Your August Resources Are Here!

As ministry leaders who tend to focus on our specific age groups, we can sometimes miss a critical piece of the discipleship process. Sure, kids and teenagers need to spend time in and around their age groups as they grow in their faith. Still, it is just as vital for them to experience intergenerational relationships and glean from the wisdom of older generations. The exchange of ideas, experiences, and perspectives that can be shared between different generations has the power and the potential to cultivate a deep sense of unity and understanding of God that will enrich the lives of both the younger and older members. When we are intentional about creating and cultivating ways to bridge generational gaps in our families, ministries, churches, and communities, we create fertile ground and boundless opportunities for spiritual growth, mentorship, accountability, understanding, wisdom, grace, and encouragement that didn’t exist prior. What would it look like in your ministry if you were to be more intentional when it comes to including intergenerational discipleship opportunities? What would it look like in your church if it took a step towards creating and cultivating intergenerational relationships and leading individuals of all generations to embrace their unique callings and purpose?

This month’s M2P resources are designed to help you, as a ministry leader, embrace and take a step (or multiple steps) toward intentional generational discipleship. We believe that embracing intergenerational discipleship can strengthen your ministries, churches, and communities and equip the next generations (who are in your ministry right now) with the tools they need to carry forward a rich spiritual heritage and foster a vibrant and enduring legacy of faith.

Our Blog Articles and  Coaching Video will provide you with thoughtful insights, creative ideas, and practical steps your ministry can take to move your church into more intergenerational moments and ministry. Our Online Parenting Class Video and this month’s Toolbox Resource entitled The 4 I’s of Intended Influence: A Parent’s Guide To Intentional Intergenerational Discipleship will encourage and equip the parents within your span of care to be more intentional when it comes to guiding their kids and teens in the development of intergenerational relationships. And don’t forget to listen to the latest episode of the M2P Podcast with Christina Embree—a widely recognized speaker, writer, and thought leader in the areas of generational discipleship, intergenerational ministry, and family ministry. Check it all out, and let us know how we can better serve you as you seek to serve the parents in your church.

He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments; and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

– Psalm78:5-8 ESV

The M2P Team