Resources for Engaging Young People and Intergenerational Discipleship & Mission – March 2025 Update
4 March 2025
Resources for Engaging Young People and Intergenerational Discipleship & Mission – March Update
To help Enable, Equip and Encourage a growing and flourishing church across Queensland, we’ll regularly share links to resources for education, worship, discipleship, and mission both with Young People, and Intergenerationally.
The resources will be a selection of practical materials, interesting articles, books and podcasts, that might be worth considering and exploring.
If you would like to connect with the Mission Accompanying Team to chat about the resources, or how we might encourage you, please reach out to Jessica.pinkerton@ucaqld.com.au
Children, Youth, Families and Intergen Weekly Resources – March 2025
Lent & Easter Resources – UCA Qld
NEW 2025 Lent – Renewal – God’s Story Our Story (RCL Year C)
Including: Make & Bake - An Easter Experience, Lent at Home, Lent Small Group, Lent Worship
- Have you ever wondered why some people eat pancakes 47 days before Easter?
- Have you ever wondered why Hot Cross Buns appear in the shops between Christmas and Easter?
- Have you ever wondered why some people eat fish on Good Friday?
- Have you ever wondered why we eat chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday?
The Make & Bake Easter Experience resource for families explores these questions, and many more, with recipes, fast facts, videos, songs, and mindfulness activities. Enjoy Making and Baking (and eating) as you experience Easter in a new way.
The resource has been designed for community families to use at home and is suitable for families with little connection to the church, as a simple tool to explore some of the themes and foods of Easter. I encourage you to print copies to offer as a gift to families in your playgroup, early learning centre and other groups connected to your ministries.
The Lent at Home resource is similar and designed for families and intergenerational groups connected to your church, as a tool to further dig into scripture, and reflect on God’s ongoing story of renewal for the whole of creation, and how our story weaves and intertwines with God’s story.
Over seven weeks, we will journey with people from past generations and hear stories of how God renewed their lives through transforming encounters, forgiveness, reconciliation, and faithfulness. As we hear and reflect on the stories of others, we will also reflect on how God is renewing our lives, and our Church, and what God is calling us to do in the renewal process.
2024 Lent – The Great Restoration Project (RCL Year B)
2023 Lent – Journey with Jesus (RCL Year A)
Intergen Weekly Resources – March
- Mar 2 Transforming Lives
- Mar 9 God Provides
- Mar 16 Jesus, Jerusalem & Chickens
- Mar 23 God’s Abundance
- Mar 30 Wasteful Extravagance
- 2025 Intergen Palm Sunday-Good Friday- Easter Sunday New! written by our very own Beth Nicholls and Kath Ruhle
- 2025 Intergen Combined Lent Resource
- Maundy Thursday & Good Friday
- More Intergen Lent resources
Other Lent & Easter resources
- Dave the Donkey (Lost Sheep)
- The Way of the Cross (Lost Sheep)
- Claudia the Caterpillar (Lost Sheep)
- Peter and the Big Breakfast (Lost sheep)
- Fasting, Treasures in heaven and Eyes (Max7)
- Lent Scripture Chain (Max7)
- Journey Through Lent (Max7)
- Fuller Youth Institute Lent Resources
- The Resource Lent Resources
Youth and Children’s Materials
Who do you say I am? https://www.nswact.uca.org.au/resources/who-do-you-say-i-am/ NEW
A Sunday School Curriculum for Uniting Churches a term-long kids discipleship curriculum through the book of Luke, written for Uniting Churches. Who Do You Say I am takes an age appropriate, trauma informed approach to understanding bible stories and getting to know Jesus through the people he met in his ministry.
Alpha Youth Series alphayouth.io NEW
Made for this generation, the new series creatively unpacks the real questions young people have. The series, consisting of 10 episodes, introduces and explores the core ideas of the Christian faith, in a relevant and engaging way. We pray this new series reaches the youth of Australia and its impact goes beyond anything we could imagine.
Christian Playgroup Network cpn.org.au
An interdenominational group that plays a valuable role in supporting Church playgroups that are seeking to be more missional
Bible.ai https://Bible.ai NEW
Bible.ai is a personal Christian AI designed to grow and learn with you as you explore scripture and engage in meaningful conversations about faith, life, and everything in between. Whether through voice or text, bible.ai offers a safe, supportive space to discuss any topic or concern and provides personalized scripture based insights to guide you through life.
Superbook https://us-en.superbook.cbn.com/
A safe place for kids to play some sweet online games, learn more about the Bible, and grow in their faith!
Books, Webinars and Podcasts
- Refocus: Latest posts
- Autism Church resources
- Spiritual characteristics of children and youth
- Discipling kids well includes helping their parents
- Gen On – GENeratiONs Together Resources https://www.genonministries.org/
- All God's Children: The Church Family Gathers for a Very Blessed Summer - an intergenerational VBS. Read about how it was developed.
- LIFT (Living in Faith Together) offers 45 minute sessions with time to pray, play, learn and break bread. Perfect for a different Sunday morning activity.
- God's World in Community is the resources for shorter 20-30 minute timeframes --with prayer, scripture reading, and a creative response. Outside or inside, this one really engages the imagination through the hands on scripture response! It can also serve as a communal devotion.
- God's World: Creation Care for Earth Day or nature appreciation
- God's World: Gifts of the Spirit for Pentecost
- All God's Children: The Church Family Gathers for Living Water for water-themed fun and learning
- Just getting started with intergenerational ministry? Join Training Director Betsy Dishman and Liz Perraud for a free 1-hour GENeratiONs Together on Wednesday, March 12.
Events
Being an Intergenerational Church - Tuesday 20 May, 9:30am – 11:30am
Trinity College Queensland (part of Tuesdays at Trinity)
The Uniting Church in Australia seeks to be a genuinely intergenerational church in which all ages are welcomed and valued, where every generation is engaged together in active discipleship, growing in and sharing faith in Jesus, and all people, across the ages and generations, are generously invited and encouraged to use their gifts and leadership to shape the community and its communal life of worship, witness and service.
While great in theory, we know this is not the reality in all Uniting Churches, and it can be hard to shift our age-segregated, mono-generational and multi-generational ways and practices. Let our Mission Development Partner for Children, Youth and Families guide you in a journey of discovery to explore, what intergenerational church is and isn’t, and how can we start Being an Intergenerational Church in our homes, churches and communities.
Discipleship Book Club
- April - 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager, Kara Powell and Brad Griffin
- June – Messy Discipleship, Lucy Moore
- September – The Generative Church, Cory Seibel
- Amplify Conference - 2 AUGUST 2025
Australia’s largest children, youth and family ministry conference, will take place in local hubs across the country. Frontline ministry leaders gathering locally for a day of inspiration, equipping and networking.
Due to popular demand, the event has moved from March to August.
Contact us at info@amplifyconference.com.au for more information or to express your interest in hosting a hub. Check out our Hub Leaders Start Up Guide
Mark your calendar now and start spreading the word to your team!
We are looking for Uniting Churches around Queensland to host local hubs to connect Children, Youth and Families Leaders. Reach out to Jess if you are interested.
- Leaders 2 Go Conference – 11-14 September 2025
L2g is a community of leaders-of-leaders in children and families’ ministries across Australia and New Zealand, with a vision to enrich, empower and equip through forward-thinking input and facilitated open learning spaces.
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