Intergenerational Ministry Blog

Dave Csinos
Associate Professor, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Founder, Faith Forward

Originally published in June 2022.

In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a guest writer two questi...

Sarah Bentley Allred
Editor, Building Faith for Lifelong Learning
Virginia Theological Seminary

In each edition of IG Mix, we ask someone in ministry two questions:

What keep you up at night?
A frequen...

Brandi Nicole Williams
Director, African American Church Evangelism Institute
at the Wheaton College-Billy Graham Center

In each edition of IG Mix, we ask a ministry leader two questions:

What keep...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

Recently, Nancy Wheeler contacted GenOn seeking a suggestion for an “entry” LIFT (Living in Faith Together) session to introduce intergenerational minist...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

I love the idea of Discover. Maybe it goes back to my days of reading Nancy Drew or Encyclopedia Brown detective stories. Discover invokes feelings of ex...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

 I have little experience with home building or remodeling, but as one who assisted my mother in hanging wallpaper many times, I do understand how a plum...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

I thought it would be fun to play Cat’s Cradle with my six-year-old granddaughter. Maybe you remember the string game from childhood. The game begins whe...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

On my morning walk, I enjoy listening to podcasts. I have several go-to programs and one of my current favorites is “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” She’s ...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

On a recent visit to the playground, my 3-year-old granddaughter was delighted to see a big wooden climbing structure. She decided it was her ice cream s...

Liz Perraud
Executive Director
GenOn Ministries

GenOn defines intergenerational ministry as nurturing Christ-centered community by bringing together two or more generations in planned and purposeful se...

Missy Buchanan
Writer-speaker on issues of faithful aging

After my husband died unexpectedly in the Spring of 2023, I was wading knee-deep in grief, trying to maintain my balance while navigating unwa...