Session Description
A congregation is a lot like a garden: there are areas of health, fruit-bearing, and beauty—along with weeds and other things that constantly threaten that health. As congregational leaders we are called to tend the garden, strengthening its health and working to contain the "weeds" so it can flourish. This seminar will focus on our role as garden-tenders as it concerns teens. What can we do to encourage growth? How might we deal with those particular toxins that teens are vulnerable to and/or those that congregations are vulnerable to concerning teens? How does our congregational approach to worship, community, and education affect our teens? We will provide tools and coaching for each participant in developing an action plan for ministry back home. It would be helpful (though not essential) to attend this seminar with at least one other person from your congregation.
Conference Title
2014 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-30-2014
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Text
Topic
Spiritual Formation/Discipleship
Recommended Citation
Hielema, Syd and Keeley, Laura, "Growing Congregational Health for Teens to Thrive" (2014). Symposium on Worship Archive. 47.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2014/allitems/47
Growing Congregational Health for Teens to Thrive
A congregation is a lot like a garden: there are areas of health, fruit-bearing, and beauty—along with weeds and other things that constantly threaten that health. As congregational leaders we are called to tend the garden, strengthening its health and working to contain the "weeds" so it can flourish. This seminar will focus on our role as garden-tenders as it concerns teens. What can we do to encourage growth? How might we deal with those particular toxins that teens are vulnerable to and/or those that congregations are vulnerable to concerning teens? How does our congregational approach to worship, community, and education affect our teens? We will provide tools and coaching for each participant in developing an action plan for ministry back home. It would be helpful (though not essential) to attend this seminar with at least one other person from your congregation.