Author Archives: deacon Charlie Germain
The Mellennial Generation and Religion
I was cleaning off my desk, and the spring issue of the Seeds for the Parish fell to the floor. It opened to an article called “The Mellennial generation and religion”. This is a must reed. The link to the youtube video … Continue reading
ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza February 8 – 13, 2012 New Orleans The Extravaganza is an unprecedented opportunity to learn and network with others working in the trenches of child, youth and family ministry. A record 14 people from the Metropolitan … Continue reading
Youth Ministry Now – Dr Rollie Martinson
Dr Rollie Martinson is speaking at Yale on Tuesday, February 14. This is the second of 4 lectures being presented at Yale for free. I attended the previous presentation by Dr Andy Root, and it was excellent. You can view … Continue reading
ELCA Youth Ministry Network Webinars
Did you know that the ELCA Youth Ministry Network offers free online webinars? Online webinars are opportunities to gather with other adult Children, Youth and Family leaders in an online environment and to learn together about effective ministry with young … Continue reading
The Millennial Generation
I recently heard two authors interviewed about their book, “Millennial Momentum” on the PBS News Hour. I haven’t read the book yet but probably will. Please take 10 minutes to listen to the interview. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec11/millenials_09-26.html In 2009 the ELCA adopted … Continue reading
A Faith of Their Own
A Faith of Their Own – Stability and Change in the Religiosity of American Teenagers By: Lisa D Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton “A Faith of Their Own” is a follow-up to the National Study of Youth and Religion. The … Continue reading
Mellennials Challenge the Church
The following presentation was made by Dr Rodger Nishioke at the Southeast Pennsylvania Synod Synod Assembly. I’ve attached a link to their web site. There are 2 videos. The first is about 1 hour 13 minutes, the second is about … Continue reading
The New Rose
Vibrant Faith Ministries provides resources for children, youth and family ministries. They just announced that Dr Phyllis Tickle was added to their board of directors. Dr Tickle is a lay eucharistic minister and lector in the Episcopal Church and a … Continue reading
Generations and the “Church”
While fishing around on websites looking for ideas for how to do ministry in the culture of the 21st century, I was checking out the Facebook page for www.LiftELCA.org and stumbled onto Erik Ullestad’s blog (Family Life & Youth Director … Continue reading
Frogs Without Legs Can’t Hear – the role of HOME in Faith Formation
FrogsWithoutLegs-022711 What are the assumptions we make about how faith formation takes place? Why is “what we always did” not working? “Frogs Without Legs” explores these questions and looks at the importance of Home in a young person’s faith development. … Continue reading
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