To encourage each person, young and old, to participate meaningfully and reverently in worship. The leader's role is to lead people into an encounter with God. To enable the congregation to experience a corporate expression of worship, so that each member, particularly the child, will enjoy a sense of belonging to the gathered people of God. There is not just one way to do intergenerational worship. In fact, as a family-based, intergenerational approach is pursued, it may well be discovered that there are many options to consider.
All ages participate in worship with a special emphasis on singing including both old and new songs.
A serious attempt is made to address all groups with dignity. This is achieved through the use of overhead, drama and other creative methods of message projection. The Scriptures are also communicated in creative ways. The telling of the story plainly takes up two thirds of the teaching time and then the message is taught in a deeper way, although possible loosing the children here for a while, they are picked up in the next stage again. These groups can be fully intergenerational or divided into sub-sections, ie.