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Reaching Out to the 21st Century Family                                                       

Leader:   Alan Akridge

Date:       Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Time:       8:00 pm Eastern  (one hour teleclass) --  7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific

Cost:       $10.00  

Class#:    CMC-EV100       

"We need more young families!"  If you find your congregation saying this, register for this class to discover who they are and what they want.  What does it mean to be a "young family" in the 21st century?    What are their values?  What do they search for in a church?  And how can we reach out to them? The answers to these questions may surprise you. They elicit new ways of thinking about -- and doing -- ministry to and with the families in our congregations and communities.

This introductory conference will demystify the demographic groups known as "Generation X" -- people born from approximately 1962 to 1982 --  and their children (Generation Y, or "echo boomers").  We'll provide insight into how congregations can reach out to them.  We'll explore key ways to attract these young families, to minister to them, and to challenge them to be involved, committed people of faith.

  Alan Akridge is the youth and family associate at Saint Alban's Episcopal Church in Hickory, NC.  Prior to his arrival in Hickory, in 2001, Alan was the youth and family minister at Christ Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan for 3 1/2 years.  A graduate of Auburn University with a BA and Virginia Seminary with an MTS (Master of Theological Studies), Alan completed his M.Div. equivalency at Wake Forest Divinity School in Winston Salem, NC.  He is a congregational development consultant and the co-founder of the Epiphany Institute.  Mostly, Alan is a priest, father, and husband (though not necessarily in that order.)

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