Congratulations to InterGenerate, recipient of the 2025 TENx10 Faith Service Grant!
Our goals of this project are to:
+Elevate stories of youth participating in acts of service and justice in faith communities around the world.
+Enable leaders to build intergenerational, formational relationships with youth by using a new tool created by InterGenerate to interview youth and share their stories. Our goal is to collect at least 50 youth stories by Sept. 15.
+Catalyze future research regarding youth and intergenerational ministry, particularly in regard to discipleship, service, and justice.
How can you participate?
Fill out the Global Survey on Youth & Intergenerational Ministry (above), which enables you to enroll your faith community in the pilot of our new youth story capture tool (launching May 5).
Spread the word to faith communities and ministry leaders about our IYS story project.
Follow our story project (see future dates above) and participate in future digital research panels and projects.
Attend our upcoming InterGenerate Conference, June 10-12, where we will be spotlighting IYS and facilitating a Round Table Discussion on Youth & Intergenerational Ministry.
Pray that the Spirit would powerfully work through the stories of youth in our churches around the world!
Feel free to reach out with questions or more details: Valerie M. Grissom, Project Manager of IYS valerie.m.grissom@gmail.com
Valerie Grissom, Project Manager
Valerie’s research and ministry utilized the powerful medium of intergenerational and intercultural story sharing, so she is very excited about incorporating intergenerational story sharing into this project. She also loves to facilitate collaborations, so she looks foward to collecting and learning from others researching regarding youth and intergeneraitonal minsitry.
Larry Green, Promotion & Technology Director
Larry Green’s doctoral research has delved into why youth are leaving the church, and how intergenerational ministry, especially through the lens of family systems theory, can facilitate thriving intergenerational ministry that invites and collaborates with youth and young adults. Larry is excited to use his skills for this project as a podcastor, video creator, communicator, author, and pastor, and is passionate about developing relational discipleship with youth intergenerationally.
This program is made possible through a Faith and Service Grant from the TENx10 Collaboration at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.