Growing up our family had one of the Avon Christmas Count-Down Calendars from 1987 with the mouse that moved from one …
Faith Formation at Home: Creating Engaging Videos for Kids
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, the StoryMakers team saw a new opportunity to equip parents for spiritual formation by creating …
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Choosing a Children’s Bible: 12 Recommendations
We know that engagement with the Bible is critical to faith development at all stages, and a tremendous variety of children’s …
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Candlewalk: An Interactive Evening Prayer Practice
Simple, routine family prayer practices remind us of who we are, create belonging and an environment of emotional and spiritual …
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Becoming Holy Rascals: Blending The Sacred With Playful Imagination
A “holy rascal” like this hardly needs ZOOM to get into the Kingdom--they are already IN, asking us to go out and play and …
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Processing Grief and Death with Picture Books
Have you found a particular picture book helpful in talking with children and their families about death? Please let us know in …
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Lent Resources from Publishers
This year we asked for three "top picks" from each of these publishers. Each publisher has so much more to offer, so please visit …
Ash Wednesday for Families
Use this simple liturgy to make Ash Wednesday accessible to people of all ages. We wanted to make Ash Wednesday, a day …
When Should Children First Receive Communion? Responding to Questions from Parents
Children's faces light up as I crouch down a bit to give them a communion wafer. They spread their fingers as wide as they …
Tips for Creating a Three-Year Cycle of Godly Play® Stories
There is no standard Godly Play program.... Each setting has a unique context, so they each need a different story …
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Connecting Camp & Church: How Congregations Can Reinforce the Faith Formation Experiences of Camp
While camp settings are unique and designed especially well for community building, there are lots of ways to bring the connection …
The Children’s Sermon: Forming Adults to Teach the Faith
Demonstration teaching is when teachers learn a new strategy or skill by watching it “live” ... I began to adopt this mindset when …
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