Joint Conference 2021 | Daily Schedule
All times below are Central Daylight Time. Schedule is subject to change.
Monday, May 24 Children's Spirituality Summit / InterGenerate
12:00 (CDT) Keynote presentation
Lacy Finn Borgo, DMIN: “Begin with Listening: Gifts of Eyes and Ears”
1:30 (CDT) Break
2:00 (CDT) Paper/Workshop Presentations* - click underlined name for paper and workshop descriptions
*For each presentation session, participants may select one workshop or set of papers;
recordings of other sessions are available with purchase at registration
MONDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS: (all paper presentations grouped as 3)
HEATHER INGERSOLL, PhD - Exploring Predictors of Children's Relationship with God in the Christian Church.
KARIN MIDDLETON, MAT, MEd - Advocating the Value of Young Children's Spiritual Nurture
SANDRA LUDLOW, MEd / KARYN CAMERON, MEd / BEV CHRISTIAN, MEd - The "Ugly Pumpkin" and Other Lessons for Nurturing Children's Emergent Spirituality in a Garden Setting
GARETH CRISPIN, MA - Ludicity & Theology: Exploring Some Theological Foundations of Intergenerational Ministry
JOHANNAH MYERS, DMIN - Apprenticing Faith Together: Helping Adults Understand Discipleship and the Role in Intergenerational Community
ROBERT PENDERGRAFT, PhD - Building Ramps Instead of Stairs: Universal Design in Planning Intergenerational Worship
MONDAY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:
JARED PATRICK BOYD, MDIV - Imaginative Prayer: You Can Be a Guide to your Child's Spiritual Formation
DANA KENNAMER, PhD & SUZETTA NUTT - Kids Today Just Can't . . . !: Reframing Our Posture and Practices as we Welcome Children with Challenging Behavior
MIMI LARSON, PhD - Engaging Children in Worship
SARAH BARNETT, MA - Take, Bless, Break, & Give: A Fourfold Experiential Process for Spiritual Formation and Imaginative Engagement in Children's Ministry
NATALIE FRISK - A Holy Shift: From Morality-Centered to Jesus-Centered Teaching
KEVIN JOHNSON, DMIN - Neighborly Advice: Applying a Mr. Roger's Neighborhood Approach to an Intergenerational Audience
SARAH BENTLEY ALLRED - An Introduction to Intergenerational Worship
JESSICA STOLLINGS-HOLDER - Better Together: How Intergenerational Teams Can Strengthen Your Ministry
LIZ PURRAUD - Rebuilding Community through Intergenerational Retreats
VALERIE GRISSOM, DWS - Facilitating a Church Story Scrapbook in 30 Minutes
3:15 (CDT) Break
3:30 (CDT) Affinity Group Meetings (Select a ministry group to join for discussion)
4:15 (CDT) Worship & Reflection - Ryan Flanigan & Liturgical Folk
5:00 (CDT) Close
*access to ALL conference recordings available with $75 individual or $150 team member registration
Tuesday, May 25 Children's Spirituality Summit / InterGenerate
12:00 (CDT) Keynote presentation
Rachel Turner:"It Takes a Church to Raise a Parent: Family Discipleship in a Post-Pandemic World"
1:30 (CDT) Break
2:00 (CDT) Paper/Workshop Presentations - Link on NAMES for paper and workshop descriptions
TUESDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS: (all paper presentations grouped as 3)
JP CONWAY, DMIN - An Evaluation of a Congregation's Pursuit of a Non-Anxious Intergenerational Discernment of Change
AMY LINDEMAN ALLEN, PhD - Eutychus: A Case Study of the Role of Youth and Children in Acts Koinonia
ED WILLMINGTON, DMA - Divided Worship: The Little Children Suffer (and the Big People, Too!)
SHANTELLE WEBER, PhD - The Necessity of Intergenerational Dialogue on Social Justice within the South African Church
DANIELA SEIBERT - How Age-Specific Ministry Became Key to Intergenerational Ministry: Findings from a Case Study in Switzerland
DAVE CSINOS, PhD - The Final Frontier? Toward a Theology of Preaching among Intergenerational Faith Communities
TUESDAY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:
LACY FINN BORGO, DMIN - Accompanying Children & Teens Through Loss
DR. ROBERT, PhD & LAURA KEELEY - The Lord is my Shepherd: Helping Children & Teens Read the Psalms
ROBIN TURNER, DMIN - Cultivating Curiosity: Water with Wonder and Grow Biblical Literacy
KAREN HAMMOND & JULIE EMERY - Do a New Thing!: Explore Ways to Imagine New Paths for Faith Formation
KATHY PITTENGER - Children's Ministry in a Post-COVID World
KAREN DeBOER - Faith Practices: In Community and at Home
WILSON McCOY, DMIN - Becoming an Intergenerational Church: Steps, Struggles, and Strategies
JIM MERHAUT, PCC - Reinventing Church with Intergenerational Connections: A Case Study
LINDA STAATS - Intergenerational Ministry 101: Foundations and Fundamentals
LESLI Van MILLIGAN, MDIV - Creating a Mentoring Culture that is Lifelong and Life Giving
3:15 (CDT) Break
3:30 (CDT) Keynote presentation
Jared Patrick Boyd, MDIV: “Abbots & Ammas: Formational Family Life towards Common Objects of Love”
5:00 (CDT) Close
*access to ALL conference recordings available with $75 individual or $150 team member registration
Wednesday, May 26 Children's Spirituality Summit / InterGenerate
12:00 (CDT) Keynote presentation
F. Douglas Powe: “Intergenerational Ministry in a Post-Pandemic World"
1:30 (CDT) Break
2:00 (CDT) Paper/Workshop Presentations - Link on NAMES for paper and workshop descriptions
WEDNESDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS: (all paper presentations grouped as 3)
DANA KENNAMER, PhD - Missing Church? Children's Perceptions of Church Before, In, and Beyond COVID
ESTHER ZIMMERMAN, PhD - The God of the Child: Trauma and Spirituality
STACY WILSON - Theology and Child Abuse: Child Safety and Vulnerability in the Midst of Religious Institutions
HOLLY ALLEN, PhD - Systematic Review of DMin Theses and PhD Dissertations on Intergenerational Ministry, 2011-2020
STACEY DAVIS, PhD - Childhood Intergenerational Experiences that Contribute to Christian Commitment in Young Adulthood
WILSON McCOY, DMIN - Honoring the Original Image: A Creational Theology for Intergenerational Ministry
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS: (choose one*)
ANTHONY PETERSON, MA - Listening to Children on Race: Telling Stories
CARIE WHITTAKER - Teaching Emotions to Children as a Healthy Spiritual Practice
CATHERINE MARESCA - Mining for God in the Hebrew Scriptures
ELAINE AUSTIN & SALLY SELZER - Worshipping God with Children
CORY SEIBEL, PhD, THM - Pastoral leadership for Intergenerational Ministry
ELIZABETH TAMEZ MENDEZ, PhD - Honoring Our Treasures: Elder-Youth Interconnectedness - Lessons from Diverse Cultural Perspectives
BREEN SIPES, MDIV - Build a Team and Let the Spirit Lead: Adventures in Cross+Generational Faith Formation in Small Churches
REGINALD SMITH, PhD - Lessions in Intergenerational Justice - A Sankofa Experiment
WES GALLAGHER, MDIV - Intergenerational Ministry for Children's Sake
REV. ROBERTA EGLI & JOHANNA MYERS, PhD - Growing Faith in a Messy Church
3:15 (CDT) Break
3:30 (CDT) Affinity Group Meetings (Select a ministry group to join for discussion)
4:15 (CDT) Closing Mini-presentations integrating conference insights
5:00 (CDT) Close
*access to ALL conference recordings available with $75 individual or $150 team member registration
Order Bridging Theory and Practice in Children's Spirituality, the book based on the 2018 Children's Spirituality Summit. (Also available through Amazon.com).
