Resource Recommendations
Wholistic, sustainable Christian formation
Will Our Children' Have Faith? (book by John Westerhoff III)
Sustainable Youth Ministry (book by Mark DeVries) and Sustainable Children’s Ministry (book by Annette Safstrom)
Intergenerational Worship & Ministry
Intergenerational Ministry - An Interview with Rev. Melissa Cooper (from Art of the Sermon podcast)
Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community and Worship (book by Holly Catterton Allen and Christine Lawton)
Vibrant Worship for All Ages: What Congregations Practicing Intergenerational Worship Have in Common (article by Sarah Bentley Allred)
Music that Makes Community (resource for music that works well for intergenerational singing)
Behold What You Are: Becoming the Body of Christ (book by Lisa G. Fischbeck)
Children & Family Ministry
The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving (book by Lisa Miller)
The Liturgy is for (Little) Kids (article by Timothy P. O’Malley)
Sustainable Children’s Ministry (book by Annette Safstrom)
Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus (book by David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith)
More than Just a Busy Bag: Helping Toddlers and Preschoolers Worship (article by Rachel Doboney Benton)