Children's Ministry | Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina

Collaborative VBS: Compassion Camp

This is a Vacation Bible School using Illustrated Ministry's Compassion Camp: Be Loved, Be Kind, Be You. Video, music, and prayer components were created, developed and produced by ten congreg…

Beyond Item Collections: 15 Outreach Ideas To Engage Children (& Everyone Else Too!)

As congregations seek to engage children (and their families) in the important work of serving others, this post by Laurie Juarez on Building Faith does an excellent job of naming why item collection drives are challenging for families. Though ...

Children’s Sabbath Celebration

The National Observance of the Children's Sabbath is always celebrated on the third weekend in October. This year it will be celebrated October 20-22. Celebrating its 50th year, this multi-faith weekend engages places of worship all across the ...

Alphabet of Gratitude

Spend the 26 days leading up to and through Thanksgiving 2022 expanding your gratitude vocabulary! Each day on the Lifelong Christian Formation Facebook page and the DioECYouth Instagram feed an a new word, reflection, and scripture passage will...

Sing, Wrestle, Spin: Prayers for Active Kids

This book by well known author Jennifer Grant invites us to pray with kids who often need movement and creativity. Sing, Wrestle, Spin: Prayers for Active Kids is helpful for church leaders, but also an excellent resource to gift to families ...

Intergenerational Pentecost Prayer Stations

In this post on Building Faith, Theresa Cho shares some creative and interactive ideas for Intergenerational Prayer Stations for Pentecost. This would be fun way to mix and mingle and share in the power of the Holy Spirit. Therea's post include...

Summer Bible Story Coloring Pages

From Illustrated Ministry these Bible Story Coloring Pages: Summer 2022 are dated from June 12 through August 28, 2022. They are based on the Revised Common Lectionary Year C readings. Tiered pricing structure the package includes the digita...

Thy Kingdom Come

From May 26th through June 7th, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby invites all Christians "pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know the love and peace of Jesus Christ." Part of this effort will be joining with parti...

The Day When God Made the Church

The Day When God Made the Church by Rebekah McLeod Hutto is beautiful book for children sharing the story of the Holy Spirit. Using descriptive Hutto engages the reader by sharing what the sights, sounds, and events of the day of Pentecost wr...

Joy in June

Joy in June is a fun and simple resource to offer to parishioners of all ages. In fact, it might not need to be just in June but could be used for any 30 day month during the year as an opportunity to highlight and cultivate joy in our homes an...

Deep Blue Life: Faith and Culture - Anti-Racism

Deep Blue Life is a Methodist curriculum for children published by Cokesbury. The three Faith and Culture - Anti-Racism lessons are available for free download. The three lesson topics are: • Prejudice and Stereotypes • Curiosity...

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