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Intergenerational Mission Projects That Work!

Is Your Church Intergenerational?

Top 5 Picks for Boosting Your Ministries with Children and Youth

10 Questions for Choosing Bible Study Curriculum

11 Good Rules of Fundraising

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Intergenerational Mission Projects That Work!

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Looking for mission/outreach projects your whole church can do together? Need some directions for planning and implementing your projects? Thinking about an intergenerational mission trip? We have all the answers and more in our How and Why of Intergenerational Mission. In it, we share the theological background for doing mission projects with multiple generations, and discuss the inclusion of mission projects as part of other activities where different generations are gathered. This is a perfect resource for planning church-wide summer activities that help out others. Download it today! https://www.genonministries.org/collections/intergenerational-ministries/products/lt-im Even more great intergenerational ministry resources here: https://www.genonministries.org/pages/intergenerational-ministry-tools-support

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Is Your Church Intergenerational?

Posted by Suzie Lane at

GenOn Ministries has identified and defined 19 factors to represent the tangible characteristics that underlie a church’s ability to consistently build disciples through intergenerational ministry. The Visioning Tool uses these factors to 1) take a picture of a church’s current setting for intergenerational ministry and 2) create a plan for becoming an intergenerational church.

Visioning Tool for Intergenerational Ministry

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Top 5 Picks for Boosting Your Ministries with Children and Youth

Posted by Suzie Lane at

As we move quickly through Lent, and then through the final weeks of the regular ministry year, what can you do to end well and begin thinking about the fall? Take a look at GenOn’s top picks for sustaining and growing ministries with children, youth and adults.

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10 Questions for Choosing Bible Study Curriculum

Posted by Suzie Lane at

Use the 10 questions below to evaluate curriculum for your church’s young people. Add questions that are particular to your church. AND, look at GenOn Ministries' newest Bible studies for youth.

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11 Good Rules of Fundraising

Posted by Liz Perraud at

It's that time of year when many of us are planning fundraisers for summer youth activities like mission trips, the GenOn Youth Summit, and/or denominational youth gatherings. Here's a great article from Center for Youth Ministry Training that gives 11 good rules of fundraising. We especially like #8: Intergenerational (involve the whole church in supporting your cause). What would you add? What's been your most successful fundraiser?   

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