Vol 8 Issue 1SectionsPriorities This IssuePrioritiesAfter Easter: Hope, and Happy Birthday!>> Extended Interview with Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon>> The Text, Webster, and Intuition>> TransitionsAnother Really Big Fish Story>> TraditionsEaster, Hope, and “Happy Birthday!”>> “Children, Have You Any Fish?”>> Wisdom & WonderingI am going out to fish>>
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ArchivesGenerations of FaithCommunity Centered, Life-long, Intergenerational Faith Formation By John Roberto, Founder, Center for Ministry Development .Project Coordinator for Generations of Faith, an intergenerational faith formation project. Roman Catholic; Naugatuck, Connecticut Over the past three years the Center for Ministry Development has been pioneering an innovative approach to lifelong faith formation that involves all generations in learning and growing through their experience and participation in church life. The Generations of Faith approach seeks to utilize the events of church life as the primary curriculum for faith formation for all ages-at-home and in the parish. Adopting this as a focus for our learning involves a transformation in the way we think about faith formation. It moves us away from a programmatic-centered approach (classes, texts, age-segregation, schedules). The Generations of Faith approach implements a vision of faith formation that:
In the coming months and years the Center for Ministry Development will be collecting stories and models from congregations illustrating how they have applied the vision. To find more information about the philosophy and practice of intergenerational faith formation go to the Generations of Faith publication on CMD's web site, and consult Educating Congregations by Charles Foster (Nashville: Abingdon, 1994). © 2001 John Roberto | View
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