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Many ministry leaders today watch as their congregations separate into age based groups and miss the profound beauty of worshipping as one body. You want a community where the youngest children and the oldest adults grow together in faith, but the path from age segregation to intentional connection often feels overwhelming. Church Together provides the essential roadmap you need to transform your faith community into a vibrant home for every generation.
Authors Traci Smith and David M. Csinos recognize that a single note does not make a melody. They move beyond the idea of handing down faith as a static heirloom and instead invite you to facilitate conditions where all age ministry can truly flourish. This guide is not just a book of theories but a practical idea factory filled with dozens of road tested pathways for worship and community life.
Through sixteen comprehensive categories, you will discover how to reimagine core practices like singing, praying, and serving so that everyone participates as an equal partner. You can create hospitable spaces where diverse needs are met with humility and grace. Whether your church is just beginning its journey or has been experimenting for years, these principles of relationship and play will help you build a culture of mutuality. Experience the joy of a church that is truly together and watch as your congregation rediscovers the power of an intergenerational future. Traci Smith is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA), mother of three, and author. Traci's passion is helping families find times for connection and spiritual nourishment amid the hustle and bustle of daily life. What began as a quest to help her own family has provided valuable insight for thousands of others. Traci believes faith practices should be fun, easy to fit into daily life, and accessible to all.
Traci is the author of three books with Chalice Press, Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home, Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred, and Fellowship of Prayer Lenten devotional (2015), as well as the author of Prayers for Faithful Families: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Life, and contributor to Out of the Deep: Pastoring in Creative Space. Traci has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
David M. Csinos is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and founder of Faith Forward. He writes and speaks globally on faith formation, intergenerational ministry, preaching.
Authors Traci Smith and David M. Csinos recognize that a single note does not make a melody. They move beyond the idea of handing down faith as a static heirloom and instead invite you to facilitate conditions where all age ministry can truly flourish. This guide is not just a book of theories but a practical idea factory filled with dozens of road tested pathways for worship and community life.
Through sixteen comprehensive categories, you will discover how to reimagine core practices like singing, praying, and serving so that everyone participates as an equal partner. You can create hospitable spaces where diverse needs are met with humility and grace. Whether your church is just beginning its journey or has been experimenting for years, these principles of relationship and play will help you build a culture of mutuality. Experience the joy of a church that is truly together and watch as your congregation rediscovers the power of an intergenerational future. Traci Smith is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA), mother of three, and author. Traci's passion is helping families find times for connection and spiritual nourishment amid the hustle and bustle of daily life. What began as a quest to help her own family has provided valuable insight for thousands of others. Traci believes faith practices should be fun, easy to fit into daily life, and accessible to all.
Traci is the author of three books with Chalice Press, Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home, Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred, and Fellowship of Prayer Lenten devotional (2015), as well as the author of Prayers for Faithful Families: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Life, and contributor to Out of the Deep: Pastoring in Creative Space. Traci has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
David M. Csinos is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and founder of Faith Forward. He writes and speaks globally on faith formation, intergenerational ministry, preaching.