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Written by Milestone Ministry Practitioners and The Youth & Family Institute
Life is full of meaningful moments. Celebrating these milestones helps bring God’s presence into the home and the rituals of daily life into the congregation.
The Milestones Ministry Manual offers an easy-to-implement model so that congregations, households and individuals can participate in a way of life that marks specials moments as “God moments,” and honors them as part of the journey of faith.
Creating Your Own Milestones Ministry:
- The ideas and suggestions in this manual are based on the real-life experiences of leaders who have successfully implemented Milestones Ministry into their congregations and daily lives.
- Each milestone event presented in the manual has a take-home section called HomeGrown Faith. Leaders are encouraged to incorporate HomeGrown Faith into the enrichment event and to print the resources as a take-home gift.
- Milestones featured in this manual include:
- Receiving a FaithChest®
- Prayer
- Anniversary of Baptism
- Welcoming Young Children to Worship
- Entering Sunday School
- Kids and Money
- Blessing of the Backpacks
- First Communion
- Bible Presentation and Adventure
- First Time Campers
- My Body, God’s Gift
- Middle School
- Entering Confirmation
- Confirmation
- Driver’s License
- High School Graduation
Four Elements of a Faith Milestone:
- Naming the sacred and ordinary events that are recognized in the life of a congregation, as well as in our daily lives.
- Equipping brings generations together, builds community, invites conversation, encourages storytelling and provides information.
- Blessing the individual and marking the occasion in a worship service and in the home.
- Gifting is a tangible, visible item that serves as a reminder or symbol of the occasion being marked, as well as a resource for the ongoing nurture of faith in daily life.
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