Fun!! 52 devotions (on per week) that make use of the ordinary things of life to demonstrate or experience spiritual truths. Each devotion includes the Bible basis, a list of equipment or supplies needed, a family activity, comments, questions to discuss and a closing prayer.

Before and After Easter: Activities and Ideas for Lent to Pentecost

Type: BOOK
Author: O'Neal, Debbie Trafton

( Children , Children's Ministry , Easter , Family Activities , General , Lent , Lenten Teaching Ideas , Pentecost )

Activities and ideas for families and those who work with children for observing the days of Lent, and for celebrating the season of Easter and the Day of Pentecost. Each day also offers a Bible passage for reading together.

Christ in Christmas: A Family Advent Celebration

Type: BOOK
Author: Dobson, Swindoll, Boice, and Sproul

( Advent , Christmas , Family , Family Activities , Family Devotions , General )

5 major advent devotionals for your family with hymns, prayers, Scriptures, Christmas carols, questions to ponder, and activities to help you build family traditions for years to come.

Christian Parenting for Peace and Justice: Program Guide

Type: BOOK
Author: McGinnis and McGinnis

( Children , Christian Life , Family Activities , Family/Parenting , General , Parenting , Shalom )

Program of study and action helps us understand Shalom - God's vision for wholeness, balance, peace, and fairness - as a guiding light for the way we live each day. Sessions provide practical ideas for how we can make a difference while we grow in faith.

Christmas in Bethlehem: A Pageant for Children of All Ages

Type: BOOK
Author: Boldenow, Jane

( Advent , Children , Christmas , Christmas Eve , Drama , Family Activities , General )

Complete worship service program providing children of all ages a chance to participate in an all-family Christmas pageant. Parts for 11 to 26 children and adults. Includes congregational singing of seasonal hymns.

Family Adventures Toward Shalom: Try This: Activities to Learn the Ways of Peace

Type: BOOK
Author:

( Adult , Children , Family Activities , General , Peace , Shalom )

Offers activities for children and adults to enjoy together in and around the home. Designed to help people of all ages grow in the values and skills of living toward the shalom vision.

Family Rituals

Type: BOOK
Author: Honea, Charla

( Family , Family Activities , General , Holidays )

A lovely book with many different families' rituals. Divided into rituals for special occasions, rituals for seasons of the year and rituals for mealtimes. A great way to get ideas and create your own family rituals.

Grandma's Bread - A Eucharist Film

Type: VHS
Author: St. Anthony Messenger Press

( Communion , Death/Dying , Family , Family Activities , General , Generations , Relationships )

This film deals with the death of the grandmother and a little boy named Mario, whose First Communion is approaching. In this short film you will see how Mario and his family deal with the grandmother's death and his First Communion.

Guidelines: Family Ministries

Type: BOOK
Author: Norton and Icaza-Willetts

( Family , Family Activities , Family Devotions , Family/Parenting , General , Training Volunteers )

Helping families become centers of faith formation.

Living More with Less: Study/Action Guide

Type: BOOK
Author: Friesen, Delores Histand

( Attitude , Christian Life , Family Activities , General , Intergenerational , Lifestyle , Small Groups )

Study guide suggesting projects, questions, goals and resources for each of the 15 chapters. Designed for personal reflection and group study - in intergenerational settings, family or small groups. Offers hope by breaking down concern into small manageable steps toward change.

Marketplace 29 A.D. A Bibletimes Experience: An Advent Program

Type: BOOK
Author: Goetz, Betty

( Advent , Church History , Family Activities , General , Programming )

Advent program for families and community. Complete guide to planning and implementing a unique experience for families. Families have experiences in different stations where they tangibly experience the events and anticipation leading the Savior's birth. (Like Peter's Walk programs)

One World, One Earth: Educating Children for Social Responsibility

Type: BOOK
Author: Hammond and Collins

( Camps , Earth , Education , Environment , Family Activities , Family/Parenting , General , Justice , Nature , Outreach , Parent/Child Relationship , Parenting , Peace , Social Justice , Teaching Aids , Violence )

Offers a playful, passionate spirit and a host of concrete suggestions for adults who want to help children grow up to be effective, resourceful and engaged adults. Includes sections especially for teachers, environmental educators, day camp counselors and of course parents working with children between ages 3 and 15.

Seasons of Peace: Reflections & Activities on Peace with Justice for Families and Small Groups

Type: BOOK
Author: Richardson, Beth A.

( Church Year , Family Activities , General , Justice , Peer Pressure , Small Groups , Social Justice )

Reflections & Activities on Peace with Justice for Families and Small Groups. Teaches how to live lives of peace with justice. Each section (correlated to the church year) has a scripture, meditation, prayer, hymn, reflection thought and activities relating to the scripture and the Christian season.

Seasons of the Christian Family: Stories for Home and Church

Type: BOOK
Author: McLarty, Philip W.

( Family , Family Activities , Family Devotions , General , Parenting , Worship )

48 vignettes illustrating the events of everyday experience helping the reader see that with God as our Parent and Jesus as our Brother, we are all related to one another. Appeals to parents and children who wish to understand and appropriate their family's unique worship traditions in their lives.

Survival Guide for Adults : Making a Difference

Type: VHS
Author: Wright, Dr. H. Norman

( Family , Family Activities , General , Ministry , Mission , Parenting )

Follows two families who have finally found what they were looking for. One moved to Guatemala...the other remained in the States. But they both found a greater purpose for their lives.

Survival Guide for Adults : Next Stop: Missionary Adventures

Type: VHS
Author: Wright, Dr. H. Norman

( Family , Family Activities , Family Devotions , General , Global , Ministry , Mission , Parenting , United States )

Examines ministry opportunities in our communities in the United States and around the world. We can all make a difference! Leader's guide contains 5-13 lessons with scriptures and discussions guides integrated with the videos.

Today's Parents - Everyday Challenges - Real Life Families - Part 2

Type: VHS
Author:

( Depression , Family , Family Activities , General , Parenting )

Tape two topics: 6. Dealing with the horrors of postpartum depression, 7. The expanding role of grandparents today, 8. Balancing work and family, 9. The family pet, 10. Families and recreation

Tween Spirituality: Opportunities in Preteen Spiritual Growth

Type: BOOK
Author: Stoner, Marcia Joslin

( Family Activities , Family Devotions , General , Spiritual Growth , Sunday School , Teaching Aids , Upper Elementary , Youth )

Provides the adults who work with and love tweens (4th-6th grade) some ways to nurture a tween's natural spirituality so that it develops into a lifelong relationship with God. Includes Sunday school ideas, other church settings, congregational life and family activities with reproducible articles for families, parents and teachers.

Vacation Time, Leisure Time, Any Time You Choose

Type: BOOK
Author: Calhoun, Mary

( Christian Education , Church Holidays , Education , Family Activities , Fellowship , General )

A process Manual: Planning for and administering a variety of leisure education settings for children through adults.

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