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Passing Up the Faith

Building Good Ministry Today for Tomorrow’s Young Disciples

GenOn Youth Summer Summit: Holy Spirit creates a snowball effect

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Passing Up the Faith

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Intergenerational faith formation isn’t just about the kids. Passing on the faith is not always about passing DOWN the faith, sometimes it’s about passing it up. Don’t believe me? Read what my 81 year old friend Bill Gretsch says about his experience with intergenerational faith formation. “I take pictures at LOGOS.  I always look in at the preschool and see the kids playing, sleeping or being comforted.  The love given by the leaders is unconditional and a model for living.  Glorious! I eat dinner with the youngest children, and it brings back to me when I helped raise my own family. ...

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Building Good Ministry Today for Tomorrow’s Young Disciples

Posted by Liz Perraud at

Good ministry, according to GenOn Program Director Suzie Lane, is not just for those in the church today. It's also for those who are to come.           When we as church leaders plan for building young disciples, we make decisions about what activities our children or youth are interested in, where they like to go for mission work, and what current culture requires for relevant discussion and study.           But what if instead of focusing on "these kids" in church today, we considered what our plans might mean for future generations -...

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GenOn Youth Summer Summit: Holy Spirit creates a snowball effect

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...The next summer 5 youth attended. The next year...

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GenOn Youth Summit Experience

Posted by Liz Perraud at

One church's experience with the recent GenOn Youth Summit:   Heading home from the GenOn Youth Summit on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia, I asked the youth what they liked about the week:   "The music" "Meeting new people from different churches" "Spending time with other teenagers" "Music, singing, the dance" "Men's Vespers" "3 hour worship Friday night" "Mission day" "The talent show" "Women's Vespers" "Activities each day (soccer especially)" "Great to see old friends from last year and to meet new friends" "It was fun" "It was good"   Not one said "I don't know"...

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