Generational Anchor Points That Help Define or Shape a Generation

Name: The United Methodist Church
Address: 1908 Grand Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37212, US
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Elderhood (GI) 1905-1925	Older Adulthood (Silent) 1926-1945	Middle/Senior Adulthood Baby Boomers 1946-1964	Young/Middle Adulthood (Gen X) 1965-1982	Adolescence/Young Adulthood Millennials (Gen Y) 1982-2004

World War II (The Big War)	Korean War (The Forgotten War)	Vietnam War (The Protested War)	Desert Storm (The CNN War)	9/11/Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
Builders/Problem Solvers	Openly Uncertain/Facilitators	"Me" Generation/ Revolutionizers	Reactors/Pragmatists	Tolerant/Entitled
Conformity	Conciliatory	Individuality	Diversity	Confident
Depression	Rising Affluence	Economic Frustration	Rising National & Personal Debt	Prosperity to Recession
Save Money	Save & Spend Money	Spend Money	What Money?	Desire Wealth
Large Extended Family	Extended Family	Nuclear Family	Single Parent Family	Same Sex/Mixed Race Family/Family by Choice
Radio	B&W TV	Color TV/VCR	PCs	iPads
LP Record	Reel to Reel Tape	8 Track/Cassette	CD/DVD	MP3
Operator-Assisted Phone	Rotary Phone	Touchtone Phone	Cell & Digital Phones	Smartphones
Roosevelt	Truman/Eisenhower	JFK/Johnson/Nixon	Reagan/Bush/Clinton	Clinton/Bush/Obama
Big Band	Swing	Rock’n’Roll	Alternative	Rap
Prohibition	Alcohol/Cigarettes	Marijuana/LSD	Crack Cocaine	Meth/Ectasy
Sex Taboo	Birth Control/Early Marriages	The Pill Sexual Revolution	HIV/AIDS/STD Safe Sex	Hookups/Delaying Marriage
Farm	City/Town	Suburbia	Homeless	Bedroom Communities
Coffee	Instant Coffee	Cola	Bottled Water/ Designer Coffee	Lattes/Starbucks
Protestant	Rising Catholic	New Age & Cults	Spiritual Diversity	Nones or Mix & Match

Adapted from Information: Adult Ministries by Richard H. Gentzler Jr. Developed from the idea of "Generational Markers" found in Rocking the Ages: The Yankelovich Report on Generational Marketing by J. Walker Smith and Ann Clurman. HarperBusiness, 1997.

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