Faith & Gen Alpha
A twelve-week deep dive developing both our vision for discipleship and an awareness of the cultural deformation taking place among Gen Z/Alpha. Together, we will unlock five practices for initiating our youth towards becoming resilient disciples, all while being trained in the why, what, & how of leading your own CruCon Series.
Note: This equipping resource has been made available for free for our initial cohort of Conversation Partners due to a grant from the Schowalter Foundation and a generous partner.
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Series Launch: Faith & Gen Alpha
Time to launch! During the Faith & Gen Alpha Series Launch participants will, meet other participants in the Conversation Cohort and get oriented to the practice of CruCon while engaging in a small group activity and receiving the series materials.
Time to launch! During the Faith & Gen Alpha Series Launch participants will, meet other participants in the Conversation Cohort and get oriented to the practice of CruCon while engaging in a small group activity and receiving the series materials.
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Week # 1, Household Convo: A Vision of Adolescent Discipleship
What is your vision of discipleship? Do you have one?
In Week #1 we will look to Chapter 1 of Ronald Rolheiser’s book Sacred Fire to gain a broad awareness of the grace of discipleship at the various stages of our lives.
What is your vision of discipleship? Do you have one?
In Week #1 we will look to Chapter 1 of Ronald Rolheiser’s book Sacred Fire to gain a broad awareness of the grace of discipleship at the various stages of our lives.
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Week #2, Household Convo: Initiating the Untamed Fires
What is God’s purpose for the adolescent stage of life? What is the goal of discipleship amidst a season of differentiation? What is the role of parents and elders in initiating the untamed fires of youth?
What is God’s purpose for the adolescent stage of life? What is the goal of discipleship amidst a season of differentiation? What is the role of parents and elders in initiating the untamed fires of youth?
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Week #3, Household Convo: Digital Babylon & Resilient Disciples
What does it mean for spiritual formation among the next generation that “Screens Disciple”?
What does it mean for spiritual formation among the next generation that “Screens Disciple”?
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Week #4, Community Conversation & CruCon Training Part 1 - Why CruCon
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 1-3, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “Why” behind CruCon.
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 1-3, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “Why” behind CruCon.
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Week #5, Household Convo: Practice #1 Intimacy with Jesus
What makes for a resilient disciple? To form a resilient identity among the next generation parents/pastors/mentors must learn to help initiate our youth towards intimacy with Jesus.
What makes for a resilient disciple? To form a resilient identity among the next generation parents/pastors/mentors must learn to help initiate our youth towards intimacy with Jesus.
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Week #6, Household Convo: Practice #2 Cultural Discernment
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through cultural discernment?
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through cultural discernment?
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Week #7, Household Convo: Practice #3 Intergenerational Relationships
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through intergenerational relationships?
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through intergenerational relationships?
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Week #8, Community Conversation & CruCon Training Part 2: What Does CruCon Look Like?
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 5-7, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “What CruCon Looks Like.”
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 5-7, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “What CruCon Looks Like.”
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Week #9, Household Convo: Practice #4 Vocational Discipleship
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through vocational discipleship?
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through vocational discipleship?
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Week #10, Household Convo: Practice #5 Countercultural Mission
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through countercultural mission?
How can parents/pastors/mentors initiate the youth in their lives towards resiliency through countercultural mission?
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Week #11, Household Convo: Feedback & Final Project
As we begin to wind down this conversation/training in terms of the spiritual formation of the next generation amidst the digital revolution, we want to create space for you to both offer the CruCon team feedback on your experience, while also beginning to develop a vision of what it would look like for you to host a CruCon series within your own context.
As we begin to wind down this conversation/training in terms of the spiritual formation of the next generation amidst the digital revolution, we want to create space for you to both offer the CruCon team feedback on your experience, while also beginning to develop a vision of what it would look like for you to host a CruCon series within your own context.
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Week #12, Community Conversation & CruCon Training Part 3: How Does CruCon Work?
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 9-11, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “How Does CruCon Work?”
Together we will engage in both a 45 minute conversation based on the Conversation Pieces from weeks 9-11, as well as a 45 minute CruCon training session on the “How Does CruCon Work?”
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"CruCon provides parents with excellent resources to engage challenging topics with youth that spurs meaningful conversation so that we grow up in Christ - thank you!"
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"CruCon provides parents with excellent resources to engage challenging topics with youth that spurs meaningful conversation so that we grow up in Christ - thank you!" *
CruCon empowers parents/pastors/mentors to transform isolation into connection and cultural confusion into biblical wisdom through intergenerational conversations marked by
Grace, Truth & Curiosity.
