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2015 Webinars
Family Faith Formation Series
Prayer
Children’s Spirituality
8 Tools Children Use to Help Them Experience God
November 3rd @ 10:00am CST
Living with the Holy (Ideas for daily living)
Faith Formation Resources (Lists of resources to strengthen your ministry)
Journeying With God and Each Other: Monthly Family Faith Formation Newsletter
Staying Connected: Seasonal Family Faith Formation Newsletter for Church Leaders
Faith At Home
Living with the Holy (Ideas for daily living)
Faith Formation Resources (Lists of resources to strengthen your ministry)
Journeying With God and Each Other: Monthly Family Faith Formation Newsletter
Staying Connected: Seasonal Family Faith Formation Newsletter for Church Leaders
Best Intergenerational Practices
Resources
Intergenerational Approaches To Stewardship
(Original Air Date: 10/6/2015)
Parents and Family Faith Formation
- Let the Children Give: Time, Talents, Love, and Money. Delia Halverson.
- Passing It On: How to Nurture Your Children’s Faith Season by Season. Kara Lassen Oliver
- Growing Up Generous: Engaging Youth in Living and Serving. Eugene C.,Roehlkepartain, Elanah Dalyah Naftali, Laura Musegades.
- Children’s Leader Guide for Earn. Save. Give: Wesley’s Simple Rules for Money. Sally Hoelscher.
- Youth Study Book for Earn. Save. Give: Wesley’s Simple Rules for Money. JoshTinley.
- Devotional Readings for Home for Earn. Save. Give: Wesley’s Simple Rules for Money. James Harnish.
- Bounty: Ten Ways To Increase Giving at Your Church. Scott McKenzie and Kristine Miller.
Children’s Books on Giving, Sharing and Generosity
Dave Ramsey Financial Peace Junior for kids
DVD VeggieTales “Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier” A Lesson in the Power of Sharing
Reimagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century
Q&A Webinar with Author John Roberto
(Original Air Date: 9/29/2015)
Resources for Intergenerational Faith Formation
www.21stCenturyFaithFormation.com
www.IntergenerationalFaith.com
www.CuratingFaithFormation.com
http://holytrinityadults.weebly.com
http://holytrinityfamilies.weebly.com
www.FaithFormationLearningExchange.net
Planning for Advent
(Original Air Date: 9/22/2015)
Resources for Advent with Children and Families
United Methodist Hymnal (Look at hymns in the Promised Coming section).
Children’s Fund for Christian Mission
Come Worship With Me: A Journey through the Church Year by Ruth Boling
Planning for Advent from Carolyn Brown
The Complete Guide to Godly Play: 20 Presentations for Winter by Jerome Berryman
Advent with Children from Monique McBride
A Different Kind of Christmas – Living and Giving like Jesus by Mike Slaughter
Seasons of Faith: Teaching the Christian Year by Marcia Stoner
Mary Had A Baby – An Advent Study Based on African Spirituals by Marilyn Thornton and Cheryl Kirk-Duggan – although it is written for adults, this resource is easily adapted for children
Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Spiritual Lives. Karen Yust.
Books and Videos
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
What is Advent by Marcia Stoner
For Your Own Advent Study (self-care)
Manger and Mystery – An Advent Adventure. Marilyn Brown Oden
Simply Wait. Pamela Hawkins
After School Programs and Intergenerational Community Outreach
(Original Air Date: 8/4/2015)
- Do you know the names of the children and families in your neighborhood?
- How do you reach out to and build relationships with persons who live, work, and go to school in the communities surrounding your church?
After-school programs and intergenerational community outreach ministries are impactful ways for doing God’s work in the world.
Together we discover how to recognize the need in your area, vision, create, nurture, and grow your ministry. Guests Rev. Wesley Dorr and Erin Michelle Simmons share their experiences, insight, and wisdom uncovered through their work with their Chicago based after-school program. FAQ and other information from this webinar.
- Safety is key: Child Care Aware
- Connect with Families: Harvard Family Research Project
- Existing programs
- Funding
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group
- United Church of Rogers Park: Deacon Wes Dorr and Deacon Erin Simmons
Staying Connected
with Families Over the Summer Months
(Original Air Date: 6/10/2015)
During the summer months, families often flee in many directions. While churches respond differently, ministry is often impacted by decreased attendance and varied schedules. This interactive webinar will offer ideas to connect and engage your families over the summer break. Join us as we discover different ways to stay connected with families over the summer months, helping them use this time to intentionally re-connect with, discover, and experience God.
Family Faith Formation Resources
Called to Care for God’s Good Creation:
Intergenerational Environmental Stewardship
(In our Churches and Homes)
(Original Air Date: 5/4/2015) 
God’s breathing into the soul, and the soul’s breathing back that it first receives from God upon the soul, the re-action of the soul upon God; an unceasing presence of God … an unceasing return of love, praise and prayer, offering up all the thoughts of our hearts, all the words of our tongues, all the works of our hands, all our body, soul and spirit to be a holy sacrifice, acceptable unto God in Christ Jesus
John Wesley in his Sermon “The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God.” See the anthology edited by Albert Outler and Richar Heitzenrater (c.1991 Abingdon Press). The quote is taken from Section III.2 (page 191)
- Creation Justice Resource Page
- Ecological Footprint Survey
- Environmental Stewardship in the Judeio-Christian Tradition
- Food, Justice, Challenge (Coming Soon)
- General Board Church and Society Blog: Living our Principles
- General Board Church and Society Blog and Resource Page
- On the day you were born- Frasier
- Old Turtle- Wood
- Proclaim Jubilee
- Sacred food: Youth Sunday School and Group Activities- National Council of Churches
- Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace- Johnson
- To Heal the Earth: A Theology of Ecology
- umc-intergenerational-ministry.com
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group
Family: Creating Ritual in the Home
(Original Air Date: 4/21/2015) 
- Our Share of Night, Our Share of Morning– Fuchs
- Parenting as a Spiritual Journey– Fuchs
- Sacred Stories of Ordinary Families– Garland
- The Family Blessing- Garborg
- Let the Children Give – Halverson
- Growing Compassionate Kids – Johnson
- Family Ministry Field Guide – Jones
- Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life. Traci Smith.
- The Power of God at Home – Wigger
- Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Spiritual Lives– Yust
- umc-intergenerational-ministry.com
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group
Ministry Milestones
(Original Air Date: 3/4/2015) 
- The Family Blessing- Garborg
- Milestones Ministry
- The Original Vision: A Study of the Religious Experience of Childhood- Robinson
- Our Share of Night, Our Share of Morning– Fuchs
- Parenting as a Spiritual Journey: Deepening Ordinary and Extraordinary Events into Sacred Occasions– Fuchs
- Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Spiritual Lives– Yust
- Sleeping with Bread: Holding on to what gives you life– Lin
- The Spiritual Life of Children– Coles
- umc-intergenerational-ministry.com
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group
Creating and Nurturing an Intergenerational Ministry
(Original Air Date: 2/17/2015)
IG Ministry Webinar Handout
- God Don’t Like Ugly: African American Women Handing on Spiritual Values– Brown
- Intergenerational Christian Formation– Allen and Ross
- Intergenerational Faith Formation– Martineau
- Little Box of Big Questions– http://www.smlworld.co.uk
- Sleeping with Bread: Holding on to what give you life– Lin
- Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids- Powell
- umc-intergenerational-ministry.com
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group
Preparing for Lent
(Original Air Date: 1/21/2015)
- Print Resources
- Come Worship With Me: A Journey through the Church Year. Ruth Boling
- The Complete Guide to Godly Play: 20 Presentations for Spring. Jerome Berryman
- Praying in Color. Sybil Macbeth.
- Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Spiritual Lives Karen Yust
- Seasons of Faith: Teaching the Christian Year. Marcia Stoner
- Sleeping with Bread: Holding what gives you life. Dennis Linn.
- Online Resources
- Lent 101
- Lent (Worship)
- Lent (Pinterest). Monique McBride
- picturelent.com (#picturelent). Life Enrichment Center – Florida Annual Conference.
- Planning Lent and Easter for Worship and Discipleship
- Pockets Magazine – March Edition. UpperRoom Books.
- UMC Intergenerational Ministries Facebook Group. Discipleship Ministries of The UMC
- UMC Ministry with Children Facebook Group. Discipleship Ministries of The UMC
- Vibrant Faith Lent Resources
- worshippingwithchildren.blogspot.com. Carolyn Brown
What’s Trending in Children’s Ministries
(Original Air Date: 10/14/2014)
- Children and Worship Discussion
- Children and Sacrament Webinar
- Come! Come! Everybody Worship! Carolyn Tanner.
- Considering Children’s Moments
- The Family Blessing. Rolf Garborg.
- The Little Box of Big Questions: Philosophical and Meaningful Conversations with Children and Young People. Irvine Gersch.
- Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life. Traci Smith.
- Sleeping with Bread: Holding what gives you life. Dennis Linn.
- Spark Story Bible.
- Real Kids, Real Faith. Karen Yust.
- Vibrant Faith
- Weekday Preschool Resources
Intergenerational Ministry 
