Youth Programs and CurriculaQuestions for your parish to consider Who is our audience?
Go here for more information on planning your program To find more information about choosing curriculum, click here. Recommended Curricula
There are so many good curricula out there, but many of them are prohibitive because of cost or the time it takes to implement them well. Read the descriptions below to see what we recommend.
Lesson Plans that Work is a free downloadable resource for younger children, older children and adults. It is lectionary based and pretty easy to use for beginning teachers, and open enough for experience teachers to be creative. It is also Episcopal. episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/lessons/
Weaving God's Promises is also downloadable, but there is a cost associated. We have purchased a Diocesan license, so if you'd like to use it and are in the Diocese of Western Michigan, please let me know and I will sign you up. www.weavinggodspromises.org/ It is not lectionary based, but is thematic. Sharon Ely Pearson, from Church Publishing, has connected the themes and lessons to the lectionary. Click here to find the Weaving God's Promises Lectionary Connection (year A) Click here to find the Weaving God's Promises Lectionary Connection (year C). Weaving now has take home pages. Click here to view page 1 example. Click here for page 2 example. Illustrated Children's Ministry is a coloring and activity weekly worksheet that is lectionary based. The Diocese of Western Michigan has purchased a license to be able to share these with our parishes, so you will need to register on our "camp" page to be able to view and download them.. www.episcopalyouthcamp.org/edwm-formation-icm Faith Lens is also free and downloadable and is made available by our partners in the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America). It is a weekly Bible study that engage youth and young adults in connecting world events with the Bible, faith, and everyday life. http://blogs.elca.org/faithlens/ Godly Play is based upon the recognition that children have an innate sense of the presence of God. All they lack is the appropriate language to help them identify and express it so it can be explored and strengthened. The Godly Play approach teaches classical Christian language in a way that enhances the child’s authentic experience of God so it can contribute to the creative life of the child and the world. www.godlyplayfoundation.org/ The Prayer Book Guide to Christian Education
Holy Women, Holy Men Sermons that Work Building Faith Curriculum Center Free Lesson PlansLesson Plans that Work (Lectionary based - free downloadable, from The Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Youth Curriculum (Thematic - it's out of print, and a bit dated and now free downloadable - from Virginia Theological Seminary) Faith Lens (Lutheran - ELCA) Confirmation Curriculum (from the Diocese of Western Michigan) Purchasable Lesson Plans & ProgramsConfirm not Conform (Confirmation curriculum, Episcopal)
Journey to Adulthood (Leader Resources, Episcopal) Echo the Story (Bible storytelling) Editors and Publishing HousesSparkhouse (Lutheran - ELCA) LeaderResources (Episcopalian) Project Adventure (secular youth development) Church Publish (Episcopal) Putting together your own Youth CurriculumMany people put together their own curriculum and lessons for middle school and high school classes and youth groups. Others pick and choose parts from many places. Here are some ideas and resources to put something together yourself.
First - go here to read about putting together your own curriculum. Parts of the puzzleUsing VideosYoutube is chock full of educational videos. Click here to find recomendation for videos and how to use them. Youth Topics - Pages on this Site
Youth Ministry in your Parish Planning and Creating a Youth Program Curriculum for Youth (middle school & high school, Sunday School & Youth Group) Spiritual Practices Teacher & Mentor Support - adults who work with children & youth |
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