Download or read book Intergenerational Christian Formation written by Holly Catterton Allen and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a revised an updated edition, this comprehensive, up-to-date text offers a framework for intentional intergenerational Christian formation. It provides the theoretical foundation of intergenerationality, then gives concrete, practical guidance on how worship, learning, community, and service can all be achieved intergenerationally.
Download or read book Sticky Faith written by Kara Powell and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving faith that lasts a lifetime. Research indicates that almost half of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation. Struck by this staggering statistic, and recognizing its ramifications, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the "College Transition Project" in an effort to identify the relationships and best practices that can set young people on a trajectory of lifelong faith and service. This easy-to-read guide presents both a compelling rationale and a powerful strategy to show parents how to actively encourage their children’s spiritual growth so that it will stick with them into adulthood and empower them to develop a living, lasting faith. Written by Fuller Youth Institute Executive Director Dr. Kara E. Powell and youth expert Chap Clark--authors known for the integrity of their research and the intensity of their passion for young people--Sticky Faith is geared to spark a movement that empowers adults to develop robust and long-term faith in kids of all ages. Further engage your family and church with the Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith curriculum, and Sticky Faith youth worker edition. Sticky Faith is also available in Spanish, Cómo criar jóvenes de fe sólida.
Download or read book Young Children and Worship written by Sonja M. Stewart and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have devised an exciting way to introduce three- to - seven year olds to the wonder of worship. Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God's name; proclaim, give thanks to and go in God's name.
Download or read book All Age Everything Worship for an Intergenerational Church written by Nick Harding and published by Augsburg Books. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many differing opinions on children and their ability to worship. Some churches aim for frequent, all-age services as their way of encouraging children to encounter God, while others rely on the groups that children are sent to during the service. Like all areas of ministry with children, all-age worship is not easy--there are barriers to face, mistakes to make and lessons to learn. This revised edition of All-Age Everything is full of ideas and suggestions to make all-age worship a true intergenerational worship experience. It looks at every part of an all-age service, from how to go about the initial planning, followed by tips for welcomes and beginnings, to endings and blessings. The ideas can be adapted to suit your own church setting, but, most of all, they make meeting God fun for the entire church family, however young or old.
Download or read book Let the Little Children Come written by Scott Aniol and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Let the Little Children Come, Scott Aniol strives to convince church leaders and parents that children best grow into faithful, mature worshipers of Jesus Christ when they are led to Jesus by their parents in the context of intergenerational church gatherings and in daily worship at home. In Part 1, Scott presents biblical and theological reasons families should worship together both on Sundays and the other six days too, addressing common objections and suggesting some practical ways family worship might be recovered. In Part 2, Scott then offers practical tips and myriads of resources for engaging children in church worship as well as family worship at home.
Download or read book Children and Intergenerational Worship written by Margaret Drake Love and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children and their families grow as disciples of Jesus Christ through personal and corporate worship. Parents, guardians, and other family Christian leaders serve as guides and co-pilgrims on the child's lifelong journey of faith. The purpose of this research paper is to explore the benefits of children participating in corporate intergenerational worship with their family Christian leader. This exploration tests three project theories: (1) children benefit from attending corporate worship services with their family Christian leader (generally parents or guardians), (2) children benefit from Christian education programs which are aligned with worship scripture, themes, and topics, and (3) worship aligned, age-segregated Christian education for children may be challenging to implement. These topics are explored through academic research and personal experience and observation. This research may be helpful to parents and guardians and to those responsible for corporate worship, children and family ministries, and the future of the universal church. This paper suggests that intentional intergenerational corporate worship has many benefits for children of God--of all ages. Through the Holy Spirit, intergenerational worship, married to Christian education programs for elementary school-aged children which are aligned with worship scripture, themes, and topics, has the potential to form children as lifelong seekers of God, and disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Download or read book InterGenerate written by Holly Catterton Allen and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders in Christian communities are all asking the same question: How can we bring the generations back together? InterGenerate addresses important questions of why we should bring the generations back together, but even more significantly, how we can bring generations back together. In this edited collection, ministers, church leaders, and Christian educators will find valuable, new generational theory perspectives, fresh biblical and theological insights, and practical outcomes backed by current research. InterGenerate offers important guidance on topics including •intergenerational spiritual disciplines, •transitioning from multigenerational to intergenerational, •new research that focuses directly on intergenerational ministry and offers practical outcomes to implement, and •benefits of intergenerational ministry for the most marginalized generations. An exciting and distinctive aspect of InterGenerate is the vast diversity of voice —men and women ranging in age from millennials to baby boomers, representing multiple countries and over a dozen denominations—all seeking ways to become more intentionally intergenerational in their outlook and practice.
Download or read book Children and Family Ministry Handbook written by Sarah Flannery and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got a volunteer crisis? Need help choosing curriculum? Wondering how to balance ministry, health and life? This handy handbook offers advice and how-to's on all this and more from seasoned ministry leaders, as well as relatable church life anecdotes. Chapters include: Chapter 1: Family & Intergenerational Ministry Chapter 2: Parents & Guardians Chapter 3: Children's Ministry Chapter 4: Preteen Ministry Chapter 5: Youth Ministry Chapter 6: Intergenerational Worship & Serving Chapter 7: Spiritual Milestones Chapter 8: Disability Ministry Chapter 9: Curriculum & Ministry Design Chapter 10: Volunteers Chapter 11: Marriage & Divorce Ministry Chapter 12: Crisis & Counseling Chapter 13: Navigating Human Resources and Organizational Charts in Ministry
Download or read book Intergenerational Christian Formation written by Holly Catterton Allen and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holly Allen and Christine Lawton offer a complete framework for intentional intergenerational Christian formation in the church. Providing theoretical foundations and case studies of intergenerational congregations, this book offers hope that worship, learning, community, and service can all be achieved intergenerationally.
Download or read book Parenting in the Pew written by Robbie F. Castleman and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this upbeat book Robbie Castleman shows parents how to guide their toddlers and teenagers to participate more fully in the worship of the church. This significantly revised and updated edition includes a new preface and new appendices with ideas for children's sermons and intergenerational community.
Download or read book Intergenerational Faith Formation written by Mariette Martineau and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here the authors convincingly show that intergenerational faith formation, when done well, can be powerful, dramatic, even magical. Not only is there a place for intergenerational learning in parish faith formation, the authors believe there is a necessity for it. They show that intergenerational faith formation can help children, adolescents, and adults effectively identify with and integrate into the faith community because their learning and formation takes place in the context of communityall ages learning together. People will be looking for this one.
Download or read book Postmodern Children s Ministry written by Ivy Beckwith and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a new paradigm for children's ministry in the emerging church of the 21st century and explores current ways churches are putting that vision into practice.
Download or read book The Intergenerational Church s Role in Family Worship written by Jeremy Robert Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Scriptures, God calls parents to teach their children to glorify God through worship. The Bible also commands all generations to encourage one another through worship and service. Throughout history, there are many examples of God’s people spending time in family worship, but over the past couple of decades, there has been a decline in parents discipling their children. A great number of parents are now expecting the church to provide the biblical training their children need. The lack of parents taking the time to teach their children and lead them in worship daily has led to high school graduates straying away from their faith at alarming rates. Despite a return to intergenerational worship, many worship pastors are not encouraging families to spend time in worship together. This qualitative historical narrative research project examines the biblical context and church history on the purpose of the church, the family, family worship, the intergenerational church body, and the pastoral leadership’s responsibility to the family. This study reveals how the intergenerational church can effectively equip families of all ages to either begin or strengthen daily times of family worship. Through the strengthening of daily family worship, the weekly times of corporate worship will be enhanced due to the growing relationship families have with God. This opportunity for the church to work together builds the future outlook of the intergenerational church worship ministry and increases the productivity of the discipleship ministry through mentoring.
Download or read book You Lost Me written by David Kinnaman and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are leaving the church and rethinking their faith. Based on new research, You Lost Me shows pastors, church leaders, and parents how we have failed to equip young people to live "in but not of" the world and how this has serious long-term consequences. More importantly, Kinnaman offers ideas on how to help young people develop and maintain a vibrant faith that they embrace over a lifetime.
Download or read book Nurturing Children s Spirituality written by Holly Allen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's spiritual development is currently a hot topic in Christian circles, as well as in other fields and disciplines such as educational psychology, medicine, developmental psychology, education, and sociology. The key question for Christian scholars and educators is How do Christian beliefs and practices uniquely interrelate with children's spirituality? In 2003 and again in 2006, a national conference entitled Children's Spirituality Conference: Christian Perspectives examined children's spirituality from a distinctly Christian standpoint. This book is a collection of the best materials from the 2006 conference. The first half of the book addresses definitional, historical, and theological concerns related to spiritual development in children. The second half explores best practices for fostering spiritual growth among our children--in our homes, families, churches, Christian schools, and among special populations of children--from a wide spectrum of Christian scholars and practitioners. The volume closes with John Westerhoff's moving keynote address and Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May's eloquent, culminating plenary address. Nurturing Children's Spirituality provides a rich cross section of the current research and writing by Christian scholars on children's spirituality. Contributors: Holly Catterton Allen, Michael J. Anthony, Stacy Berg, Chris J. Boyatzis, MaLesa Breeding, Marilyn Brownlee, Linda V. Callahan, Jane Carr, Mara Lief Crabtree, Karen Crozier, James Riley Estep Jr., Jeffrey E. Feinberg, Stephanie Goins, Judy Harris Helm, Dana Kennamer Hood, Sungwon Kim, Kevin Lawson, Scottie May, Marcia McQuitty, Heidi Schultz Oschwald, Donald Ratcliff, Pam Scranton, Timothy A. Sisemore, Catherine Stonehouse, La Verne Tolbert, T. Wyatt Watkins, John H. Westerhoff III
Download or read book Intergenerational Worship as a Catalyst for the Christian Formation of Children and Adults written by Duncan H. Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This dissertation explores the question of whether intergenerational worship as a regular part of congregational life can provide effective spiritual formation for young families. In chapter 1 I shall explain why I believe this is a pertinent topic for discussion in the context of Mt. Calvary Episcopal Church, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. I shall follow this with a summary of the theological and sociological assumptions that shaped my thinking as I approached the project. I shall then describe and evaluate the project itself. Following this, I shall draw upon my reading of social scientists and theologians as I have reflected on the project and its outcomes. Finally, I shall identify potential ways I might apply the findings of the project in the future"--p. 2.
Download or read book Kids Preach written by South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Children's Ministries Department and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
