If you are a craftsman . . . only look at your tools, your needle, your thimble, your beer barrel, your articles of trade, your …
Discovery Day: Helping Children Explore Spiritual Practices
Discovery Day moved us outside the Sunday School box, allowing adults in our community to share their gifts and children to …
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Holy Hikes with the Psalms
"Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness." 1 Chronicles 16: 29 The Psalms are replete with natural imagery. The …
A Blessing for Thanksgiving
For many of us, Thanksgiving and Christmas offer a break from the rapid pace of every day life, a sense of love and joy, and the …
Oriented to God: Community Illumination of Psalm 1
They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all …
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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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The Way of Love: Community Prayer Before Worship
Inspired by the Episcopal Church's Way of Love initiative, the wardens at St Luke's have been praying for their congregation …
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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 …
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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Blessing the Light: A Youth Activity for Candlemas
"Light kindles light and flame kindles flame. When God sets the world on fire with His love, in the life and death and …
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Your Spiritual Year In Review
"This spiritual practice of reflection is powerful and honors one year as it travels back into the Lord’s hands. Then my hands are …