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Lifelong & Multigenerational Center: Models, Practices, & Tools
The Models section is designed to bring you a variety of practical resources - practices, models, approaches, tools, and case studies - for envisioning and designing lifelong and multigenerational faith formation. We will include materials in print, audio, and video formats from a variety of sources, including examples of faith formation in churches across the country. To select an article or media presentation just click on the title. For some of the links you will be going directly to the website with the information.
Becoming Intentionally Intergenerational - John Roberto
Every church can become intentionally intergenerational! Congregations can make their intergenerational character a defining feature of their community life, ministries, and programming. These churches make it a priority to foster intergenerational relationships, faith sharing, and storytelling; to incorporate all generations in worship; to develop service projects that involve all ages, and to engage all generations in learning together. For these churches, being intergenerational is a way of life. It is an integral element of their culture. It is who they are! This article provides strategies, ideas, and congregational examples for becoming more intentionally intergenerational through social events, mentoring, storytelling, service, and learning.
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Faith Formation - John Roberto
This first part of this article presents the rationale, challenges, and process of intergeneration faith formation. The second part of the article explains four key practices, drawn from research and field experience, that congregations can use to develop intergenerational faith formation. Also included is a process for designing intergenerational learning experiences and examples of intergenerational learning programs.
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: An Organic Curriculum for the Small Church - Ted Brelsford
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: Expanding Horizons of Intergenerational Learning - Mariette Martineau
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: Invite a Friend to Church Sunday - David Anderson
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Every church can become intentionally intergenerational! Congregations can make their intergenerational character a defining feature of their community life, ministries, and programming. These churches make it a priority to foster intergenerational relationships, faith sharing, and storytelling; to incorporate all generations in worship; to develop service projects that involve all ages, and to engage all generations in learning together. For these churches, being intergenerational is a way of life. It is an integral element of their culture. It is who they are! This article provides strategies, ideas, and congregational examples for becoming more intentionally intergenerational through social events, mentoring, storytelling, service, and learning.
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Faith Formation - John Roberto
This first part of this article presents the rationale, challenges, and process of intergeneration faith formation. The second part of the article explains four key practices, drawn from research and field experience, that congregations can use to develop intergenerational faith formation. Also included is a process for designing intergenerational learning experiences and examples of intergenerational learning programs.
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: An Organic Curriculum for the Small Church - Ted Brelsford
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: Expanding Horizons of Intergenerational Learning - Mariette Martineau
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
Approach: Invite a Friend to Church Sunday - David Anderson
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)
