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Podcast | May 17, 2022 Angela Williams Gorrell on the Gravity of Joy for Young People Practical theologian Angela Williams Gorrell shares how experiencing life's challenges and sorrows is also an opportunity to share in its joy. Podcast | May 17, 2022 Sarah Farmer on Courageous Hope in Youth Practical theologian Sarah F. Farmer offers four promising pathways for African American youth to strengthen capacity for hope infused with courage in the life of the church and community. Podcast | May 17, 2022 Benjamin T. Conner on Friendship and Hospitality that Embraces Youth with Developmental Disabilities Practical theologian Benjamin T. Conner encourages and challenges congregations and pastors to reorient ministry with youth to fully include and amplifiy the witness of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Podcast | May 17, 2022 Intergenerational Relationships in the Worshiping Community In this conversation, pastor Ahnna Cho Park invites church communities to consider a Biblical concept of honor that embraces the imago Dei, breaks down cultural hierarchies between youth and adults, and welcomes all on a journey of intergenerational friendships and worship practices. Conversation | Video | March 02, 2022 Curiosity, Relationship-building, and Youth as Active Participants In this conversation, Nicole Saint-Victor shares with Elizabeth Tamez Méndez her passion for nurturing relationships with youth and inviting them into intentional conversations and spaces even while sometimes disrupting established practices in order to provide multiple pathways for youth into Christian community, worship, and life together. Conversation | Video | March 01, 2022 Bilingualism, Generations and the Church In this conversation, pastor Marcos Canales shares with Elizabeth Tamez Méndez how intercultural and intergenerational relationships intersect with a worshiping community to foster spaces of belonging in la familia of God. Conversation | Video | February 08, 2022 Coming Alongside Youth on New Pathways of Being Church In this conversation, pastor and justice-seeker Sandra Maria Van Opstal talks Elizabeth Tamez Méndez about how the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial reckoning provided an opportunity for churches to pivot and reset practices and spaces that allow youth to ask hard questions and explore a Biblical understanding of worship, justice, and collective flourishing in Christ. Conversation | Video | January 26, 2022 Intergenerational Church as a Space for Opportunity, Change, and Learning In this conversation, pastor Theresa Cho of St. John's Church in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco shares joys and insights from a historical congregation that is learning to embrace change and be vulnerable in order to live together as an intergenerational, contextual worshiping community. Conversation | Video | January 11, 2022 One Generation Calls to the Next: Youth Agency and Leadership Development In this conversation, New City Kids president Trevor Rubingh talks with New Generation3 executive director Elizabeth Tamez Méndez on the significance of agency in the spiritual and leadership development of teenagers as they try out their leadership skills with and among their peers. Conversation | Video | December 21, 2021 Almeda M. Wright on the Beautiful and Complex Lives of Young People In this episode, Almeda M. Wright shares about her research that explores the spiritual lives of African American youth and points to a complex picture of both the fragmentation and integration in their spiritual lives as they learn to balance experiences of suffering while persisting along pathways to life more abundantly in Christ. Podcast | Audio | December 20, 2021 Andrew Root on What is Youth Ministry For? In this episode, Andy Root explores how narrative and joy spark the imagination and provide a framework to minister in Christ and for young people in deeply formative ways. Podcast | Audio | December 20, 2021 Amanda Drury on Testimony as Spiritual Formation in the Lives of Youth In this episode, Amanda Drury talks about the integral role testimony plays in the worshiping community, especially as young people learn how to narrate their faith in a variety of spaces and ways and join the intergenerational faith community in long-term Christian living. Podcast | Audio | December 20, 2021 Joys and Challenges of Intergenerational Worship and Congregational Life in Chinese Canadian Churches: A conversation with Herbert Tsang and Elizabeth Tamez Méndez In this conversation, church music minister Herbert Tsang offers insights from first generation immigrant and 1.5 communities moving forward in ways that reach out and try new things with youth in areas such as language, worship music, and more. Conversation | Video | November 18, 2021 Youth, Liturgy, and Life to the Full: A Conversation with Tim O'Malley and Elizabeth Tamez Méndez In this conversation Catholic theologian and educator Tim O'Malley of the McGrath Institute for Church Life reflects on the significance of several key values in the lives of youth that work together to form lives shaped by scripture and transformed by God. Conversation | Video | November 11, 2021 Lora Copley on Preparing Families for Sunday Worship If you have been wanting to start or strengthen your family’s faith formation, perhaps the new coronavirus pandemic offers a novel opportunity. Conversation | May 01, 2020 Lora Copley and Elizabeth Vander Haagen on Family Prayer and Worship Families spending more time together during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have the opportunity to nurture—or begin—daily practices of family worship and prayer. Conversation | May 01, 2020 Lessons on Developing Young Leaders: Four Keys Towards Innovation A discussion with six Latin@ leaders on some practical ideas for and challenges faced in developing young leaders in the church. Conversation | July 25, 2019 Lessons on Developing Young Leaders: Bring Others Alongside Key 2 of four keys on how to develop young people as leaders in the church from six seasoned Latin@ leaders whose congregations and parachurch groups are leadership incubators for the young people in their communities. Conversation | July 25, 2019 Lessons on Developing Young Leaders: Find Room to Speak about Challenges, Problems, and Sin Key 3 of four keys on how to develop young people as leaders in the church from six seasoned Latin@ leaders whose congregations and parachurch groups are leadership incubators for the young people in their communities. Conversation | July 25, 2019 1 2 3 ... Next »