A Story to Use for Holy Week –“Ragman”
Holy Week has arrived, and many of you out there may be looking for messages to share with your Bible study, small group, youth group, or other group. For you preachers out there, you may be checking...
View ArticleA New Children’s Bible You Need: Shine On!
The following review comes from the Summer 2014 issue of Episcopal Teacher, a publication of the Center for the Ministry of Teaching. Shine On: A Story Bible is a brand new volume, published in 2014...
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Easter Books for Children
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” -Matthew 28:5-6 Sharing the Easter Story with...
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9 Children’s Easter Books To Tell The Story of Jesus
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” -Matthew 28:5-6 Sharing the Easter Story with...
View ArticleA Story for Holy Week: “Ragman”
“‘Give me you rag,’ he said, tracing his own line on her cheek, ‘and I’ll give you mine.'” Planning for Holy Week Holy Week has arrived, and many church leaders out there may be looking for...
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9 Children’s Easter Books To Tell The Story of Jesus
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” -Matthew 28:5-6 Sharing the Easter Story with...
View ArticleA Story for Holy Week: “Ragman”
“‘Give me you rag,’ he said, tracing his own line on her cheek, ‘and I’ll give you mine.'” Planning for Holy Week Holy Week has arrived, and many church leaders out there may be looking for...
View ArticleAn Easter Children’s Sermon
I’m a big believer in giving the children’s sermon as much thought as I do any other part of worship. Creating A Children’s Easter Sermon Three years ago, I was desperately searching through books and...
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Webinar: Children’s Literature for Ministry
Children’s literature can be used in a variety of ways from preaching to children’s chapel and far beyond. In this webinar, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard and Miriam McKenney share practical wisdom on using...
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Webinar: Children’s Literature for Ministry
Children’s literature can be used in a variety of ways from preaching to children’s chapel and far beyond. In this webinar, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard and Miriam McKenney share practical wisdom on using...
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An Easter Children’s Sermon
I’m a big believer in giving the children’s sermon as much thought as I do any other part of worship. Creating A Children’s Easter Sermon Three years ago, I was desperately searching through books and...
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Holy Week Family Worship: Outline for Maundy Thursday & Good Friday
Offering families the tools to worship at home together is always important, but can be especially meaningful during Holy Week. Most families are able to participate in a boisterous Palm Sunday and...
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Story as a Path to Healing: An Activity for Youth
Brené Brown says the two most powerful words when we are in struggle are: “Me too.” These simple words can lift us out of loneliness in seconds. To know we are not alone. To understand we are seen. To...
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A Gentle Regathering: Practical Resources for Tending to Grief & Loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful in ways that many people have never before experienced. The extended length, level of uncertainty, and changing nature of the pandemic have led many to a place...
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Digital Nativity Story from Shapes of Ministry
Even before the move into virtual ministry, I struggled to find Bibles or picture books for children to use in my ministry. Some books don’t have enough text while others have so much that it’s hard...
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Creating a StoryWalk® for Faith Formation
Sharing stories is one of the best ways for children to grow in community and their own personal faith. During our time apart from each other due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we felt it was important to...
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Celebrating Ascension at the Airport
“The Ascension is essentially the flip side of Christmas. In December, we celebrate how the divine enters our ordinary human lives. In May, we honor how all that is ordinary, corporeal, and human is...
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