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A feature story exploring what makes an effective youth ministry program. Feature Story | March 22, 2010 Youth, Worship, and Faith Formation Sunday after Sunday, year after year, young people across the country participate in worship. Article | March 01, 2009 Kaleidoscope: Shifting Perspectives of Faith Formation, Young People, and Intergenerational Worship This session explored how our understanding of young people and faith formation ought to enhance appreciation for worship that is intergenerational. Drawing on current resources, ideas for promoting change and exchanging ideas will outline a strategy for promoting intergenerational worship. Audio | January 01, 2009 Helping Children Understand the Psalms The Psalms have been a great source of inspiration for generations of Christians but children seldom get the chance to interact with more than a handful of Psalms in a meaningful way. This workshop will explore how we can help children do this and why it matters. Audio | January 01, 2009 Teens and Worship: Encouraging Creative and Meaningful Worship with Teenagers Practical suggestions, strategies, and resources to encourage vibrant, meaningful worship with teens were presented in this session. Audio | January 01, 2009 Creating a Child-Friendly Culture in Your Church To help children grow in faith we want our churches to be places where they are nurtured and where they feel that they have a place. We will look at things that churches can do to become more child friendly and encourage faith-nurturing adult-child relationships. Audio | January 01, 2008 Finding Themselves at the Table: Youth Practicing Eucharistic Living in the World This session explored an ecology of practices designed to deepen youths' participation in the Lord's Supper/Eucharist and to form them to interpret and act in the world eucharistically. Participants learned creative pedagogies for teaching youth about the Eucharist; how youth may be engaged in ministry at the Table; the importance of creating a broad ecology of liturgical and extra-liturgical Eucharistic practices through which youth may be formed; and the means to invite youths? personal and theological reflections on Eucharistic life. Audio | January 01, 2008 Baptism and the Transformation of Youths' Vocational Imaginations This session explored, first, the relationship between Baptismal theology and vocation, and second, a variety of pedagogies designed to invite youth to imagine faithfully their unfolding futures with God. Audio | January 01, 2008 The Crisis of Adult Discipleship This workshop discussed what Dallas Willard calls the "elephant in the church" - the general failure of training adult Christians to be dedicated followers of Jesus Christ. Audio | January 01, 2008 All Ages Needed for Intergenerational Worship Though many churches offer multiple worship options, each pegged to an age or generation, Howard Vanderwell and Steve Burger make a case for intergenerational worship that has families worshiping together. A feature story exploring the importance of intergenerational worship. Feature Story | June 11, 2007 The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation A curriculum engaging students in spiritual formation, helping them to diagnose the sins, remove barriers, and replace them with new habits of thought and feeling. Article | June 01, 2007 Connecting Disconnected Young People through Worship This interactive seminar explored the cultural forces shaping teenagers' attitudes towards life as well as current research on teenage spirituality, in order to help think strategically about connecting young people with the Christian faith through worship. Audio | January 01, 2007 Helping People Include People with Disabilities This workshop provided practical ideas for including persons with disabilities in Sunday School classes, youth groups, and adult small groups, based on the speaker's book of the same title. Audio | January 01, 2006 Korean American Churches: From generation to generation Why do so many Koreans convert to Christianity? And why is it so difficult to pass on this faith to children and grandchildren? A feature story exploring Korean American churches and how their faith is passed down from generation to generation. Feature Story | July 05, 2005 Gaining Wisdom and Understanding - Proverbs 4 The second service plan in a series entitled "Chapters of Life." The theme of this service is God's urgent call to adolescents to acquire wisdom and understanding so they will be able to make decisions and choices that reflect God's will. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Nine Tips for Designing Intergenerational Worship Looking for simple ways to introduce intergenerational worship ideas without totally overhauling everything about your worship services? Here are nine tips to get you started. Feature Story | August 23, 2004 Joy: When all ages worship together Geoffrey, age 7, interrupted the vicar's prayer. Hands on hips, he demanded, "You mean Jesus died?" What happened next reveals how one congregation answered a classic dilemma of intergenerational worship. A feature story exploring the importance of intergenerational worship. Feature Story | August 23, 2004 How to Start a Worship-Shaped Youth Ministry A brief philosophy and some suggested steps for starting a worship-shaped youth ministry Article | June 01, 2004 Preparing Students for a Lifetime of Worship An article encouraging teachers to introduce their students to a lifetime of worship through healthy, thoughtful worship practices in the classroom. Article | June 01, 2004 Are You Selling Youth Short? Do the words "pizza" and "Bible study" define your church's idea of youth ministry better than the phrases "mentoring younger kids" and "leading worship" do? A feature story about a new way to lead youth ministry. Feature Story | April 30, 2004 « Previous 2 3 4 5 Next »