November 2012 Hide and Seek Raising the questions The Child in the Church The Bible and Children Children and Holy Communion Unfinished Business Jesus and the Children Children in the Way All Gods Children ID: 306358
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Mary Hawes, CGMCNovember 2012
Hide and SeekSlide2Slide3
Raising the questions
The Child in the Church
The Bible and Children
Children and Holy Communion
Unfinished Business
Jesus and the Children
Children in the WayAll God’s Children?Through the Eyes of a ChildSlide4
Hidden in ScriptureSlide5
Biblical perspectives:
Marcia Bunge
Gifts of God and sources of joy
Sinful creatures and moral agents
Developing beings who need instruction and guidance
Fully human and made in the image of God
Models of faith and sources of revelationOrphans, neighbours and strangers in need of justice and compassionSlide6
Child Theology Movement
Matthew 18:1-14
The child in the midst
Children as signs of the KingdomSlide7
Hide and seek in theologySlide8
Hide and seek in theology
Bonnie Miller-McLemore
Integrating theology, psychology and feminism
Joyce Ann Mercer
Exploring disconnects between what the Church says and what the Church does
David Jensen
Grace and vulnerabilityKirstin HerzogGlobal perspectivesSlide9
Spiritual development
James Fowler
John
Westerhoff
David Hay & Rebecca Nye
Rebecca Nye
Brendan HydeDavid Csinos
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Seeking space to grow
Space
Process
Imagination
Relationship
Intimacy
TrustSlide11
Seeking new models
Offering the Gospel to Children
Gretchen Wolff-Pritchard
Godly Play
Jerome Berryman
Messy Church
Lucy MooreStoryIvy BeckwithSlide12
Emerging trends
Resourcing households of faith
It takes a village
Experience
With, by and among
Process not product
Respecting and valuingFaith as a way of lifeSlide13
The default setting
Doing what we’ve always done
Focussing on ‘how’ rather than ‘why’
Reactive rather than proactive
Information rather than formation
Occupying or entertainingSlide14
Hidden ways?
Leaders who think deeply about theology, children, church and praxis
Nurture for life, action and participation
Learning from and learning with
Full inclusionSlide15
Brian McLaren, May 2012
We are inducting our children into a form of Christianity that no longer works for increasing numbers of adults.
We need to start talking about whole-life spiritual formation in a new kind of Christian life.Slide16
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