In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
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Sarah Bentley Allred serves as Project Director for Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative through Lifelong Learning at Virginia Seminary. Before joining Lifelong Learning, Sarah served as Director of Children and Youth Ministries for four years and then completed the M.Div. program at VTS with a focus on Christian formation. She is passionate about children’s spirituality, intergenerational worship, and small church formation. She loves local coffee shops, board games, the beach, and exploring new places with her husband, Richard, their daughter, Eleanor, and their dog, Grace. Find out more at sarahbentleyallred.com.
Sarah Bentley Allred serves as Project Director for Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative through Lifelong Learning at Virginia Seminary. Before joining Lifelong Learning, Sarah served as Director of Children and Youth Ministries for four years and then completed the M.Div. program at VTS with a focus on Christian formation. She is passionate about children’s spirituality, intergenerational worship, and small church formation. She loves local coffee shops, board games, the beach, and exploring new places with her husband, Richard, their daughter, Eleanor, and their dog, Grace. Find out more at sarahbentleyallred.com.

In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
Continue Reading about Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Intentionality
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
Continue Reading about Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Dignified Reciprocity
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
Continue Reading about Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Flexibility
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
Continue Reading about Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Empowerment
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
Continue Reading about Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Relationality
This article is part of a series on Intergenerational Formation Insights written after a literature review by the Roots & …
Continue Reading about Intergenerational Insights: What Is Intergenerational Ministry?
This article is part of a series on Intergenerational Formation Insights written after a literature review by the Roots & …
Continue Reading about Intergenerational Insights: The Age-and-Stage Ministry Model
If you have been part of a congregation where children are present during worship, you have probably heard someone comment about …
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This year’s Forma Annual Conference took place January 27–30, 2025. Our theme, "Come Away Together (Retirémonos Juntos)," came …
Continue Reading about “Faith in an Exhausted World”: Forma Conference 2025 Plenary Recording

The 2025 Forma Conference is sponsored by Episcopal Relief & Development as well as over two dozen other organizations and …
