Category: Discipling the Next Generations

Launch of Intergenerational vision

       Subscribe to our newsletterIf you want to get the latest news from the Uniting Church in Australia then subscribe to our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox.The Assembly has released a new resource that sets out our vision for what it means to live our life and faith as an Intergenerational Church. This valuable new […]

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Children and Families Update – September

Children and Families MinistrySEPTEMBER UPDATEThese resources are compiled by Chris Barnett, Assembly Intergenerational Ministry Consultant, and Intergen Executive General ManagerINTERGEN SEPTEMBER UPDATE1. September Weekly Intergenerational Resources 2023 Season of Creation: ALL weeks (Intergen)Sep 3 Season of Creation: Forest (Intergen)Sep 10 Season of Creation: Land (Intergen)2023 Engage Together: Aug-Sep (UCA)2. MORE New Being an Intergenerational Church PapersPaper 5: […]

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Children and Families Ministry – August

Children and Families MinistryAUGUST UPDATEThese resources are compiled by Chris Barnett, Assembly Intergenerational Ministry Consultant, and Intergen Executive General Manager INTERGEN AUGUST UDATE1. August Weekly Intergenerational Resources2023 Engage Together: Aug-Sep (UCA)August ALL Weeks Combined (Intergen)August 6 More than Enough! (Intergen)August 13 Can You Walk on Water? (Intergen)2. Being an Intergenerational Church: Papers (NEW)Paper: Toward a Common UnderstandingPaper: Distinguishing between […]

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Intergenerate 2023

Intergenerate 2023 Australia’s most inspiring intergenerational conference is back for 2023Australia’s most inspiring, engaging and energising intergenerational conference is back again in 2023! Especially for those involved in overall congregational leadership – including ministers, pastors and church council members – and those in leadership of specific ministry areas such as worship, mission, Christian Education and […]

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From Melbourne to Bunuba Country

From Melbourne to Bunuba CountryWesley College Chaplain Bradon French reflects on a trip for students to Yiramalay Studio SchoolBy Bradon French, Chaplain for Wesley College at Glen Waverley CampusThe students from Wesley College, Glen Waverley campus, recently went to visit Yiramalay Studio School. They have built a unique partnership between themselves and the Bunuba people. […]

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Being an Intergenerational Church papers

Being an Intergenerational Church Resource papers for those seeking to be a Church in which all ages are welcomed and valuedBy Chris Barnett, Intergenerational ConsultantThe Uniting Church in Australia seeks to be a genuinely intergenerational church in which all ages are welcomed and valued, where every generation is engaged together in active discipleship, growing in […]

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Children and Families Ministry – July

Children and Families MinistryJULY UPDATEThese resources are compiled by Chris Barnett, Assembly Intergenerational Ministry Consultant, and Intergen Executive General Manager Having participated in and presented at the 2023 Intergenerate Conference in Nashville, it seems appropriate to highlight material from the Conference in this Update. Thus, in addition to new weekly resources for July(Item 1) and Intergenerate Aus/NZ […]

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UCA Anniversary Intergenerational ideas

Happy Anniversary UCA! Intergenerational ideas to celebrate the Uniting Church AnniversaryOn 22 June 1977, three Australian Christian denominations joined together to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The Uniting Church anniversary is a time to remember the joy of this occasion, to recall the gifts and ministry of those who came before us and to […]

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Children and Families Ministry – June

Children and Families MinistryJUNE UPDATEThese resources are compiled by Chris Barnett, Assembly Intergenerational Ministry Consultant, and Intergen Executive General Manager 1.      Pentecost (May 28) & Trinity (June 4) Sundays  Pentecost Sunday resource (Intergen)Pentecost Sunday music (Together to Celebrate)Trinity Sunday resource (Intergen)Trinity Sunday music (Together to Celebrate)2.       Real Kids, Real Faith (Karen-Marie Yust)       Real Kids, Real […]

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Engage Together

Engage Together Weekly resources for Intergenerational Worship in the Year A from June – September, compiled by Melissa Neumann, Emma Parr and Chris Barnett (National Intergenerational Consultant). AUGUST-SEPTEMBER resource out now!! Ministers, worship leaders and congregations alike often aspire to worship experiences that are more engaging, more inspiring and more participatory. At the same time, […]

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