The Church Year for Children


Book Description

Every child knows what is celebrated at Christmas. But what happens on holidays like Pentecost and Ascension Day? Who were Saint Martin and Saint Nicholas? What do we celebrate on Thanksgiving and All Saints' Day? Why do we dye Easter eggs? With this book, children actively discover the church year. Starting with Advent, there are child-friendly factual texts, explanatory illustrations and creative suggestions on how to organize these special times for each festival and each year.




My Book of the Church's Year


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This is a charming children's book that walks through the traditional Catholic liturgical year in its seasons and symbols, while highlighting some of our most beloved saints. The graphic design is brilliantly done -- no book compares with this one for a striking and memorable overview of the liturgical year. It makes a superb catechetical tool.




Children's Liturgical Calendar Activity Book


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An activity book for children that engages the whole family in preparing to celebrate the liturgical season of the church year. Includes a pull-out calendar that children can color and display. Ages 7-11. +




School Year, Church Year


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This amazing book will walk you through the school year, give you a crash course on the church's year, and suggest customs you can use with children of all ages from Advent to Easter, fall to summer. Decorate a classroom that will form your students in the tradition of biblical and liturgical images.




Around the Year in Children's Church


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Filled with fifty-two active, hands-on programs!




Come Worship with Me


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Follows the events of the Christian year, from Advent and Christmas through Easter and All Saints' Day back to Advent, and explains the meaning and symbolism of each holy day.




Stories of God at Home


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A method for families to share the biblical story at home and learn the practice of sharing one another’s stories as part of God’s Story. Using Godly Play® methods, Jerome Berryman offers families a way of nourishing faith in the home while supporting children’s spiritual growth through the practice of “storying,” our most ancient way of making meaning. This book offers “storying” rituals and techniques from Godly Play for exploring the meaning of Christmas, Easter, Creation, the Parable of the Good Shepherd, Pentecost, and the Trinity to give sustenance to the family’s flow, play, love, and spirituality. Stories of God at Home follows the rhythm of life’s cycles (birth, death, earth, life, God, and depth) in telling biblical stories and shows how parents and caretakers can grasp their role with children using classic children’s literature.




Welcome to the Church Year


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A tour through the dates, colors, and other traditions of the Church year. This third volume in the popular Morehouse series explains why we do what we do and when, and it does so in a user-friendly, thoroughly interesting way.




Creative Ideas for Children's Worship


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Ask almost any priest what his or her biggest headache is and the answer is likely to be 'coming up with ideas for including children in worship'. Here is the answer to those prayers - a whole year's worth of activities and ideas complete with artwork and visual aids. These sixty outlines have been developed and used in an Anglican parish church over the last eight years by a professional educationalist, artist and experienced children's church leader. The worship outlines include simple children's liturgies and a complete lesson or story plan that harmonizes with what the adults are doing in church on the same day. Through fun ideas, children encounter a real aspect of the Christian faith focused on a theme to be found in the Gospel of the day. Each outline includes a variety of options which make them workable with small and large groups of children or single groups of mixed ages. Illustrated throughout, the text and artwork appears on the accompanying CD Rom in full colour for downloading and printing or copying.




Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's the Church's Year


Book Description

A perfect book for family reading and study. In Part I of "The Church's Year, " texts and commentaries are included for the Epistles, Gospels, and most other Mass prayers (e.g., Introit, Collect, Gradual, etc.) for every Sunday and Holy Day of the Church's Liturgical Year. In Part II, "The Church's Year" covers the feastday Epistles and Gospels of the Saints. Edifying commentaries for both Parts are a manual of information concerning Catholic duties in Question & Answer format. Applicable instructions regarding Catholic doctrine, morals, and practice parallel the liturgy of the day. Particularly useful for those who do not have the benefit of regular sermons or catechism.c