Next Gen Now

West Fort Worth Kids Discipleship Minister Erin Nix outlines the new kids ministry roles at WFW including Kids Discipleship Minister, Mission Mobilizer, Family Engager, and Leader Developer. She shares the excitement and the challenges of shifting to a discipleship model and how incremental increases in relational investment can create a ripple effect that impacts the spiritual formation of the next generation.

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Sarah Cowan Johnson shares about her new book Teach the Children Well: A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship. We discuss ways to both proactively and responsively disciple your children. There's lots her that you don't want to miss--from discerning ways you deal with post-Christian culture to facilitating God moments with your children; from technology and deconstruction to learning how to eat your spiritual vegetables. From January 2-16, with the code NEXTGEN you can get 30 percent off the ebook and hard copy (plus free shipping) at www.ivpress.com. See Sarah's bio at https://www.ivpress.com/sarah-cowan-johnson. Visit her website at sarahcowanjohnson.com. Follow her on Twitter: @scowanjohnson.

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Student Minister Alexandra McAuley discusses the importance of community in the lives of the next generation. This is part of The Hills' Next Gen strategy of elevating community and part of our Ask for Nations & Generations goal of seeing 2000 members serve the next generation. If you are interested in serving in Next Gen, go to www.thehills.org/serve. Reach out to us at [email protected] and find more information about The Hills Church at www.thehills.org.

Christian Worldview Teacher Mark Baur shares what worldview is, why it is important, and how we can be intentional in evaluating our developing worldviews. He also talks about how this impacts our faith journey and how we can help the next generation be intentional about how they are viewing the world. Mark's book recommendations:

You Are What You Love - https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Love-Spiritual/dp/158743380X/ref=sr_1_3

The Weight of Glory - https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Glory-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060653205/ref=sr_1_1

Crazy Busy - https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Busy-Mercifully-Really-Problem/dp/1433533383/ref=sr_1_1

Life Together - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Together-Exploration-Christian-Community/dp/0060608528/ref=sr_1_1

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Senior Teaching Minister Rick Atchley discusses the first season of the Next Gen Now podcast with Jill. He shares his insights and his encouragement to families, Next Gen leaders, and kids and students.We discuss his upcoming sermon series Cosmic Christmas and ways our families can engage their children throughout the holidays. We also preview upcoming episodes in Season 2 beginning January 2, 2023. Here is a link to some great Advent season resources from author Justin Whitmel Earley, author of Habits of the Household. https://www.thecommonrule.org/advent-edition

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PATH Director Emily Young shares about The Hills program including the purpose, scope and details. She also shares the alignment happening between all three Hills' campuses. Visit www.thehills.org/preschool for more information about the PATH program. Email Emily at [email protected] for more information about volunteering or working at PATH.

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Next Gen Admin Coordinator Debbie Loy discusses the way she sees God moving and what is required of us as He does new things in, among, and through us, especially as it relates to the faith formation of the next generation. We share our story of meeting and how God has worked in our lives.

Marching Off the Map - https://www.amazon.com/Marching-Off-Map-Students-Navigate/dp/0996697063/ref=sr_1_1

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Recreation Minister Brian Gill discusses John Mark Comer's presentation on becoming an apprentice to Jesus from the Child Discipleship Forum.

Ruthless Elimination of Hurry https://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Elimination-Hurry-emotionally-spiritually/dp/1529308380/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X9ZRUFSLFKK3&keywords=the+ruthless+elimination+of+hurry&qid=1666021797&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjIyIiwicXNhIjoiMS45NiIsInFzcCI6IjIuMDUifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=the+ruthless+%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1

Live No Lies https://www.amazon.com/Live-No-Lies-Recognize-Sabotage/dp/0525653120/ref=sxin_10_mbs_w_global_sims?content-id=amzn1.sym.167d0880-9da0-400b-938e-4382731a4102%3Aamzn1.sym.167d0880-9da0-400b-938e-4382731a4102&crid=1X9ZRUFSLFKK3&cv_ct_cx=the+ruthless+elimination+of+hurry&keywords=the+ruthless+elimination+of+hurry&pd_rd_i=0525653120&pd_rd_r=4d745e2f-48fb-4f64-a533-47910f910734&pd_rd_w=jWv2r&pd_rd

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Elana Curry joins us from Memphis, Tennessee to share how implicit bias impacts our discipleship. She includes ways to reflect on and mitigate our bias as well as some culturally responsive teaching practices. Cultural Iceberg - https://akgtcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/INT-Cultural-Iceberg.jpg Follow Elana on Facebook or Instagram @elanacurry.

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Hills' Worship Leader Luke Cabrera and Jill interview Yancy Wideman Richmond. Yancy is a worship leader, songwriter and producer of hundreds of songs that make Jesus loud. Her Dove Award winning music is all the things kids love and everything adults value. She is a powerhouse at leading and teaching kids from birth to preteen how to worship, and creates popular worship resources for churches and homes around the world.

Yancy authored the book "Sweet Sound: The Power of Discipling Kids in Worship." She is a passionate advocate of raising disciples to worship. With a family legacy of children's ministry, her authority and PK perspective help encourage and champion the Kidmin community that the seeds they are planting will reap a harvest that will go on to affect families for generations. Yancy lives with her husband and two sons in Nashville, TN.

YancyMinistries.com/sweetsound

Listen to all of Yancy's music at your favorite music source: https://sc.lnk.to/yancy