Outcomes and Initiatives

The Generous Generations group (now known as "GenG") has begun work on a variety of activities and resources. They are also looking at a GenG “Launch Experience” (inspired by the Journey of Generosity; although unique in its expression), which is geared toward families, churches, and potentially social media (YouTube, TikTok, gaming, etc.).

The Global Connections group wrestled with how we can be infectious carriers in the steps we take forward. We want to be intentional about the networks and churches we engage with. We want to empower key voices and champions.

The current focus is to develop a roadmap for the next three years — the first steps of which are to work on a simple descriptor, a longer statement and a theological framework to help others engage collaboratively.

We recognise the central role of local churches as they minister with and to families. We want to invest in this area by the following:

• A survival kit for pastors (they have broken families too)
• A church resource called ‘Family Day’ to help families come together and have fun and work on support, relationships, rhythm and priorities

We are focusing on building a toolkit which will incorporate the following:

• A video for communities and churches
• A manual for mothers (Solo Mama)
• A game to be played by a family to talk about what they like and don’t like in the way they interact with each other — a good way to listen to children

Digital is relevant to all the groups and continues to support the development and communication of projects. We are also working on the following:

• Developing the use of the gcf.community website and exploring how that can support the wider community
• Exploring how we get Families on Mission resources to people — both equipping and empowering. For example, we are looking at developing templates and resources for organisations to help them begin making new Families on Mission resources

The family.fit program continues to excite and inspire. We are currently working on the following:

• Extending the training available on the website and making that more accessible for training schools
• Recording multi-language video explaining FF to pastors
• Improving current videos by adding subtitles to improve clarity
• Training material for family.fit distributed to 70+ schools
• Social media team has been formed to create new family.fit content
• A WhatsApp Group for family.fit champions has been created to support, share ideas and encourage one another as a community of best practice.

Parents are important! They are foundational to families, role models and responsible for leading families on mission. Amongst many ideas, there are two which are focusing on first:

• A keystone resource as a practical guide for families to come alongside other families in their missional journey
• A resource for church leaders to train on parenting

The role of grandparents can be hugely significant. We are currently working on the following:

• Creating a first steps resource: 10 ideas for grandparents to be on mission (to be available both online and in print)
• Working on a resource pack for churches to raise the profile of using these resources