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Activities52 Sundays
https://www.52sundays.com A dynamic guide from the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit to help families reclaim the Lord's Day with prayer, activities, food, and more! It offers simple and insightful ways for families to spend time together each Sunday learning more about the Catholic faith while having fun! Catechist.com www.catechist.com/category/lessons-and-activities/mass-eucharist/ Resources, lesson plans, activities, articles, and video suggestions for preparing children for Sunday Mass - at home and church. Catholic Icing- Living the Liturgical Year at Home www.catholicicing.com www.catholicicing.com/living-the-liturgical-year-for-families-organizing-your-resources/ Catholic Icing presents 15 ways for families to celebrate the liturgical year seasons at home with activities, devotions, rituals, and more. DLTK's Bible Crafts and Resources for Children www.dltk-kids.com/bible/index.htm DLTK provides crafts, lesson plans, color pages, puzzles, games, recipes, and activities for Bible stories, plus there are children's version of Bible stories. Episcopal Children's Curriculum (ECC) Curriculum Website The Episcopal Children’s Curriculum is a thematic Sunday school curriculum tied to the seasons of the church year: Advent-Epiphany, Lent and Easter, Spring and Pentecost. It was developed by the Center for the Ministry of Teaching under the direction of the Rev. Locke E. Bowman, Jr. and Amelia J. Dyer, Ph.D. Although no longer in print, ECC curriculum materials are available for free download. Faith and Family www.franciscanmedia.org/faith-and-family Franciscan Media provides as weekly reflection on the Sunday readings for families including a prayer, activity, and short commentary. Illustrated Ministry ($) https://www.illustratedministry.com Illustrated Ministry creates accessible faith-based resources for the church and home. Their thoughtful and easy to use materials are designed to foster authentic faith engagement with refreshing designs, creative activities, and intergenerational focus. They produce curriculum programming, resources for the church year seasons, worship resources, and family resources. Check out the ability to use the digital resources on your website, email, and playlists. Children's Sermons (Ministry to Children) ministry-to-children.com/curriculum/lesson-plans/childrens-sermons/ Lessons for children according to the schedule of the Revised Common Lectionary. Lesson Plans that Work https://lessonplansthatwork.org Published by The Episcopal Church and designed to follow the Revised Common Lectionary, these lesson weekly plans include sessions for young children, for older children, and usually a lesson plan for adults. Intergenerational lesson plans are available for many major feast days throughout the liturgical year. Most lesson plans are based on the Gospel, and some also have an Old Testament Lesson Plan. The Religion Teacher www.thereligionteacher.com/catholic-mass-activities/ The Religion Teacher provides a large collection of Catholic religious education activities for teaching about the Mass and the Sunday readings, and celebrating the church year. Spirit and Truth Publishing ($) https://spiritandtruthpublishing.com Spirit and Truth Publishing offers faith formation resources for the Narrative Lectionary, Revised Common Lectionary, Cross+Gen Ministry, Worship & Liturgy, and Family Formation @ Home. All resources are digital and for download. There are special instructions and restrictions for using the digital resources on a church's digital platforms. Saint Mary's Press Resource Center www.smp.org/resourcecenter/ www.smp.org/resourcecenter/category/Mass/4/ The Saint Mary's Press Resource Center has a variety of resources for teaching about the Mass and the church year seasons. Sunday Mass Activities www.catholicmom.com/sunday-mass-activities This website offers coloring pages, lesson plans for various age groups, words searches and more on the Sunday readings each week. Sermons4Kids ($, monthly subscription) sermons4kids.com With Sermons4Kids, you get tons of free children’s sermons with object lessons, children’s activities, Bible coloring pages, games, and craft ideas. Use these fun children’s sermons for kids in children’s church, Sunday school, children’s ministry, and family ministry! Available in English and Spanish! Sunday Connection www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/ The Sunday Connection provides useful background and activities to better understand the upcoming Sunday's Scripture readings with activities for grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-8, and families. VideosBeginner's Bible
www.youtube.com/c/TheBeginnersBible/featured The Beginner's Bible videos are created to share the most important lessons from the greatest stories ever told, The videos include memorable songs, vivid animation, and heartwarming characters - all designed to introduce young children to the timeless stories of inspiration, courage and faith in the Bible. Catholic Kids Media www.youtube.com/c/CatholicKidsMedia/featured Catholic Kids Media develops a short video for children to prepare for each Sunday's liturgy and for the seasons of the church year. The Children's Liturgy of the Word with Miss Heidi www.youtube.com/channel/UCfg9euOFfmsu-xX7S2tCcNA/featured Every week, Miss Heidi (Heidi Witte) presents the weekly Catholic lectionary readings during a 30-minute Children's Liturgy of the Word episode. With family-friendly religious music by Catholic composer John Burland, faith-based signs in American Sign Language, and plentiful imagery. She provides a free coordinating coloring page each week (see YouTube videos for link or visit linktr.ee/kidsliturgy). Saddleback Kids Videos YouTube Channel Saddleback Kids, the children’s ministry at Saddleback Church, has developed animated videos to teach children (and families ) about God’s word. These videos can be used as stand alone bible lessons that parents can view with their children. There are videos for early childhood and elementary children. The Skit Guys skitguys.com www.youtube.com/c/skitguys/featured The Skit Guys have produced hundreds of videos of their skits on a variety of topics: seasonal, faith themes, life issues, and more - for teaching, sermons, events, and more. The videos are available on YouTube and on their website (for purchase and download). Virtual Sunday School www.youtube.com/channel/UCMu2bG8L2dp7ywUZVa9uXDA/featured Lessons for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary using easily-accessible resources and hands-on projects that can be done with limited resources. all available free on their YouTube channel. (www.virtualsundayschooluk.com) What's in the Bible ($ and free) www.youtube.com/user/whatsinthebible/videos Created by Phil Vischer (Veggie Tales), What's In The Bible? videos are designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. The YouTube are just a free sampling of all the videos available from the subscription site Minno Kids: www.gominno.com. Worship House Kids ($) https://www.worshiphousekids.com WorshipHouse Kids offers children's worship media resources to help make learning about God fun, interactive, and meaningful. You can find the best in kids worship videos, Christian worship songs, backgrounds, and church curriculum to make a lasting imprint on the lives of tomorrow's church. Check out the ability to use the videos on your website, email, and playlists. |
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ActivitiesCalvin Institute of Christian Worship
https://worship.calvin.edu Practical resources and scholarly works for preparing, planning for, and leading worship as well as for studying the history, theology, and practice of worship worldwide. The website provides free resources: articles, conversations, audio files, slideshow and video presentations. Catholic.Bible catholic.bible A resource from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops which includes daily readings, all of the books of the Bible (New American Bible Revised Edition), Lectio Divina for the Sunday readings (English and Spanish), and articles on the Sunday readings. Daily Devotions www.livingfaith.com Devotions based on the daily readings from the Catholic lectionary. Daily Discipleship and Daily Faith Practices (ELCA) https://www.elca.org/Resources/Bible-Studies Daily Discipleship and Daily Faith Practices are downloadable Bible studies based on the lectionary used at Sunday worship (Revised Common Lectionary). Daily Discipleship is based on the Gospel and Daily Faith Practices is based on the second reading. Both are available for each liturgical year. Dynamic Catholic - Best Advent Ever & Best Lent Ever Advent: www.dynamiccatholic.com/advent.html Lent: https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/lent.html Receive daily video to help connect with God reflections sent via email through the Advent season and the Lent season - for free. Individuals subscribe on the website for the email. Faith at Home https://www.dofaithathome.org Faith @ Home helps you and your household grow in faith as you spend time throughout the week reflecting on God’s Word. Based on the Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, the devotions invite you to engage in the discipleship practice of Reading, Reflecting, and Responding to scripture in the context of community. Offerings include Adult and Small Child, Adult and Elementary, Adult and Youth, and Adult and Adults, so you can have conversations with everyone, no matter what stage of life. Grow Christians—A Community of Disciples Practicing Faith at Home https://www.growchristians.org Grow Christians from Forward Movement is a website to find inspiration for faith at home, describing itself as “striving to create an online community of discipleship focused on the practical details of life at home.” It includes reflections, stories, images, and recipes, celebrating the presence of God through the Christian year. Sabbath - Christian Practices www.lifelongfaith.com/practices.html Lifelong Faith's Christian Practices project has produced faith forming activities - for age groups and for families - with a teaching plan for Keeping Sabbath. All activities are included on separate MS Word document so that you can create handouts for sessions, a booklet, online playlists and activities, social media posts, etc. Each Activity can be done in 20 minutes (approximately). Sabbath - Faith Practices Project https://www.crcna.org/FaithPracticesProject/sabbath A variety of resources on Sabbath from the Christian Reformed Church. Sabbath - Essential Practices https://www.presbyterianmission.org/resource/essential-practices-sabbath Essential Practices for Sabbath introduces the doctrine of Sabbath and explains why it matters. It also looks at Sabbath in scripture and in action. Saint Mary's Press Resource Center www.smp.org/resourcecenter/ www.smp.org/resourcecenter/category/Mass/4/ The Saint Mary's Press Resource Center has a variety of resources for teaching about the Mass and the church year seasons. The Pastor's Workshop ($) thepastorsworkshop.com The Pastor's Workshop is a subscription-based service that provides illustrations and quotes for sermons, worship services organized topically, seasonal resources, and more. The website adds new material weekly. The Pastor’s Workshop has created a worship resource focused on the Revised Common Lectionary. Resources will include a summary of the text, as well as curation of content from the TPW library. This includes sermon illustrations, quotes, and liturgy. Each week in the lectionary cycle is organized according to season (Advent, Christmas, Pentecost/Ordinary Time). The Sunday Website at St. Louis University https://liturgy.slu.edu Resources for every Sunday in the Catholic lectionary that includes praying toward Sunday, the spirituality of the readings, and getting to know the readings. Taking Faith Home ($) https://milestonesministry.org/taking-faith-home Taking Faith Home is an annual resource (digital download or CD) that provides a page of activities for each week during the church year. It is based on the Revised Common Lectionary and incorporates caring conversations, devotions, service, rituals and traditions, a weekly prayer, Bible verse, mealtime prayer, and blessing. It also offers a suggested daily Bible readings and hymn for the week. The Text This Week http://www.textweek.com Lectionary, Scripture study, worship links, and resources for every Sunday of the year for the Catholic, Revised Common, and Narrative lectionaries. USCCB Daily Bible Readings, Audio, and Video bible.usccb.org Daily Bible readings, podcast audio, videos, and prayers provided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Word on Fire Daily Reflections dailycatholicgospel.com Word on Fire: Daily Reflections is a daily email each morning with a link for reading the day's Gospel passage from the Catholic lectionary, followed by a short reflection on the passage from Bishop Robert Barron. Working Preacher http://www.workingpreacher.org Scripture commentary on each of the Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. Videos#30SecondBible Series
thirtysecondsorless.net/30secondbible/ The #30SecondBible series features dozens of voices reflecting on the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, you will hear summaries of each book and reflections on the good news they contain. Follow along each day to hear progressive and liberal voices claiming the Bible as book that they know and love. This is the Bible for busy people, thirty seconds at a time. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook to catch each episode the minute they’re available. And sign up for the monthly newsletter to stay in the loop on what’s coming up next. Encountering the Word - Year A, B, and C media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-presents/ Jeff Cavins has produced a 5-6 minute video reflection for the Sunday readings of each cycle: A, B, and C. The Work of the People—Films https://www.theworkofthepeople.com The Work of the People is an eclectic, ecumenical, and growing collection of provocative short films and interviews with spiritual leaders and thinkers, authors, practitioners, and theologians. Films are available individually, in multi-session thematic series, in contemplative themes (visual prayers, poems, and benedictions), and as e-courses. Worship House Media (Fees for individual videos, subscription licensing, and streaming) https://www.worshiphousemedia.com Worship House Media offers mini movies, worship song tracks, church countdowns, worship backgrounds, and small group videos. Whether it’s a normal Sunday or you are preparing for a special holiday service, you can find the perfect mini movie for a sermon illustration or engaging background for worship lyrics and announcements. PodcastsChapter, Version, and Season
yalebiblestudy.org/podcast/?mc_cid=ce0c3e1c6b&mc_eid=e08fba56ea Each week, professors from different disciplines at Yale Divinity School chat about biblical texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. They bring their own interests to the table and hopefully spark new insights into the scripture appointed for each Sunday. The Center for Continuing Education at Yale Divinity School and the Yale Bible Study are present Chapter, Verse, and Season for communities, clergy, and laypeople. |
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