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5 Illuminating Ways of Celebrating Holy Week with Children
Make room for Holy Week in family life with practices that invite reflection and connection. These five ideas include baking, daily prayer, giving coats, a symbolic egg hunt, and learning through an interfaith Seder, with links for exploring each activity further.
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6 Super Simple Spring Break Activities to Do With Kids
Make room for connection during spring break with simple activities indoors and out. Gardening, nature art, picnics, day trips, movie nights, and baking offer ways to follow children’s interests, share everyday discoveries, and create memories together without an elaborate plan.
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4 Fabulously Rich Ways to Celebrate Lent With Children
Invite children into Lent through learning, scripture, service, and prayer. These four approaches offer families ways to explore the season’s symbols, ask questions together, care for neighbors, and build simple practices that make space for reflection on the journey toward Easter.
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A Parent’s Essential Guide: Raising Happy Kids Who Thrive
Everyday rhythms offer opportunities to nurture children’s joy and independence. Explore eleven practices for family life, from outdoor play and quiet moments to gratitude, rest, and decision-making, with encouragement to make space for connection and children’s growing sense of self.
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4 Ways of Helping Parents Give Their Kids the Best Spiritual Formation
Parents do not need a seminary degree to nurture their children’s faith, but practical support can help. Explore four ways churches can equip families through discussion questions, online connection, parent gatherings, and resources that make room for spiritual formation at home.
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Best Sunday School Ever: 10 Simple Tactics to Engage Kids
A welcoming Sunday School classroom can grow from simple, thoughtful choices. Explore ten practices that support children’s participation, including shared agreements, predictable routines, leadership opportunities, and open questions, while treating their ideas as a meaningful part of everyone’s discovery of faith.
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The Spark Story Bible: A Journey through God’s Word – A Review
Short stories, lively illustrations, and room for children to participate shape The Spark Story Bible. Our review considers its strengths, including non-gendered language for God, alongside missing scripture references and a curious caterpillar, to help you assess its place in faith formation.
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Engaging Lenten Family Devotions and Lenten Coloring Pages
The 2018 edition of An Illustrated Lent for Families paired Gospel readings with coloring, conversation, prayer, and weekly fasting activities. This introduction explores how families could adapt the devotions for different ages and make space for faith formation in everyday life.
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6 Secrets for Recruiting Volunteers and Keeping Them Happy
A supported volunteer team begins with thoughtful invitations and room to use people’s gifts. These six approaches explore realistic expectations, personal connections, encouragement, and growing responsibility, helping ministry leaders recruit volunteers and nurture their sense of purpose and belonging.
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Giving Children’s Sermons: Crush It with These 6 Astoundingly Simple Tips
Children’s sermons can become moments of genuine connection when preparation and respect guide the experience. Find six practical suggestions for exploring scripture, sharing leadership, choosing age-appropriate language, and welcoming children as participants in worship rather than putting them on display.
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Reading the Psalms with Kids and Why You’re Going to Want to Start
Joy, anger, trust, and uncertainty all have a place in the Psalms. Explore how reading them with children can invite honest prayer, broaden images of God, and open conversations about their own feelings, experiences, and questions in everyday life.