What (Or Who) are the Net-Gen?
(aka Millenials, Gen Y)

• "Generations X, Y Face a Defining Moment" The Aftermath of 9/11 from ABCNews.com.
• The Growing Up Digital Website: Home of the N-Gen Community of Don Tapscott, author of Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
  • The Generation "Lap": kids lapping adults on the technology track
  • Order the book from amazon.com
• Millenial Generation Y Internet Onramp: Comprehensive links from Reaching the Generations for Jesus
• The Millenial Files: The New Demographic-Technological Model. Site exploring implications of the Howe/Strauss research into Generations. Comprehensive discussion groups and resources.
• "Defining Generation Y": from Youthwork Magazine
• "Generation 2001: A Survey of the First College Graduating
  Class of the New Millennium": a survey conducted by Northwestern Mutual (you'll need adobe acrobat reader to read it. worth the download.)
  Press Release: Generation 2001: Optimistic, yet concerned
• "The Fourth Turning: Millenial Power Rangers" an excerpt from the book by Neil Howe and William Strauss
• "Some Tips on Marketing to Generation Y' A list of demographics and defining generational values from a marketing magazine
• "The Millenial Generation (Generation Y, Don't Call them That!") : insightful site with passion and informational depth on ministering to the next generations.

Ministry with Them

• "The Class of '00:" Millenial teenagers are forcing the church to rethink Youth Ministry. From Christianity Today
  • Part 2 of The Class of '00
  • "Part 3 of the Class of '00"
• The Workshop/Rotation Model Website: The Workshop Rotation Model.......a creative ...practical ...kid-friendly
  ...teacher-friendly ...facility transforming ...multimedia ...multiple intelligences ...grassroots inspired model for Sunday School  that encourages both learning and returning,
  having fun and having faith.
  • Brief Model Description
  • Longer Description

Their Future

• Underwire's Changing Survey on Faith in the new millenium
  • "Yes, Kids, There is a God": How can the godless teach their kids about God?
  • "Spiritual Predictions for the 21st Century:" New Age goes mainstream
  • "The new New Age" Changing face of personal spirituality

Last Updated: November 22, 2002