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- 1. Jim Merhaut CoachingToConnect.com
- 2. What well cover today The return to intergenerational
awareness Biblical witness Generations Together Project Spotlight
programs & approaches Resources
- 3. Who is with us?
- 4. Reflect: Who from another generation (older or younger) has
helped you grow?
- 5. Pitfalls of Age-Specific Grouping Why do we get a little
crazy with our peers?
- 6. 20th Century Developmental Theories Jean Piaget Cognitive
Development Erik Erikson Psycho-social Development Lawrence
Kohlberg Moral Development (boys) Carol Gilligan Moral Development
(girls) James Fowler Faith Development Erik Erikson Carol Gilligan
James Fowler
- 7. Benefits of Intergenerationality Generativity &
Mutuality (Erikson) Disequilibration (Piaget) Holding Environment
(Kegan) Prayer Maturity (Holly Allen) Youth Ministry Works Better
(Martinson, Black, Roberto) Support Assets (Search Institute)
- 8. Biblical Witness to Intergenerationality
- 9. Matthew 18:3 Truly I tell you, unless you change and become
like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- 10. The Plural Body -1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that
your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? Do you (Gk
plural) not know that your (Gk plural and therefore collective)
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you (Gk plural)? Paul
spells this out more explicitly in 1 Corinthians 12 - Body of
Christ imagery.
- 11. Holy Infant Church, Durham, North Carolina Lynn Sale
- 12. Generations Together Caring Praying Learning Celebrating
Serving
- 13. Caring Across the Generations Signs of Affection/Support
Expressions of Admiration Spending Time Together Hospitality 5/1
positive to negative ratio
- 14. Spotlight Idea for Caring Best Parenting Practices Book
Team of elders & someone with parenting expertise Workshop to
recall best parenting principles and practices Develop a gift book
Elders present it to each family at birth of first child
- 15. Martin Seligman & Shelly Gable Active Constructive
Responding Active Passive Constructive Destructive
- 16. Praying Across the Generations Developing a prayer life
Practicing rituals Blessing
- 17. Spotlight Idea for Praying Intergenerational Meditation
Gong Designate a gong/bell for this purpose. Use only at
intergenerational gatherings. Introduce and teach a simple
one-minute meditation practice. Sound the gong for integration
moments. Process the integration in intergenerational groups.
- 18. One Moment Meditation
- 19. Learning Across the Generations Teach Scripture Teach
Tradition Inform and Form Disciples
- 20. Spotlight Idea for Learning Event-Centered Learning
Congregational life is your curriculum Build learning & living
around key events Imagine a total 52- week transformation
- 21. Celebrating Across the Generations Its all about Sunday
Whole community rituals Sacraments and/or milestones Church year
feasts
- 22. Spotlight Idea for Celebrating Reverse Trick or Treat Teach
mutuality, a key intergenerational developmental task Children prep
by making a small gift for adults Distribute during regular
trick-or-treat or develop a church program for trick-or-treat Dont
be afraid of the scary stuff
- 23. Serving Across the Generations Mission to the poor Caring
for creation Justice & Advocacy Local & Global
- 24. Spotlight Idea for Serving Intergenerational VBS
Service-Style Transform VBS into a family program Spend part of
each day serving Spend part of each day reflecting/learning
- 25. Resources www.intergenerationalfaith.com
www.vibrantfaithathome.org www.genonministries.org
www.fashioningfaith.org www.faithformationlearningexchange.net
Generations Together by Amidei, Merhaut, Roberto Intergenerational
Christian Formation by Allen & Ross Faithful Generations by
John Mabry The Decades of Life by Donald Capps The Journal of
Lifelong Faith, Lifelong Faith Associates
- 26. Jim Merhaut www.CoachingToConnect.com