Making Meaning Together
- Kim Carroll
- 11 minutes ago
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Manchaca United Methodist Church is Invited to the Making Meaning Together Initiative!
We are delighted to share exciting news with you: Our church has been selected to participate in the 2026 Making Meaning Together (MMT) Initiative— a grant-funded initiative designed to support congregations to reimagine corporate worship and prayer practices so that children are fully included, engaged, and spiritually nurtured.
Making Meaning Together exists to guide and support churches as they design and implement creative, intergenerational, and child-friendly worship experiences that reflect the gifts and needs of children ages 0–12. Through learning, listening practices with children, grant funding, resourcing, and ongoing support, MMT accompanies congregations as they cultivate worship that helps all ages encounter God together.
As part of this program, our church will receive:
Funding to support our project vision
Access to resources and learning opportunities
Participation in a cohort of churches from the Rio Texas and Michigan UMC Conferences who are exploring what it looks like to worship with children, not just around them
Our project focuses on:
Creating a Young Worship Leader Team to equip children ages 5-12 years old to become worship leaders, with a goal of having children regularly more fully present, participating and leading in every worship service throughout the year
Purchasing materials and creating spaces that will aid children in more meaningful participation in intergenerational worship settings
Educating and equipping parents and other interested adults in supporting and engaging children in intergenerational worship settings
We are grateful for this opportunity and excited for the ways God will work through this season of learning, listening, and growing. Please join us in praying for our leadership team, our children and families, our congregation, and the many partners across the MMT network as we begin this journey.
More information about Making Meaning Together can be found at:
We look forward to sharing updates with you along the way!
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