As you probably already know, I am a young female minister. I’m a member of Generation X. This last Wednesday evening at Fairview Community Church we held an event that focused on Generations. Each Generation sees the world through its own particular lens based on the circumstances that affected that generation as it has grown up in the world. Gen Xers, like myself, see the world very differently than say, The GI Generation. It’s as though we come from different cultures. We have very different approaches to work, relationships, even church! So clearly this affects how we worship. Gen Xers tend to have a suspicion towards institution –well, that is authority in general. So a Gen Xer isn’t going to a respect a minister, just because she’s a minister. Whereas, another generation might have respect for a minister because of the title itself, and what it took to become a minister, that is, the qualifications necessary to be in the position. Some generations see the minister as someone who should strive to be without fault –while Gen Xers find authenticity in vulnerabilty. Obviously, we are all unique human beings, so we can’t make blanket generalizations about whole generations –but it is interesting to see how each generation relates to the other –and for our case, how they relate to worship in the church.
More on this to come… your thoughts?
