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 …
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Neurodiversity in the Classroom: Creating A More Inclusive Sunday School
Every Sunday School classroom is neurodiverse. This is true even if you’ve never heard this term before and even if you don’t think that any of the children in your class have a …
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Drive-Through Journey to Bethlehem
Due to the limitations on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, we dreamed up a way for people to safely enter into the Christmas story. We created a Journey to Bethlehem …
Helping Children Prepare for Worship: Objects, Practices & Support
Taking time to prepare to cross the threshold into church with intention and readiness helps people of all ages worship more deeply.The world outside us is noisy and …
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Live Clue: Bring the Board Game to Life for Youth & Adults
I love doing fun and creative events with my youth group. One of these special events is a LIVE CLUE Night. Do you know the classic detective board game? We play it in person! This …
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Pandemic Times in a Small Church: Using Our Gifts to Celebrate Our Gifts
Eleven years ago, I left the parish where I had been a staff member for children’s ministries for 26 years, and joined a small, diverse, welcoming congregation in a nearby town, …
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Sharing the Pentecost Story with Video & Activities
Pentecost has the potential to be one of the most ridiculously fun days of the entire liturgical year, in my opinion. It’s not every weekend you get to launch things into the air …
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Walking a Labyrinth in a Distanced Manner
When you read the word labyrinth what comes to mind? Do you remember the first time you heard about a labyrinth? Was it with Jim Henson and David Bowie in 1986? Was it …
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Pandemic Ministry Burnout
Being human over the last eleven months has been challenging in unprecedented ways. Ways that were simply unimaginable a year ago. The particularities of our circumstances may be …
A Simple Practice for Using Prayer Beads
In a multi-tasking, stressful and just overall busy life, the gentle sound of the beads of my rosary leaving my pocket has become like a church bell calling me to worship. It is …
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