https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:47:39 +0000 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/you-gift-graduate-bible-do When our young adult daughter was moving out, we wanted to buy her a Bible she could take with her.  Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/you-gift-graduate-bible-do Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/learn-lords-prayer-all-ages About 10 years ago our church did a summer series on the Lord’s Prayer; selecting a different phrase for our focus each week. Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/learn-lords-prayer-all-ages Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:17:43 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/eattogether A Canadian grocery store chain recently released a video as part of their mission to get people to #EatTogether. I imagine that food producers love the video because it invites consumers to associate food with great things like friendship and community. I love the video because it demon Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/eattogether Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:16:23 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/fresh-ideas-sharing-gods-story-intergenerational Looking for an easy way to enter into God’s story with a mixed age group that includes young children? Wondering how to introduce Bible stories to people for whom English is a new language? Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/fresh-ideas-sharing-gods-story-intergenerational Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:59:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/dear-parents-thank-you-bringing-your-children Dear Parents, Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/dear-parents-thank-you-bringing-your-children Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:08:15 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/helping-everyone-belong-intergenerational-gathering One of the questions I often hear from those considering gathering all ages together to learn from and with each other is "How do we get people to sit with people they may not know and connect with folks from different age groups?" Annette Ediger from Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids has dev Karen DeBoer https://network.crcna.org/topic/children-youth/intergenerational-ministry/helping-everyone-belong-intergenerational-gathering Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:34:35 +0000