Considering the Children's Sermon Children's sermons. You either love them or hate them. They can be cute with no …
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Considering the Children's Sermon Children's sermons. You either love them or hate them. They can be cute with no …
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With the advent of using technology in curriculum, one of the media that can be tapped into successfully is the use of …
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Janie Stevens is the retired Missioner for Christian Formation in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. She is currently the chair of …

"Godly Play follows the circle of the church year. The lessons and room design exemplify how the child (or any age) experiences …
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"Let’s be real. Let’s not look only to the sky for rescue. Let’s look into the face of our brothers and sisters and there we will …
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"Consider our hearts as gardens, with beauty and nourishment to offer others, with weeds that need tending, with pruning to be …

I conducted an on-line survey from April 1 – May 1 to learn what curricula was being used in congregations with …
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This article is an adapted from Bill Gordh's "Building a Children's Chapel: One Story at a Time" (2007: Church Publishing). Bill …
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"The key to supporting different generations lies in understanding the drivers of the differences and leveraging unique …
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As we know, the root word for curriculum is currere - "a course to be run." Curriculum is one of many resources to help …
