Welcome to the Lifelong Faith. . . 

Lent 2022 Curated Resources Are Online Now - ​Go to Lent 2020

Design Lifelong Faith Formation Networks & Playlists
​with the Curated Resources in the Studio

The Lifelong Faith Studio provides curated digital resources - from a variety of Christian faith traditions - for children, adolescents, adults, and families ​to assist leaders in building networks of faith formation and playlists of learning. ​

​The curated resources in the Studio are organized around the ten goals for maturing in faith described in the Lifelong Faith book.

We have selected a variety of digital resources that are either free or low cost that you can use to develop online faith formation programming for all ages in your faith community in virtual and blended settings. 

The resources listed can be used in designing online and hybrid faith formation programming and playlists, and adding content to faith formation websites for children, adolescents, adults, families, and all generations. 
​It's important for you to determine if a resource is appropriate for your congregation. Develop evaluation criteria to review all resources. Consider the following categories for evaluating a resource: 
  • biblical content & interpretation
  • theological content and emphasis
  • developmental appropriateness
  • ethnic-cultural appropriateness
  • inclusive of diversity
  • respect for diverse ways of learning
  • appearance and visual appeal
  • ease-of-use
  • quality of experience
  • ability to be incorporated into daily and home life. 
​The Faith Formation Playlists Training Program, created by Kathy Pittenger, is a three-part video series that focuses on how your church can utilize playlists in faith formation with all ages. Part One defines and presents an overview of playlists. Part Two digs deeper into approaches to playlists with examples. Part Three focusses on building a playlist. The video also presents how-tos for curating, building, and implementing playlists. At the end of the video series you will be able to define a faith formation playlist, view examples of different models, and have resources for curating and building your own playlis

Inside the Studio

Lifelong Faith - Websites & Resources

LifelongFaith.com has been re-designed around the seven elements of lifelong faith formation to assist you in using the book and online resources to create lifelong faith formation in your church.

In addition, the Lifelong Faith Library includes all of the WHAT IF... articles, the six Lifelong Faith Books available to download for free, the back issues of the Lifelong Faith Journal, and the 2021 Webinar videos and handouts for our sponsoring organizations. ​

The Lifelong Faith book and the LifelongFaith.com website work together to guide you in developing lifelong faith formation in your church community
LifelongFaithTraining.com provides free video-based training developed by the Lifelong Faith Team of veteran faith formation leaders. Our goal is to equip leaders with the knowledge, practices, and skills for designing, leading, and organizing lifelong faith formation in their churches. Each video program is one hour in length, presented in multiple parts for easy viewing, and includes a "Resources" page with articles and design tools. 

​Training Programs & Presenters
  • ​Children's Faith Formation - with Dr. Tanya Campen
  • Adolescent Faith Formation - with Rev. Michael Droege
  • Young Adult Faith Formation - with Sarah Jarzembowski
  • Adult Faith Formation - with Janet Schaeffler, OP
  • Family Faith Formation - with Denise Utter
  • Intergenerational faith formation - with Dr. Kathie Amidei
  • Milestones Faith Formation - with Debbie Streicher
  • Lifelong Faith Formation Models - with Catherine LaVecchia 
  • Faith Pathways - with Rev. Kathy Pittenger
  • Playlist Faith Formation - with Rev. Kathy Pittenger
  • Community and Relationship Building - with Jane Angha 
  • Organizing for Faith Formation - with Rev. Christine Hides
  • Design & Implementation of Programming - with Jim Merhaut
Lifelong Faith: Formation for All Ages and Generations presents a vision and practices for developing lifelong faith formation using seven key elements: 
  1. Goals for maturing in faith
  2. Practices for forming a Christian way of life
  3. Intergenerational faith formation through Christian community
  4. Family faith formation with three generations
  5. Networks for forming faith with all ages: children, adolescents, adults, and families
  6. Pathways for personalizing faith formation
  7. Playlists for engaging people of all ages in faith formation 
The Lifelong Faith book describes how to integrate the elements into a network plan and how to create a model of lifelong faith formation. The book concludes with chapters on building capacity for lifelong faith formation and the emerging roles for leaders in lifelong faith formation. ​