Families consist of parents and children as well as singles, young and old. Each table group designs a poster and discusses the day's theme. Mount Olive is a pilot church for intergenerational learning projects. Visitors attend to learn how to set up similar activities in their congregations. The program has rapidly increased in popularity since its inception a year and a half ago.
Participants are exuberant.
The only drawback is that the events take a lot of preparation time, but it's definitely worth it, G lass says. The program gives Sunday school teachers a break in their routine, alleviates burnout and attracts more teachers because they know they will have a break. The only kind of religious education that lasts is that which is reinforced by the family. The Christian church must hold families together. This can be accomplished through intergenerational learning and growing events.