{"id":3033,"date":"2014-08-25T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2014-08-25T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T18:14:42","slug":"nextgen1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2014\/08\/nextgen1\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging &amp; Developing the Next Generation (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>by Jessica Perez<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">I have always loved working with students. In fact, before I joined our staff full time as the music director, I spent many years on student ministry staff &amp; teaching music in public school. I believe in the next generation &amp; feel a heavy responsibility &amp; calling to raise them up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few years ago, I had a moment of seeing students graduate &amp; move on, underdeveloped, &amp; I felt God say to me, \u201cShame on you!\u201d That sounds harsh. But it was a sinking feeling in my gut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2072 alignright\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em\" alt=\"IMG_9474\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9474-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At that moment, I vowed to not become complacent about the next generation &amp; the potential in them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s a huge challenge as parents &amp; ministry leaders to guide our children &amp; students to discover their passions &amp; gifts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">Besides, if we can unlock their potential &amp; they become active volunteers &amp; leaders around church, it builds our teams. Give them opportunities &amp; environments where they can try things out &amp; begin growing \u2013 especially as creative people in the church. Sometimes if you\u2019re discouraged that there just aren\u2019t any people around to join your band, choir, tech teams-engage with your middle school &amp; high school students. To be a multigenerational church, it&#8217;s going to take intentionality, energy &amp; an action plan.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">You have potential right in your midst that just needs unlocked.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">Carly Fiorina just spoke on unlocking potential at the Global Leadership Summit last week. She said, \u201cEveryone has potential. Everyone has more potential than most of us realize. Human potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Carly Fiorina also said, \u201cLeaders change the order of things.\u201d \u201cThe highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Here&#8217;s a quick hit list of my Action Steps:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2071 alignright\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;border-color: #bbbbbb;background-color: #eeeeee\" alt=\"IMG_9472\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9472-300x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/>Keep your team &amp; music selection current. Set a goal to eventually include a student a week.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Spend time one on one \u2013 sing, play, laugh, get comfortable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Follow up \u2013 sing, play the music they\u2019re working on.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Invite them to participate in a weekend.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Get together again &amp; prepare 2 more songs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Feature them co-leading on a weekend. Set them up to succeed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">Start scheduling 15 yr olds &amp; older regularly. 1-2 times a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Build up to leading a whole song.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lead the song 2 times in a row, 3 weeks apart.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">Give feedback early &amp; often. Encourage them to watch themselves back on video &amp; bring in notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now they\u2019re ready to lead their best song in a big service \u2013 Easter\/Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">[You know I can\u2019t end without a few pictures\u2026]<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">High School Girl Takeover Weekend!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9261.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2070\" alt=\"High school girl take over\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9261-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a style=\"line-height: 1.4em\" href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/194.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2100\" alt=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/194-240x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Other fun features with our 8th graders &#8211; 11th graders&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.4em\" href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10371508_10152079229441331_4511440029515189185_n.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2101\" alt=\"10371508_10152079229441331_4511440029515189185_n\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10371508_10152079229441331_4511440029515189185_n-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a style=\"line-height: 1.4em\" href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_7304-copy.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2092\" alt=\"img_7304 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_7304-copy-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2073\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em\" alt=\"Kids Camp\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8642-300x300.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Turner (high school student on the left) was the main photographer\/videographer for kids camps this summer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8748.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2075\" alt=\"IMG_8748\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8748-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMateo, then 8th grader, getting all of us grown ups into my RV out back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10372241_10152480985664267_2274300277642059378_n.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3033]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2102\" alt=\"10372241_10152480985664267_2274300277642059378_n\" src=\"http:\/\/creatingwithjessicaperez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10372241_10152480985664267_2274300277642059378_n-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Check out some of the full services led by students <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user12219820\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Jessica Perez serves as the Worship &amp; Creative Arts Director\u00a0at Crossroads Covenant Church in Loveland, CO. This is the first part of a series on intergenerational worship we&#8217;ll be featuring here at Worship Connect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3033&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jessica Perez I have always loved working with students. In fact, before I joined our staff full time as the music director, I spent many years on student ministry staff &amp; teaching music in public school. I believe in the next generation &amp; feel a heavy responsibility &amp; calling to raise them up. 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Though he was born and raised in Rochester NY, Chris is a third-culture child, a dual citizen of the United States and Switzerland. In addition to voice and guitar, he is also plays French Horn and Saxophone. His wife Liz is also a musician, and they have been married since 2004. They have three kids, a daughter named Aurora (Rori), a son named Caedmon (CJ), and a daughter named Brielle (Bria). He graduated with a self-designed B.A. in Music in Christianity from the University of Rochester, studying and writing on the interactions between music and the Christian faith in the postmodern paradigm. He received his M.A. from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2008 in Intercultural Studies, an Anthropology and Sociology degree that specializes in Christian Missions. He\u2019s been a missionary in Australia, India, Mexico, and Haiti, and has served as a worship pastor previously in Mitchell SD and Lenexa KS. His passion is to see worship become a missional endeavor, that the Church understand their faith in the broader context of the imitation of God and participation in the Kingdom of Heaven, rather than as an event on Sunday mornings. He hopes one day to do a PhD in Anthropology, studying how our worship practices ought to be understood in relationship to the changing cultural landscape of the Western world. Chris is also a photographer, and enjoys days out with his family and camera. He loves to read, to scuba dive, and to kayak. 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