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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek. 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. Raising the questions. Hidden in Scripture.

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  1. Hide and Seek Mary Hawes, CGMC November 2012

  2. 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 Raising the questions

  3. Hidden in Scripture

  4. 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 Biblical perspectives:Marcia Bunge

  5. Matthew 18:1-14 • The child in the midst • Children as signs of the Kingdom Child Theology Movement

  6. Hide and seek in theology

  7. 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 Hide and seek in theology

  8. James Fowler • John Westerhoff • David Hay & Rebecca Nye • Rebecca Nye • Brendan Hyde • David Csinos Spiritual development

  9. Space • Process • Imagination • Relationship • Intimacy • Trust Seeking space to grow

  10. Offering the Gospel to Children • Gretchen Wolff-Pritchard • Godly Play • Jerome Berryman • Messy Church • Lucy Moore • Story • Ivy Beckwith Seeking new models

  11. 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 Emerging trends

  12. Doing what we’ve always done • Focussing on ‘how’ rather than ‘why’ • Reactive rather than proactive • Information rather than formation • Occupying or entertaining The default setting

  13. Leaders who think deeply about theology, children, church and praxis • Nurture for life, action and participation • Learning from and learning with • Full inclusion Hidden ways?

  14. 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. Brian McLaren, May 2012

  15. Don’t teach good news - become good news Hide and Seek?

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