Faith Formation: Children & Families

God’s Big Easter Story: A Holy Week Journey for Families provides your family with a simple, meaningful way to grow in faith together as you remember the events leading up to Jesus’ death and celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.

From Illustrated Ministry:

• This is My Body Lenten Worship Liturgy Set
• This is My Body Lenten Devotional (illustrated and text-only editions)
• An Illustrated Lent for Families: This is My Body

• 2022's God Is Still with Us Family Devotional
• Lenten and Easter At-Home Kits

Also from Illustrated Ministry:

• Reflections on the Heart
• Reflections on Giving
• Reflections on Prayer
• Reflections on Fasting

Lent in a Box from Church Anew

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Equipping Event (in-person or online - register below)
• Two Sermon Series options
• Worship Resources
• Daily Devotional
• Graphics for worship and social media
• Instructions for a Spiritual Practice
• Children’s Ministry Content
• Communication ideas

Family Faith Formation Resources | Lent

from Faith Formation Ministries

Pathway to Easter: A Simple "Lent in a Bag" Activity for Families

Wilderness Travelogue: Stories of Faith, Doubt, and Longing - Lenten Family Toolkit

Leader resources available now!

Family resources posted weekly March 2 – April 13, 2022 

Following are the themes and texts for each week:

• Ash Wednesday (March 2): Into the Wilderness
• Lent 1 (March 6): The Wilderness of Fear
• Lent 2 (March 13): The Wilderness of Grief
• Lent 3 (March 20): The Wilderness of Loneliness/Isolation
• Lent 4 (March 27): The Wilderness of Self-Doubt
• Lent 5 (April 3): The Wilderness of Too-Muchness
• Lent 6 (April 10): The Wilderness of Betrayal
• Holy Week/Easter (April 11-17)

Traci Smith (of Faithful Families) shares a video series on Atonement Theory. See A Theology of the Cross and Children: Beyond Substitutionary Atonement with Laura Alary and Rethinking Original Sin: A Conversation with Traci Smith and Danielle Shroyer as starters.

READ & SHARE WILD HOPE: STORIES FROM THE VANISHING THIS LENT!!!

SEE/SHARE THE TRAILER HERE.

FIND THE DISCUSSION GUIDE HERE.

Tips to Celebrate Easter's Spiritual Meaning with Kids

How to Talk with Your Kids about Good Friday

(for congregational use)        (for family use)

Faith Alive Christian Resources offers a Lenten Faith Formation Resources list and two Great Ideas: Help Kids Count Down to Easter and Shrove Tuesday Party Packs.