ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Chris Barnett is the Executive General Manager of Intergen, an Australian organization committed to resourcing and supporting ministry with children and their families, with an emphasis on intergenerationality. Chris brings to the intergenerational space a wealth of experience, a heart for connecting, and a commitment to facilitating learning together. More known as a curator, rather than creator, and sharer of resources, Chris has nevertheless contributed to a number of key intergenerational resources, including Intergenerate, Engage All Generations, Messy Discipleship, and Being an Intergenerational Church: A Commitment. A Vision. An Invitation.

Dr. Valerie M. Grissom serves as the Chair of the Intergenerate Team, whose mission is to bring the generations of the church together. As a worship leader and pastor for over 20 years, and now a certified candidate for ordination as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Northwest Coast Presbytery (PC-USA), Valerie provides research, writing, speaking, coaching, and mentoring regarding intergenerational and intercultural worship. Valerie recently edited the book All Ages Becoming: Intergenerational Practice in the Formation of God's People.

Wendy Claire Barrie is Canon for Intergenerational Ministries at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle. She is the author of Faith at Home: A Handbook for Cautiously Christian Parents and is (still) finishing up her second book, The Church Post-Sunday School: How to Be Intergenerational and Why it Matters. Wendy has served eight Episcopal congregations on both coasts over the last 30-plus years, and is the creator of an intergenerational curriculum for the book Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints by Daneen Akers.