Faith Formation: Children's Ministry

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Building school wide Climate & Culture of Caring & Compassion
by teaching social emotional intelligence and life skills

• Student driven Conflict Resolution
• Classroom and school wide Community Building
• Awareness of respectful relationship interactions and interpersonal affect
• Preventative Restorative Justice Practice
• Classroom Management tool

Laura Stephens-Reed, in the CBF Blog, underscores Why Bringing in Young Families is not a Magic [Cure] for Your Congregation, as she underscores some key do's and don'ts with regard to welcoming young adults and young families.

Nurturing Young Faith created this report after surveying numerous global, interdenominational congregations.

Read the report. Take the new survey. Participate and learn how to move into what's possible.

 Traci Smith at Yale Divinity School talking about Empowering Parents to Practice Faith at Home.

Cathy’s Music is music where faith and fun meet. Your children will sing about the promises of God and the stories of God’s people and have fun at the same time.

Kid-friendly Christian songs that make a director’s job easy!

Real Kids Real Faith is reimagining how children’s spirituality looks, sounds, and acts in this moment.

Building Faith’s Top Picks for Children’s Ministry Curriculum

By BuildFaith Editors on Jul 11, 2023

Building Faith's annual Children's Ministry Roundup considers five types of Sunday School curriculum:

• lectionary-based
• Montessori-based
• rotation model
• story-based
• thematic
• their Intergenerational Picks can be found separately - here

Read the whole article here for their suggestions.

Our favorite children's curriculum are listed in our Sunday School Curricula lib guide.

See our age-specific areas for curriculum suggestions and what's In Our Library:

• Sunday school
• Affirmation of Baptism/Confirmation
• Youth Ministry
• Adults: Bible & Small Groups

By Sam Rainer, Op-ed Contributor | Wednesday, July 27, 2022

This intergenerational story shows readers that postcard materials hide everywhere--from cereal boxes to garden weeds--and includes an easy DIY project sure to spread kindness right off the page.

Download the free Postcard Project guide to help kids make their own unique postcard to send to a loved one.