'Maundy' comes from the word mandate, as it is at the Last Supper that Jesus tells his followers, "A new command I give you: love …
Worry Eaters Make Good Prayer Partners
Worry Eaters help children to express their anxieties and set them down (or zip them away) for a while rather than carrying them …
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Creating Prayer Bottles
Children's spontaneous prayer—connecting to the wonder and love of God—is a gift for the whole family to explore. The season of …
Vibrant Worship for All Ages
What Congregations Practicing Intergenerational Worship Have In Common What is “intergenerational worship”? “Intergenerational …
A Finger Labyrinth Project For All Ages
Finger labyrinths are versatile faith formation tools for all ages. Finger labyrinths are great for all ages; we have used them as …
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Practicing Prayer Intergenerationally
Our goal was to strengthen the prayer life of each child, but an added bonus has been the development of new relationships between …
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Shrove Tuesday at Home
Shrove Tuesday is an occasion to encourage members to consider hosting a “Fat Tuesday” dinner in their own homes and invite …
Keeping the Feast: 12 Days of Christmas
"Early on the Second Day of Christmas, I was thinking about a creative way to “keep the feast” that might fill actually fill my …
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Come to the Manger
Christ Church in Alexandria Virginia has far more worshippers on Christmas Eve than we could ever reasonably accommodate in our …
Free Family-Friendly Resources for Advent
"But what the season of Advent tries to teach us is how to wait and to not lose heart, to live in hopeful patience. We rehearse …
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