Chosen Together: Cross+Gen Coaching

Introduction

Have you been trying to shoehorn your confirmation program into a “one-size-fits-all” curriculum?
Do you have specific needs to address, or a unique format that you want to use in your confirmation ministry, but are not sure how available curricula can address them?
Do you want to move your confirmation ministry from the “right” answers to a ministry focused on building relationships within confirmands’ families and connecting them with the whole congregation?

Welcome to a unique new confirmation curriculum: Chosen Together: A Cross+Gen Confirmation Experience! Created by Natalie Gessert Hall, Chosen Together is an innovative approach to confirmation. Chosen Together is more than a standard confirmation curriculum, it is a personalized approach to transform your confirmation program into an inclusive, flexible, and relationship-building experience that will engage confirmands, families, and your entire congregation in the conversation.

With Chosen Together, everyone is a teacher, everyone is a learner, everyone is valued, and everyone is chosen in Christ together.

Find out more information about the Chosen Together curriculum!

A Personalized Approach

One of the several aspects of this product that are unique in the industry is that bundled with the Chosen Together curriculum is a personal consultation with the creator and writer of these materials, Natalie Gessert Hall.

There are two options for this personal consultation:

Full Consultation
Limited Consultation

Consultation Options

Full Consultation (2 hours for $200)

For a full consultation, Natalie contacts your congregational representatives for information to customize the curriculum materials with appropriate details about your congregation, so that in addition to your congregation’s name throughout the materials, they will include congregation-specific contact information and community-based contacts in the written materials themselves.
Materials are returned to the congregation within 7 days of initial conversation.
An hour-long conversation is scheduled via phone, conference call, or video chat with your leadership team for an extended conversation about:
- Your context and priorities.
- What format is the best fit for your confirmands, their family members, and the congregation.
- Addressing your congregation’s needs, preferences, and culture to provide recommendations on how to most effectively implement the confirmation curriculum within your particular congregational context.
This option is best for congregations who are new to cross+generational ministry or have limited experience with cross+generational faith formation and would find support useful in implementing this style of church-wide learning in their congregation.

Limited Consultation (1 hour, $100)

For a limited consultation, Natalie contacts your congregational representatives for information to customize the curriculum materials with appropriate details about your congregation, so that in addition to your congregation’s name throughout the materials, they will include congregation-specific contact information and community-based contacts in the written materials themselves.
Materials are returned to the congregation within 7 days of initial conversation.
This option is best for congregations that have experience with cross+generational faith formation and are confident about implementing this style of church-wide learning in their congregation.

Purchasing additional hours of consultation can be discussed with the writer. The writer is also available to speak on this topic in congregations, workshops, conferences, and other gatherings. Contact the publisher for more information.

The Cross+Gen Advantage

Cross+gen is shorthand for “cross-generational,” meaning that all people of every age and stage of life benefit most when they are in conversation together. Every person has insight and energy to share! By encouraging regular faith conversations at home, at church, and beyond, Chosen Together helps confirmands connect Christian faith with life experiences, relationships, decision-making, and a sense of vocation and calling. Chosen Together helps confirmands recognize their place in God’s story. Therefore, they are equipped together to share experiences of God and the content of Christian faith.

Read more about this on our What is Cross+Gen Ministry? webpage.

Ordering & Scheduling Information

To order, go to the Chosen Together product page and select either Full Consultation or Limited Consultation as well as your best estimate of the attendance range of your confirmation ministry. You only ever need to have a quantity of one. After you add the product to your cart and complete the rest of your shopping, you can proceed to checkout. There, complete the form and select your payment type.

All lesson materials are available as digital downloads (PDF files) for printing or using electronically. The end user licensing agreement (EULA) allows congregations to download, print, and use the curriculum lessons as often as you would like if the use remains in the purchasing congregation.

After your payment is processed, you can download the materials from your Customer Account as soon as each unit is released (See the current Release Dates page for details). Each unit comes in a single compressed (ZIP) file, which your operating system should be able to open and extract the folders and PDF files, at which point you can read, print, and/or share with your teachers as you please! The materials you download will be “generic,” while personalized materials will be emailed to you by Pastor Natalie after your coaching conversation.

After your order is complete, Pastor Natalie will contact you to schedule your coaching conversation.

For more detailed information on ordering, downloading, and other topics, please go to our Customer Service FAQ page.

Small Congregation Discount

Small congregations with annual receipts (income) of $250,000 or less may request a discount from the publisher to receive 50% off the consultation fee. For more information or to apply for the discount, please complete the Request for Discount form and email (or mail) it to the publisher directly at G.Rawn@SpiritAndTruthPublishing.com. Requests will be processed within 5 business days.