This is a post of collected resources around the web for the season of Lent. Our Tuesday post with Tori Smit’s Family Devotion Guide for Lent was really popular, so thought you might enjoy some of these other ideas. Continue reading
Children’s Sermon Helps
Holly Inglis was kind enough to send her handouts from her recent workshop at the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators’ Annual Event 2015. The workshop was titled “Don’t be afraid of the children’s sermon!” The description follows: The children’s sermon is one of the most important elements of worship, yet is often a source of stress and anxiety for those preparing and those listening. These resources offer practical tips for managing and leading a time with children during worship, as well as, recommended resources for messages and tools for training volunteers to lead messages. Continue reading
Black History Month Intergenerational Model
Today I wanted to talk about a teaching model that my home church, Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia is using for all youth and adult classes this month. The RED (Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity) group of this multicultural congregation created a series of storytelling panels around the topic of schooling (something that both age groups share). Each week of this month a different mixed race panel of congregation members will talk about what school was like when they were growing up in the South. Continue reading
Lent through Easter Family Devotion Booklet
A Garden of Devotion, Conversation and Reflection for Lent and Easter: 2015
The special seasons of preparation for the church 
offer congregations the opportunity to support families in the developing and maintaining of good practices for faithful devotion as families at home. Parents are very clear that they believe that they ought to be the primary teachers of faith to their children, but often struggle with how they might do that. Parents want to share their faith with their children, but they often simply don’t know how to do it. Research also affirms that children learn faith best from their parents. So, the best thing that the church can do for our children is support and resource their parents in the ways and means of passing on their faith with those they love so much.
Here is one resource that congregations can give to families to help them do just that. Continue reading
Favorite Facebook Groups for Christian Education
There are man
y fine Facebook Groups connecting those doing Christian education in churches and other settings. Here are links to some of my favorites:
These all have the potential of ecumenical conversation. There are also groups that are specific for denominations, schools, and different roles, such as certified educators or doctoral students.
What are some of your favorites?
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