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Bible App for Kids
bibleappforkids.com
The Bible App for Kids is a free app for Android, Apple, and Kindle devices, available in over 50 languages. The App introduces children to 41 of the “big” Bible stories and helps them understand the overall story that the Bible is telling. Throughout each story, fun, interactive animations keep children engaged, and select stories even include games designed to help them learn, understand, and retain important Bible story concepts.
Building Faith
buildfaith.org
buildfaith.org/bible-study/#
Building Faith, a service of Virginia Theological Seminary, provides hundreds of articles and activities for faith formation with all ages. Use the "Bible Study" link above to access Bible activities. Use the "Articles by Topics" category to find other scripture-based activities.
Christian Practices: Reading the Bible
www.lifelongfaith.com/reading-the-bible.html
Lifelong Faith's Christian Practices project has produced 18 Bible activities with a teaching plan. 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). There are also five reading the Bible worksheets/activities for children that can be combined with other Bible activities or used as part of a children’s program and home activities.
Children’s Ministry
https://childrensministry.com
ChildrensMinistry.com from Group Publishing has a library of Bible lesson plans for all children of all ages on a wide variety of themes or topics, as well as on holidays throughout the year. In addition to the library of lesson plans, there is a library of Bible activities and teaching tips for leaders.
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.
Group Publishing Resource Hub
www.group.com/free-resources
Group Publishing has free Bible lesson plans, video lessons, and activities for children and families.
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—most of which are digital downloads. Their resources celebrate the expansive image of God in everyone, through open and inclusive language, diverse imagery, and progressive theology.
Kids Corner
kidscorner.net
Kid's Corner is an online resource center designed for children (and their parents) to discover their place in God’s big story and learn how God is calling us to live out the Christian faith every day!
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.
Life.Church Open Network Resources for Young Children
https://open.life.church/categories/301-early-childhood
Created to work in tandem with the Bible App for Kids, the Life.Church Open Network curriculum features interactive videos, leader training, in-class activities, and all support materials. This 23-unit, two-year curriculum teaches young children about Jesus and allows them to reinforce what they learn in church at home through the app.
Life.Church Open Network Resources for Elementary Age Children
https://open.life.church/categories/303-elementary
The Network includes a colorful, Bible-based series for elementary students of all ages. In this category, you'll find free lessons, videos, art, teacher guides, and in-class activities for kids in 1st grade through 4th grade.
Loyola Press Catholic Resources
https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith
www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/scripture-and-tradition/
Loyola Press Catholic Resources are a library of activities for the children and the whole family, including Scripture, Catholic basics, liturgical year, prayer, sacraments, saints, Scripture and tradition, and Ignatian spirituality. There are also resources in Spanish.
Ministry Spark (David C. Cook Publishers)
https://ministryspark.com
Ministry Spark has free children and family activities and programs, including at home lessons for families, Bible devotions, Bible lessons, seasonal programs, and a variety of ministry guides.
Ministry to Children
https://ministry-to-children.com
Ministry to Children provides free lessons, activities, and printables. Download a single lesson plan or choose a curriculum series. There are thousands of Bible lesson plans and activities. You can search by Scripture, Bible story, or theme.
The Religion Teacher
https://www.thereligionteacher.com
www.thereligionteacher.com/?s=Scripture
The Religion Teacher provides a large collection of Catholic religious education activities for Scripture. The activities include crafts, worksheets, prayer ideas, and more.
Sadlier Religion Publishers
www.sadlier.com/religion/resources
www.sadlier.com/religion/resources?mixquery=scripture
Sadlier Religion Publishers makes available free Scripture activities and resources for children and families.
Saint Mary's Press Resource Center
www.smp.org/resourcecenter/subject/Scripture/9/
The Saint Mary's Press Resource Center has a variety of free Scripture resources for download including maps, activities, lesson plans, prayers, articles, worksheets, and videos.
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.
Veggie Tales
www.youtube.com/veggietales
Through hilarious storytelling, silly songs and lovable characters, VeggieTales presents meaningful lessons with faith-based values - like forgiveness, honesty and thankfulness - that are easy for kids to understand and that help guide them in their day-to-day lives.
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.
Vibrant Faith at Home Activities
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/families-with-children.html
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/just-for-kids.html
Hundreds of activities for home and church, created by Vibrant Faith, are available to download as PDFs. Children's activities are organized in six categories: Bible Stories, Conversations, Learning about Faith, Prayer, Ritual & Tradition, and Serving Others.
Visual Faith Activities
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/visual-faith-activities.html
Vibrant Faith has created 32 Visual Faith Experiences that connect a Bible passage to visual images that you can download as PDFs and use as thematic lessons at home or church throughout the year! There is also a guide for using the experiences on online platforms.
Wesleyan Resource Center - Children
resources.wesleyan.org/?fwp_categories=kids
The Wesleyan Resource Center curates theologically Wesleyan and holistic resources motivated to move people from making decisions to trust Christ to actively following Jesus in close discipleship communities. All of the resources are free. The children's section includes children's lesson plans on a variety of faith themes, seasonal programs, and videos.
bibleappforkids.com
The Bible App for Kids is a free app for Android, Apple, and Kindle devices, available in over 50 languages. The App introduces children to 41 of the “big” Bible stories and helps them understand the overall story that the Bible is telling. Throughout each story, fun, interactive animations keep children engaged, and select stories even include games designed to help them learn, understand, and retain important Bible story concepts.
Building Faith
buildfaith.org
buildfaith.org/bible-study/#
Building Faith, a service of Virginia Theological Seminary, provides hundreds of articles and activities for faith formation with all ages. Use the "Bible Study" link above to access Bible activities. Use the "Articles by Topics" category to find other scripture-based activities.
Christian Practices: Reading the Bible
www.lifelongfaith.com/reading-the-bible.html
Lifelong Faith's Christian Practices project has produced 18 Bible activities with a teaching plan. 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). There are also five reading the Bible worksheets/activities for children that can be combined with other Bible activities or used as part of a children’s program and home activities.
Children’s Ministry
https://childrensministry.com
ChildrensMinistry.com from Group Publishing has a library of Bible lesson plans for all children of all ages on a wide variety of themes or topics, as well as on holidays throughout the year. In addition to the library of lesson plans, there is a library of Bible activities and teaching tips for leaders.
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.
Group Publishing Resource Hub
www.group.com/free-resources
Group Publishing has free Bible lesson plans, video lessons, and activities for children and families.
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—most of which are digital downloads. Their resources celebrate the expansive image of God in everyone, through open and inclusive language, diverse imagery, and progressive theology.
Kids Corner
kidscorner.net
Kid's Corner is an online resource center designed for children (and their parents) to discover their place in God’s big story and learn how God is calling us to live out the Christian faith every day!
- Kids Corner Devotionals includes a weekly Bible message, readings and prayer.
- Casey's Day comics show what a Christian looks like each day through the eyes of three 10-year-olds.
- Kids Corner Parent Blog builds on what children are learning in the devotional each week.
- Kids in Action, live-action videos of kids just like you doing God's work right now!
- Kids Corner’s Bible Stories Podcast, an immersive audio drama series that retells the greatest stories of the Bible!
- God's Big Story Bible Study with animated videos, a God's Big Story comic book, a coloring book, and quizzes to learn about the Bible.
- Liz and friends are audio stories entertain and help children make godly choices, trust God, and love and serve others.
- Do It Yourself Activities like crafts, activity books, coloring pages, puzzles, songs, and ebooks.
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.
Life.Church Open Network Resources for Young Children
https://open.life.church/categories/301-early-childhood
Created to work in tandem with the Bible App for Kids, the Life.Church Open Network curriculum features interactive videos, leader training, in-class activities, and all support materials. This 23-unit, two-year curriculum teaches young children about Jesus and allows them to reinforce what they learn in church at home through the app.
Life.Church Open Network Resources for Elementary Age Children
https://open.life.church/categories/303-elementary
The Network includes a colorful, Bible-based series for elementary students of all ages. In this category, you'll find free lessons, videos, art, teacher guides, and in-class activities for kids in 1st grade through 4th grade.
Loyola Press Catholic Resources
https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith
www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/scripture-and-tradition/
Loyola Press Catholic Resources are a library of activities for the children and the whole family, including Scripture, Catholic basics, liturgical year, prayer, sacraments, saints, Scripture and tradition, and Ignatian spirituality. There are also resources in Spanish.
Ministry Spark (David C. Cook Publishers)
https://ministryspark.com
Ministry Spark has free children and family activities and programs, including at home lessons for families, Bible devotions, Bible lessons, seasonal programs, and a variety of ministry guides.
Ministry to Children
https://ministry-to-children.com
Ministry to Children provides free lessons, activities, and printables. Download a single lesson plan or choose a curriculum series. There are thousands of Bible lesson plans and activities. You can search by Scripture, Bible story, or theme.
The Religion Teacher
https://www.thereligionteacher.com
www.thereligionteacher.com/?s=Scripture
The Religion Teacher provides a large collection of Catholic religious education activities for Scripture. The activities include crafts, worksheets, prayer ideas, and more.
Sadlier Religion Publishers
www.sadlier.com/religion/resources
www.sadlier.com/religion/resources?mixquery=scripture
Sadlier Religion Publishers makes available free Scripture activities and resources for children and families.
Saint Mary's Press Resource Center
www.smp.org/resourcecenter/subject/Scripture/9/
The Saint Mary's Press Resource Center has a variety of free Scripture resources for download including maps, activities, lesson plans, prayers, articles, worksheets, and videos.
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.
Veggie Tales
www.youtube.com/veggietales
Through hilarious storytelling, silly songs and lovable characters, VeggieTales presents meaningful lessons with faith-based values - like forgiveness, honesty and thankfulness - that are easy for kids to understand and that help guide them in their day-to-day lives.
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.
Vibrant Faith at Home Activities
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/families-with-children.html
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/just-for-kids.html
Hundreds of activities for home and church, created by Vibrant Faith, are available to download as PDFs. Children's activities are organized in six categories: Bible Stories, Conversations, Learning about Faith, Prayer, Ritual & Tradition, and Serving Others.
Visual Faith Activities
www.vibrantfaithprojects.org/visual-faith-activities.html
Vibrant Faith has created 32 Visual Faith Experiences that connect a Bible passage to visual images that you can download as PDFs and use as thematic lessons at home or church throughout the year! There is also a guide for using the experiences on online platforms.
Wesleyan Resource Center - Children
resources.wesleyan.org/?fwp_categories=kids
The Wesleyan Resource Center curates theologically Wesleyan and holistic resources motivated to move people from making decisions to trust Christ to actively following Jesus in close discipleship communities. All of the resources are free. The children's section includes children's lesson plans on a variety of faith themes, seasonal programs, and videos.
Catholic Mom Lesson Plans & Activities
www.catholicmom.com/resources
The Catholic Mom website has a resource section with lesson plans on a variety Catholic faith themes, plus activities for Church year feasts and seasons.
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.
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.
Lost Sheep Children’s Books
https://www.lostsheep.com.au
Lost Sheep Books makes available their children’s books in digital format. You can purchase one book and email the digital Activity books to families associated with your church community to print out at home. They have lots of free resources, activity sheets, coloring pages, crosswords, mazes, word searches, and more.
www.catholicmom.com/resources
The Catholic Mom website has a resource section with lesson plans on a variety Catholic faith themes, plus activities for Church year feasts and seasons.
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.
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.
Lost Sheep Children’s Books
https://www.lostsheep.com.au
Lost Sheep Books makes available their children’s books in digital format. You can purchase one book and email the digital Activity books to families associated with your church community to print out at home. They have lots of free resources, activity sheets, coloring pages, crosswords, mazes, word searches, and more.
Catholic Kids Media
YouTube Channel
Catholic Kids Media provides quality Catholic programming for kids to help parents and teachers instruct children in the Catholic faith and practices. They produce videos in English and Spanish. Search the site for scripture videos.
Right Now Media ($)
www.rightnowmedia.org
Over 20,000 Biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and more than 2,000 wholesome, educational, and entertaining videos for children. All available for streaming. Monthly fee based on the size of the church.
Saddleback Kids Videos
YouTube Channel
Saddleback Kids, the children’s ministry at Saddleback Church, has developed animated videos to teach children (and families ) about God’s word. These videos can be used as stand alone bible lessons that parents can view with their children. There are videos for early childhood and elementary children.
What's in the Bible
www.youtube.com/user/whatsinthebible/videos
Created by Phil Vischer (Veggie Tales), What's In The Bible? videos are designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. The YouTube are just a free sampling of all the videos available from the subscription site Minno Kids: www.gominno.com.
Worship House Kids ($)
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.
YouTube Channel
Catholic Kids Media provides quality Catholic programming for kids to help parents and teachers instruct children in the Catholic faith and practices. They produce videos in English and Spanish. Search the site for scripture videos.
Right Now Media ($)
www.rightnowmedia.org
Over 20,000 Biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and more than 2,000 wholesome, educational, and entertaining videos for children. All available for streaming. Monthly fee based on the size of the church.
Saddleback Kids Videos
YouTube Channel
Saddleback Kids, the children’s ministry at Saddleback Church, has developed animated videos to teach children (and families ) about God’s word. These videos can be used as stand alone bible lessons that parents can view with their children. There are videos for early childhood and elementary children.
What's in the Bible
www.youtube.com/user/whatsinthebible/videos
Created by Phil Vischer (Veggie Tales), What's In The Bible? videos are designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. The YouTube are just a free sampling of all the videos available from the subscription site Minno Kids: www.gominno.com.
Worship House Kids ($)
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.
Catholic Mom
www.catholicmom.com/sunday-mass-activities
The Catholic Mom website has a Sunday Mass activities for each Sunday of the year - with coloring pages, lesson plans, Mass worksheets, crossword and word search puzzles, and more to help children and families prepare for Sunday Mass.
Virtual Church School
http://churchschool.info
The Virtual Church School program is designed to be used by remote or small Christian communities that do not have easy access to Christian Education materials. There are lessons for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary using easily-accessible resources and hands-on projects that can be done with limited resources.
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 worship resources, formation resources, and family resources—many of which are digital downloads.
Lectionary Sunday School Lessons for Kids (Ministry to Children): https://ministry-to-children.com/toc/lesson-plans/lectionary
Lessons for children according to the schedule of the Revised Common Lectionary.
Lesson Plans that Work: https://lessonplansthatwork.org
Weekly sessions for young children, for older children, and usually a lesson plan for adults for the Revised Common Lectionary.
OSV Lifelong Catechesis: https://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com
The website is focused on the Sunday readings with background, questions of the week, saint of the week, activity of the week, and general intercessions.
StoryPath (Union Presbyterian Seminary): http://storypath.upsem.edu/lectionary-links
Resources connecting weekly passages from both the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary with stories from children’s and youth literature.
Spirit and Truth Publishing: Living the Word: God’s Word @ Home (RCL): https://spiritandtruthpublishing.com/shop/ltw-family-rcl-2020-2021
God’s Word at Home brings faith formation into the home with a lectionary-based curriculum (Revised Common Lectionary) designed especially for families. Created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, these easy-to-use digital lessons can be emailed to families. The activities use simple, inexpensive supplies that families may have at home or that congregations may provide. This digital product is available for the entire 2020-2021 program year. Pricing is based upon the number of families that you estimate you will be sending the lessons to. For all Spirit and Truth publications go to: https://spiritandtruthpublishing.com.
SPIRIT Online: https://goodgroundpress.com/faith/spirit/
SPIRIT Online is a 28-week Catholic lectionary-based program based on the Sunday Gospels. It is an online program (with teacher guides) so youth can read issues on a computer, phone or tablet device, or download and print them.
Sunday Connection (Loyola Press): https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/sunday-connection
Background and activities from grade 1 through 8 and the whole family to better understand the Sunday Scripture readings and connect them to daily life in a meaningful way.
Sunday Gospels (Catholic Mom): http://catholicmom.com/category/sundays-gospel
Weekly lessons for children on the Sunday Gospel readings from the Catholic lectionary.
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 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.
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.
Virtual Church School: http://churchschool.info
Lessons for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary using easily-accessible resources and hands-on projects that can be done with limited resources.
Working Preacher (Luther Seminary): http://www.workingpreacher.org
Scripture commentary on each of the Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary.
Worship House Media: 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. Each item is individually priced.
www.catholicmom.com/sunday-mass-activities
The Catholic Mom website has a Sunday Mass activities for each Sunday of the year - with coloring pages, lesson plans, Mass worksheets, crossword and word search puzzles, and more to help children and families prepare for Sunday Mass.
Virtual Church School
http://churchschool.info
The Virtual Church School program is designed to be used by remote or small Christian communities that do not have easy access to Christian Education materials. There are lessons for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary using easily-accessible resources and hands-on projects that can be done with limited resources.
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 worship resources, formation resources, and family resources—many of which are digital downloads.
Lectionary Sunday School Lessons for Kids (Ministry to Children): https://ministry-to-children.com/toc/lesson-plans/lectionary
Lessons for children according to the schedule of the Revised Common Lectionary.
Lesson Plans that Work: https://lessonplansthatwork.org
Weekly sessions for young children, for older children, and usually a lesson plan for adults for the Revised Common Lectionary.
OSV Lifelong Catechesis: https://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com
The website is focused on the Sunday readings with background, questions of the week, saint of the week, activity of the week, and general intercessions.
StoryPath (Union Presbyterian Seminary): http://storypath.upsem.edu/lectionary-links
Resources connecting weekly passages from both the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary with stories from children’s and youth literature.
Spirit and Truth Publishing: Living the Word: God’s Word @ Home (RCL): https://spiritandtruthpublishing.com/shop/ltw-family-rcl-2020-2021
God’s Word at Home brings faith formation into the home with a lectionary-based curriculum (Revised Common Lectionary) designed especially for families. Created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, these easy-to-use digital lessons can be emailed to families. The activities use simple, inexpensive supplies that families may have at home or that congregations may provide. This digital product is available for the entire 2020-2021 program year. Pricing is based upon the number of families that you estimate you will be sending the lessons to. For all Spirit and Truth publications go to: https://spiritandtruthpublishing.com.
SPIRIT Online: https://goodgroundpress.com/faith/spirit/
SPIRIT Online is a 28-week Catholic lectionary-based program based on the Sunday Gospels. It is an online program (with teacher guides) so youth can read issues on a computer, phone or tablet device, or download and print them.
Sunday Connection (Loyola Press): https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/sunday-connection
Background and activities from grade 1 through 8 and the whole family to better understand the Sunday Scripture readings and connect them to daily life in a meaningful way.
Sunday Gospels (Catholic Mom): http://catholicmom.com/category/sundays-gospel
Weekly lessons for children on the Sunday Gospel readings from the Catholic lectionary.
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 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.
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.
Virtual Church School: http://churchschool.info
Lessons for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary using easily-accessible resources and hands-on projects that can be done with limited resources.
Working Preacher (Luther Seminary): http://www.workingpreacher.org
Scripture commentary on each of the Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary.
Worship House Media: 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. Each item is individually priced.
