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Information and Practice -- Learn: Step 3 in Becoming Intentionally Intergenerational

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jun 15, 2023

Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries I thought it would be fun to play Cat’s Cradle with my six-year-old granddaughter. Maybe you remember the string game from childhood. The game begins when one player creates the starting figure (called Cat’s Cradle) on their hands and fingers. The next player pinches or grabs the string and winds their hands around in a particular way to transfer the loop to their hands, creating a new figure. And then it returns to the first player to create a third figure by manipulating the string loop. Back and forth, repeating a limited number...

Two Questions: Chris Barnett

Posted by Tracey Daniels at Apr 12, 2023

Chris BarnettExecutive General Manager, Intergen, Australia and Assembly Resource Unit, Uniting Church Australia In each edition of IG Mix, we 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? While the case for a more intergenerational approach to ministry and mission continues to be bolstered by a growing field of research and “real life” stories of positive change, overall momentum toward greater intergenerationality across churches seems to be slowing down. Though this is totally understandable in the light of...

Step 1 - Discover - Six-Step Path for Becoming Intentionally Intergenerational

Posted by Liz Perraud at Jan 18, 2023

Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries I love the idea of Discover. Maybe it goes back to my days of reading Nancy Drew or Encyclopedia Brown detective stories. Discover invokes feelings of excitement and newness; the experience of surprise or “aha” moments in the midst of an intentional quest. When our two-year-old granddaughter rounds the corner of the paved path, glimpsing the swings and slide (that she didn’t remember were going to be on our walk), her whole body erupts with her discovery of “the pway-ground!!” Wouldn’t it be fun and energizing for your church to experience the same...

A Christmas Pageant for All Generations

Posted by Liz Perraud at Dec 21, 2022

As the pageant opens, a young child asks two adults, “Why is this such a season of wonder and excitement?” One of the adults responds, “Because of the coming of God’s love at Christmas; because of the birth of God’s son; because of how people received Jesus Christ into their lives.” And then instead of being told the story of Christ’s birth, the adults say they’ll show the story.

Two Questions: Roberta J. Egli

Posted by Tracey Daniels at Oct 02, 2022

Rev. Roberta J. EgliExecutive DirectorMessy Church USA In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night?I lead a ministry focused on the positive quality of being “Messy.” However, when I have trouble sleeping, it is because of my internal struggle to organize the mess that keeps me awake. I am a planner and organizer; I like to create lists that I can mark “done.” Inviting and encouraging others to engage in intergenerational ministry is not a neat and tidy item that is ever “done,”...

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