Children and the Church
Zoom conference
on Sunday, October 23, 2022
2 pm EST (USA) / 8 pm CET (Czech Republic)
Programm
Welcome Betty McGinnis
Opening Devotions & Prayer Zuzana Lavická
Introduction to Conference
Presentations:
PCUSA Christian Formation of Children
resources Stephanie Fritz
ECCB Christian Education Radka Hojková
ECCB Children’s Ministry in the Local Church Jan Lavický - Klášter nad Dědinou
PCUSA Children’s Ministry in the Local Church Karen Kurtz
Discussions in Break out Rooms
1. What makes a family friendly church?
2. How do you answer hard questions that children ask about Faith?
3. How does the church support and train volunteers and leaders who work with children?
4. What are possibilities to include children in the total church life, including
intergenerational experiences?
5. How do we engage children in building friends and making connections their age so that
they want to remain in the church in the future?
SUMMARY
Announcements Gerhard Reininghaus
Follow up Information about the situation of refugees from the Ukraine in the Czech Republic and
ECCB Martin Balcar
Closing Prayer Melissa Good