Preaching, Lunch, & An Intergenerational Game Night! Preaching at 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. - The Rev. Dr. Jason Santos, Mission Coordinator for Christian Formation and Small Church Support at the PC(USA) Mission Agency preaches on "Cultivating a Communal Calling" on September 22 at 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
According to Santos, for the last half-century, we’ve increasingly formed our children and youth through developmentally centered, peer-oriented ministry programs that removed them from the corporate life of the church. Recent research suggests that we might have taken the ages and stages model of ministry a little too far. In the spirit of transforming and strengthening our congregations, Rev. Dr. Santos explores the changing history of the church’s identity and offers practical strategies to create a more communal and intergenerational understanding of spiritual formation.
Dr. Santos is the Mission Coordinator for Christian Formation and Small Church Support at the Presbyterian Mission Agency. He is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), holds a Ph.D. in practical theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and is the author of A Community Called Taizé (IVP, 2008) and After Paradise (IVP Academic, forthcoming). Dr. Santos lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with wife Shannon and his two sons, Judah and Silas (aka Tutu).
Lunch at Noon - College students and all who are connected to the University are invited to attend a luncheon with Dr. Santos at Noon. For more information, contact Rev. Evans McGowan, emcgowan@firstpresbyterian.org.
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Intergenerational Game Night & Dinner at 4:30 p.m.- In his spare time, Dr. Santos plays and designs board games! Come for an evening of fun, food and laughter. Games begin at 4:30 p.m., pizza at 5:30 p.m., and we wrap up at 7:00 p.m.