are safe and treasured as...

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Anne Pankratz Retires as GenOn Board President

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Eight years ago Anne Pankratz was invited to listen for a call from God to serve on the GenOn Board of Directors. We have been grateful ever since for her answer of “yes”! It wasn’t long before another call came to serve an even bigger role—as vice-president. And we were grateful again that she said, “yes.” And then again—as president. And she blessed us with her generous nature and strong leadership for four amazing years. She has served us all—fellow board members, staff, volunteers, local churches, and most of all God—with wisdom, courage, creativity, intelligence, and kindness. We thank her...

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Update: Experts Help GenOn Envision Future of Intergenerational Church

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Summary of the findings of the GenOn Ministries Advisory Council on the direction of intergenerational culture in the church.

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Two Questions: Sharon Pearson

Posted by Tracey Daniels at

Sharon Pearson Christian Educator and Author Episcopal Church   In each edition of GenOn Connect, we will ask someone the same two questions about intergenerational ministry: “What keeps you up at night?” and “What gets you up in the morning?” What keeps you up at night? I am fearful that the Christian faith is not being passed down to future generations. We know the statistics of the “spiritual but not religious” growth in the United States and how many of our youth and young adults (and I would say parents also) have a belief system that has been called “moralistic therapeutic...

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