Next Gathering... Monday, February 1, 2021 - 2:30 EST
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(Mark you calendars for the first Monday of each month -
EXCEPTION: Monday April 12th will be our monthly gathering.)
Monday, February 1, 2021: LOVEboldly
LOVEboldly exists to empower willing Christians and LGBTQ+ individuals to
step towards loving one another more boldly. Faith and Sexuality
conversations are not easy. They touch deeply held beliefs, emotions and
experiences and often create tension. LOVEboldly seeks reconciliation and
healing in the center of that tension.
Heidi Weaver-Smith is the founder and president of LOVEboldly.
Monday, March 1, 2021: FORMA
FORMA is the Network for Christian Formation for the Episcopal Church and
beyond.
Melissa Rau: She is the Director for Partnership and New Initiatives at the
Episcopal Church Foundation. She is responsible for managing partnerships
and collaborations, including Forma, and discerns and develops strategic
solutions for Episcopal faith communities through consulting and coaching.
She is especially passionate about leadership and discipleship.
(2nd MONDAY) Monday, April 12, 2021: Poor Peoples
Campaign
Adam Barnes, PhD is the coordinator of the Rights and Religions program
at the Kairos Center and has worked at the Poverty Initiative/Kairos Center
since 2007.
Rev. A. Kazimir Brown, Repairers of the Breach coordinator.
Previous Meeting Videos
CAMP in times of COVID-19
As the 2021 Camp season approaches, our camp leaders are working to
help navigate all the questions and safety responses. Christmount
Executive Director, Rob Morris, has been working with our Ministries
Across Generation Youth & Young Adult Consultant, Randy Kuss,
to gather information. You can find the information at
https://www.christmount.org/camp-matters.
The Association of Outdoor Ministry continues to hold gatherings once a month as new questions come forward (Example: Do camps needs to require the vaccine for people to attend?) To find meeting times and links, please join the Facebook page.
Retirement of Kate Epperly
Our amazing Coordinator of Justice & Advocacy for Family & Children's Ministries has decided to retire. We want to celebrate the good work Kate brought to Ministries Across Generations. She met with many of our relational ministries working on issues around gun violence, domestic violence, refugees and immigration, xenophobia, racism, and more. In addition, she continued her responsibilities as a daily after school caregiver for her two grandsons. Thank you, Kate! You are already missed!
Lent Resources
We have already seen many of you proactively putting together resources for Lent. Here
are some helpful tools if you need them. E-mail us with your insight, creativity and
resources to share! We will update the Ministries Across Generations Facebook page.
(Lent Resources)
Some "New" Resources:
Christ Walk Kids A 40-Day Spiritual Journey for Tweens and Teens
Love Life, Live Lent - Children’s Booklet
Young Voices: Stepping out of the Wilderness A 47 day devotion to walk you
through Lent and concludes with the good news of Easter Sunday.
Wonder of Easter Uses a child’s “wonder” questions to think about what it must have
felt to be a part of the biblical story, and uses a prayer to make a connection to how we honor Jesus today. It includes Bible verses on every page and is in both English and Spanish text.
Kids Celebrate Lent and Easter, Young Reader For grades 1-3.
Kids Celebrate Lent and Easter, Pre-Reader
Easter Options
Leadership Initiative Team Survey
Lonnie Graves has been working with the Leadership Initiative Team and an Oreon E. Scott grant to create a quick survey to inform the team on how to best resource our churches.
Please take and share! (Click here)
Children Worship & Wonder
As we continue to live into this virtual reality, CW&W is updating its videos, trainings, and
at home options. For current videos, check out our playlist. Lent at home resource will be
available soon.
Coronavirus, Anxiety, Children and the Church (Building Faith)
How Your Children’s Ministry Can Emerge Stronger and Better After COVID-19 (Faith Formation Ministries)
