Mary Hawes, CGMC November 2012. * The Child in the Church * The Bible and Children * Children and Holy Communion * Unfinished Business * Jesus and the.

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Mary Hawes, CGMC November 2012

* The Child in the Church * The Bible and Children * Children and Holy Communion * Unfinished Business * Jesus and the Children * Children in the Way * All God’s Children? * Through the Eyes of a Child

* 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 revelation * Orphans, neighbours and strangers in need of justice and compassion

* Matthew 18:1-14 * The child in the midst * Children as signs of the Kingdom

* 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 vulnerability * Kirstin Herzog * Global perspectives

* James Fowler * John Westerhoff * David Hay & Rebecca Nye * Rebecca Nye * Brendan Hyde * David Csinos

* Space * Process * Imagination * Relationship * Intimacy * Trust

* Offering the Gospel to Children * Gretchen Wolff-Pritchard * Godly Play * Jerome Berryman * Messy Church * Lucy Moore * Story * Ivy Beckwith

* Resourcing households of faith * It takes a village * Experience * With, by and among * Process not product * Respecting and valuing * Faith as a way of life

* Doing what we’ve always done * Focussing on ‘how’ rather than ‘why’ * Reactive rather than proactive * Information rather than formation * Occupying or entertaining

* Leaders who think deeply about theology, children, church and praxis * Nurture for life, action and participation * Learning from and learning with * Full inclusion

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.

Don’t teach good news - become good news