Creative Ministries with Today’s Families
A Specialized Track of Active Parenting Now Oct 3-5, 2010
Led by Bruce and Carolyn Gillette, this program is designed for pastors, church educators, youth ministers and parents involved in church family ministry. Included as a component of the Active Parenting Now Leader Training Workshop, in this segment the leaders will offer creative ideas for how churches can support today’s diverse families; including practical ways to live out baptismal promises through nurturing children and youth in the faith and service. In addition, participants will have opportunities to share ideas of what they are already doing in their churches. This component is intended to benefit not only families in churches, but also families in the churches’ surrounding communities.
*Bruce & Carolyn Gillette are the grateful parents of John, Catherine and Sarah and are the co-pastors of the Limestone Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware. They wrote the PCUSA’s Christian Family Week 2005 worship and educational resource, the study/action guide for the 216th (2004) General Assembly report Transforming Families, and the revised edition of Active Parenting Now for the Faith Community: A Biblical and Theological Guide with Freda A. Gardner (church guide for Active Parenting Now video series). The Gillettes have taught parenting classes annually for over twenty years, led family ministries workshops and been conference keynote speakers.
Pastors and lay leaders of smaller membership congregations may be eligible for scholarship funds. Contact the PCUSA "Small Church and Community Ministry Office" at 888-728-7228 x 5845 or x5244 or download the application here.
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