Faith Development & Education

Worship Resources

• Children's Sermons
• Making Room for Children is a brochure to hand out to parents who are bringing young children to worship. [brochure in rtf format]
• Worshiping with All Ages of God's Children is a document containing ideas for including children in the church community worship service.
• Resources from our United Church of Christ Partners, "Weekly Worship Activity Sheets based on the lectionary."
• The author of this blog has spent many years exploring how to welcome children into the congregation's worship service. Resources are related to the lectionary. It is always up-to-date and there is a way to ask questions and make suggestions.
• Every year the Pension Fund develops and publishes resource to use for the Week of the Ministry (October 16 – 22, 2011).  Excellent children and youth activities are always included.

Special Season Resources

Ideas for Advent and Christmas

• Advent Family Time
• Angel Breadfast
• Candy Kiss Angels
• Chrismons
• Christmas Hand Wreath
• Family Advent Wreath
• Four Drama Ideas for Telling Story of Christmas
• Four Intergenerational Advent Workshops 
• The No-rehearsal, Every-child-gets-a-part Christmas Pageant

Ideas for Lent and Easter

• A new ecumenical Lenten study guide: Journey to Lent, Journey to Learn: A Reflection on Public Education in God's World Today.
• A Journey to Easter: Lent Ideas for Families
• The Word of Life Lenten Prayer Chain Project
• Easy Prayer Chain Idea
• Easter Offering Basket Children's Moment

Children and Communion

• Children at the Lord's Table by John T, Hinant