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Always in Rehearsal: The Practice of Worship and the Presence of Children
By James H. Ritchie, Jr. (Discipleship Resources, 2005)
Warning: This book will create marvelous messes and changes in your worship! So writes an enthusiastic reviewer of Ritchie's latest book about how the generations (particularly, the younger ones) experience worship.
Authentic worship happens when the full community is together. Yes, that includes wiggling, loud-whispering, sometimes crying kids. Always in Rehearsal lays a foundation for including all God's children in worship and provides a wealth of ideas for implementing this approach in your congregation.
At Home with God: Family Devotions for the School Year
By Anne Broyles, Marilyn Brown Oden, Elizabeth Lynd Escamilla, Paul Lynd Escamilla
Many of today's families struggle in nurturing their children in the Christian faith beyond attending church services. Finding time at home to talk together about faith can be challenging when so much else demands attention. At Home with God gives families with school-age children (ages 6 to 11) solid spiritual help.
Children and the Sacraments Resource List
Children and Prayer: A Shared Pilgrimage
by Betty Shannon Cloyd. (The Upper Room, 1997.)
This resource helps parents enrich their children's prayer lives.
Children Worship!
by MaryJane Pierce Norton (Discipleship Resources)
A 13-session resource to help children learn how to participate more fully in worship.
Christian Education Resources for Teachers of Children
Director's Manual for Weekday Ministries
by Barbara Snell McLain (Discipleship Resources, 2003).
With increased emphasis in the media, and following the mandate of the Bishops' Initiative on Children and Poverty, many congregations are seeking to start a weekday ministry, expand current ministries, increase the congregation's involvement in weekday ministry, and/or find new ways to meet the needs of the community through a weekday ministry.
Family: The Forming Center, Revised Edition
by Marjorie Thompson (The Upper Room, 1997).
Thompson's book is one of the best books for stating the case for family as a center of faith.
The First Three Years: A Guide for Ministry with Infants, Toddlers & Two-Year-Olds (revised and updated)
edited by Mary Alice Gran. (Discipleship Resources, 2001)
This updated book offers many helps for a congregation's ministry with young children and their families. It includes information about nursery facilities, recruiting and training caregivers, support of parents, curriculum helps, administrative concerns, and more.
Growing Compassionate Kids: Helping Kids See Beyond Their Backyard
by Jan Johnson (The Upper Room). The author offers practical everyday ways for parents to help their children care about people in need.
Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations for Our Children
by Marian Wright Edelman. (HarperCollins, 2000)
This is a collection of prayers and mediations about loving and working with children
Job Descriptions & Leadership Training for Local Church Leaders 2005-2008
By Thomas R. Hawkins (Discipleship Resources, 2004)
This packet of job descriptions and suggestions for leadership training is intended for pastors and laity who want to strengthen their congregation’s leaders. It begins with a look at the biblical and theological foundations for the development of a leadership development system.
Let the Children Give: Time, Talents, Love and Money
By Delia Halverson
Let the Children Give provides adults the resources to demonstrate and teach a stewardship lifestyle to kids.
Let There Be Peace in the Classroom
by Jenni Douglas Duncan (Discipleship Resources, 2002).
What do I do if a child throws a tantrum? How do I deal with cliques? What do I do when children say they are bored? If you have ever asked these questions or others about classroom management, then Let There Be Peace in the Classroom is for you.
Making God Real for a New Generation: Ministry with Millennials Born from 1982 to 1999
by Craig Kennet Miller and MaryJane Pierce Norton
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the church today is to be God’s witness to our children and young people — to make God real for this new generation.
Parenting on Point: Leading Your Family Along God's Path
by James C. Williams. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002.
Parenting on Point walks parents through the important aspects of a parenting plan, with practical tips and an accompanying CD. A free discussion guide is available at www.cokesbury.com/teachablebooks.
Parents and Grandparents as Spiritual Guides: Nurturing Children of the Promise
by Betty Shannon Cloyd (The Upper Room).
The author explores the simple ways parents and grandparents can introduce children to the presence of God and nurture them spiritually.
Pockets
A devotional magazine for elementary-age children, is published by The Upper Room. To subscribe, call 1-800-925-6847.
ProActive Parenting
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004.
ProActive Parenting is a six-course DVD series. Courses include Parenting 101, Your Family and Money, Communication with Your Child or Teen, Handling Anger, Single Parenting, Discipline with Children and Teens. Student books are purchased separately.
Review of This Holy Mystery: A Study Guide for Children and Youth
With the publication of This Holy Mystery: A Study Guide for Children and Youth, United Methodist congregations can now offer ways for people of all ages to study and experience our official teaching document on Holy Communion, This Holy Mystery: A United Methodist Understanding of Holy Communion.
Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church
by Joy Thornburg Melton
Tragically, churches have not always been safe places for children. With this in mind, Joy Thornburg Melton outlines a process for developing policies and procedures to recongnize and reduce the risk of child abuse in the church. Safe Sanctuaries contains suggestions, sample forms, and more to help your congregation develop and implement a substantive plan of child abuse prevention. (Discipleship Resources, 1998)
Sprouts: Covenant Discipleship with Children (REVISED AND UPDATED)
by Edie Genung Harris and Shirley L. Ramsey
Sprouts is a Covenant Discipleship ministry for children grades 3-6. Sprouts children meet weekly to support one another in their efforts to live as disciples of Jesus Christ. In Sprouts groups, children work together to do acts that show love for God and for neighbor. (Discipleship Resources, 2002)
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man — A song for children
Your Baby Is for Loving
by MaryJane Pierce Norton (Abingdon Press, 2005)
The birth of a baby brings about marvelous experiences and relationships. But it is an adjustment for mothers, for fathers, for brothers and sisters; and being born is a tremendous shock to the baby. Your Baby Is for Loving will help all family members prepare for the new arrival.
Your Child Is Baptized (Set of 10 booklets)
by William H. Willimon (Discipleship Resources, 1980).
Attractive booklet designed for pastors to give to parents before or at the baptism of their children.
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