I’ve written about how to build a checkout library for children and households before in Creating a Children’s Lending Library for …
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I’ve written about how to build a checkout library for children and households before in Creating a Children’s Lending Library for …
Continue Reading about 20 Children’s Book Suggestions for Beginning a Checkout Library
As an educator, I live for the summer. I would say, “Don’t tell my students!” but they already know! As much as I relish walking …
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About a year ago, our Children’s Formation Committee decided to make a big change to the children's formation program. Our …
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When I started at St. John’s in Olney, Maryland, the church's biggest challenge was children's ministry. In its recent past, the …
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Looking for the “best” curriculum for your children's ministry? There are many options from a variety of publishers and …
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As the daylight creeps longer and trees begin to blossom, I put away our boots and mittens for (hopefully) a few months and dig …
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During the Easter season of 2020, when Christian formation could not take place onsite, I led an online intergenerational …
Throughout the church year, many appropriate opportunities for gift-giving arise, including confirmation, graduation, and thanks …
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Building Faith’s annual VBS curriculum review is here! If your community is gearing up for a summer Vacation Bible School or camp …
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As the church enters a new normal with COVID and people are moving back into the busy-ness of life, how can we be meaningfully …
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