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Two Questions: Dave Csinos

Loving Others Through Intergenerational Service

One Great Idea! October LOGOS - More Than Just Tricks and Treats!

Runner! A Role for All Ages in Serving

One Great Idea: Cookie Night

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Two Questions: Dave Csinos

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Dave CsinosAssociate Professor, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia Founder, Faith Forward       In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questions about serving in ministry. What keeps you up at night? It’s been a rough few years. With the the pandemic continuing to rear its head and political turmoil on every channel, there’s a lot to be worried about. And yet there is one issue that keeps me tossing and turning: climate change. My family just celebrated my daughter’s first birthday. Amidst our joy and laughter, I felt an ongoing uneasiness deep...

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Loving Others Through Intergenerational Service

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Liz Perraud Executive Director, GenOn Ministries   Part 4 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. In Part 1, I highlighted the ministry...

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One Great Idea! October LOGOS - More Than Just Tricks and Treats!

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Beth Pool Christian Education Director First Presbyterian Church Eaton, Ohio Families have enjoyed Wednesday Night LOGOS since 2002 at small town First Presbyterian Church in Eaton, Ohio. Generations of families have spent Wednesday nights participating in the four parts of LOGOS: 1) playing games at recreation 2) learning about God and His plan for their lives at Bible Stories & Study 3) planning and practicing worship activities in Worship Skills/Arts class 4) most importantly, shared LOGOS meals filled with good food, lots of fun, games, and limitless fellowship linking generations within our church family. Since about 2012, the month of...

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Runner! A Role for All Ages in Serving

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        Liz PerraudExecutive DirectorGenOn Ministries                                                                                                                 Imagine the best mission project ever that makes a huge impact, addresses hunger and malnutrition, takes a few hours, is a ton of fun, and engages nearly every age and stage of life. That would be a...

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One Great Idea: Cookie Night

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Christina LandenbergerDirector of Faith Formation & Youth MinistryFirst Presbyterian Church of Grand Island, Nebraska The Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity holds an annual fundraiser, the Christmas Cookie Walk, the first week of December. Donated cookies are sold by the pound to raise funds for the organization, which has built 96 homes in our community. This year they had more than 14,000 cookies and sold out in less than two hours! On the Wednesday before the Cookie Walk, church members and LOGOS families are asked to bring homemade sugar cookies ready for decorating. Our LOGOS Recreation and Worship Arts times...

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