Connecting, Infusing, and Creating

Intergenerational Relationships and Experiences

Caring Relationships & Community

  1. How can you CONNECT generations at church, at home, and in the community using the opportunities that already exist and developing new ways to connect generations?
  2. How can you INFUSE intergenerational relationship building into current congregational ministries, programs, activities, and experiences?
  3. How can you CREATE new intergenerational programs, activities, and experiences that create caring relationships across generations?

Celebrating Worship, Seasons, Rituals

  1. How can you CONNECT generations through Sunday worship, seasonal celebrations, and milestone rituals (before, during, and after worship and celebrations)?
  2. How can you INFUSE intergenerational relationship building into Sunday worship, seasonal celebrations, and milestone rituals (before, during, and after worship and celebrations)?
  3. How can you CREATE new intergenerational worship, seasonal celebrations, and milestone rituals that bring all of the generations together or TRANSFORM existing worship, seasonal celebrations, and milestone rituals into intergenerational experiences?

Learning

  1. How can you CONNECT generations through current educational programs offered by the church?
  2. How can you INFUSE intergenerational learning into current educational programs, such as age-group programs, vacation Bible school, retreats, service projects, milestone and sacramental learning experiences, preparation for church year seasonal celebrations, and more?
  3. How can you CREATE new intergenerational learning programs and experiences for the whole faith community or TRANSFORM existing age-group programming into intergenerational learning programs, such as intergenerational vacation Bible school.

Praying & Spiritual Formation

  1. How can you CONNECT generations through the prayer life of the congregation and spiritual formation programs and experiences?
  2. How can you INFUSE intergenerational relationship building and experiences into the prayer life of the congregation and spiritual formation programs and activities?
  3. How can you CREATE new intergenerational prayer experiences and spiritual formation programs that bring all of the generations together or TRANSFORM existing prayer and spiritual life activities into intergenerational experiences?

Serving, Working for Justice, Caring for Creation

  1. How can you CONNECT generations through the congregation’s service and mission to the community/world, and through it’s age-specific service and mission projects.
  2. How can you INFUSE intergenerational relationship building and experiences into the congregation’s service and mission to the community/world, and through it’s age-specific service and mission.
  3. How can you CREATE new intergenerational service projects and mission activities that bring all of the generations together or TRANSFORM the congregation’s current service/mission activities and age-specific service and mission projects.