NextGen Conversations: Discipling Children with Rev. Tadd Kruithoff

This week we’re in conversation with Rev. Tadd Kruithoff to discuss how Trinity UMC in Piedmont, Missouri, does discipleship. Instead of focusing on facts alone, Kruithoff and his team lean into the relational aspect of discipleship through Holy Listening. This method allows kids to lead the conversation and share about their own lives in their own words while volunteers simply guide the conversation, teaching children to see God in everyday life.

Resources

• Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together by Lacy Finn Borgo
• General Overview of Holy Listening
• Helpful videos and spiritual formation curriculum: GoodDirtMinistries.org
• Helpful items for accompanying children in their life with God: www.kutsucompanions.com